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Moller Planning Flying Ferrari 599 GTB For Russian Businessman

We love flying cars, and apparently so does a Russian businessman who contracted Moller to design a flying car based on the Ferrari 599 GTB. Moller is the leading authority on flying "cars", but as far as we can tell this is the first time they're seriously designing a flying machine based on an existing automobile. They call it the Autovolanter — catchy eh? To catch you up on their previous creations, there's the Moller M200 flying saucer, and the M400 Sky Car which has graced the covers of many a buff book over the 200 years it's been in development. Despite being the best in the flying car business, Moller never really got either of those to work out. We hope things are different with this flying Ferrari, but it's not too promising thus far.


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4:20 PM on Fri Sep 12 2008
By Mark Arnold
3,692 views, 42 comments

Latest by georgejetson: Dude, they left the Red Lines off that old Hot Wheels. more »

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Aerocar To Be Displayed At 2008 Meadow Brook Concours, Land In Our Dreams

What would a car show be without a flying car? Frankly, we don't want to know, which is why we're glad the Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance, taking place Sunday, August 3, is playing host to the Taylor Aerocar. Built in 1956, this is perhaps the most successful flying car of all time. That's right, despite our fascination with flying cars, the best one was probably built more than 50 years ago. If you're on hand at the Meadow Brook event on August 3rd you can see one up close. More »

10:40 AM on Tue Jun 17 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,334 views, 23 comments

Latest by microcars: @YetAnotherVariant: really? he bought it 3 years ago? Which one of the 6 known to exist did he buy? The Model III in the Boeing Museum? The Model II that Ed (the guy in this story) owns that he got directly from Molt Taylor? The Model I that is owned by the EAA more »

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Rocket Powered Flying Citroen DS, All Our Memes Are Belong to Fantômas

We've never heard of what is a apparently a classic French character named Fantômas, but apprently he's a master of disguise and miscreant extraordinaire. More important to us though, in a 1964 flick, he drove a flying, rocket-powered Citroen DS. As we can see in this chase sequence between a Mini Moke and the DS in question, the transformation is brilliantly controlled through the HVAC controls and lets the creepy gray-faced anti-hero escape without a scratch. Let's just hope an underinformed passenger doesn't try to warm up the cabin in thick traffic.


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4:20 PM on Tue May 27 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,372 views, 39 comments

Latest by mzs: I saw this as a kid in either Austria or Poland at the age of 4 or 5 on a B&W TV. I can't believe how fake the liftoff portion looks to me now because I always remembered it as the most amazing thing as a kid. Thanks for ruining more »

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Russian Aerocar Promises All Purpose Travel - New Cold War

With the development of the Russian-made Aerocar, it has become radically evident that the United States is now embroiled in the midst of a flying car technology race. While we have the sleek and the supposedly in-production Moller M200G, it's only limited to flying at heights of only 10 feet. The Russians have developed a version of an ultralight which can fly at up to 160 KPH and reach heights of 4,000 meters while on road it can top out at 80 KPH. Certainly it's not as elegant a solution, but they're working on a new and improved version which will fly at speeds of 450 KPH and travel on land at 100 KPH. You heard it here first, watch out for a flying Vlad buzz bombing a quiet American town near you! [RussiaToday]

4:45 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,953 views, 25 comments

Latest by oldraven: Would you really want to be 4,000M off the ground in something built by the same people who made the Lada? more »

concept cars

LaBiche Aerospace FSC-1: Another Flying Car Just Around the Corner.

It's been a little while since we last had any flying cars (the hoaky Monster Garage created flying Panoz Esperante from the last BJ Auction comes to mind). Here's a nifty concept from LaBiche Aerospace called the FSC-1. Rolls right off the tongue doesn't it? The ambitious concept features something which actually looks like a car and does its best transformer act to become a multi-winged flying wonder potentially capable of 275 mph. Of course, they're just waiting for the funding as step one, step two is... something, and finally step three: huge profits. More »

10:20 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,222 views, 25 comments

Latest by Dr.Danger, Hasta la victoria siempre!: @workingonyourinvoice: @laxman15: LIES! more »

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Commenter of the Day: Gerard Manley Hopkins Edition

As we have learned through the harsh tutor of experience, you can give people the past, the present, and above all else the future, and no matter what, they will still demand flying cars. We're getting there! Closer every day! And not always safely. It's understandable, this earthbound contempt for beloved vehicles that can't fly yet. Even retro-tech of a highly prescient variety is no salve. And so, onward (upward?) to the commenter of the day. More »

5:30 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Matthew DeBord
1,778 views, 29 comments

Latest by thatguy01: "Commander Ed Straker's 1980 car has a ROOF scoop for WHAT reason...? " Ventilation, just like Pat Moss' Big Healey rally car. The top dog gets the STi pack on his Gullwing Turbocar. more »

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Cell Craft Flying Cars Will Be the Future, Once Inventor Does More Inventing

Gino d'Ignazio Gizio has a dream. A dream where the average person has access to his or her own flying car. A dream where long commutes are a thing of the past and people take to the skies at 350mph with the freedom and ease we currently enjoy in our land-based cars (as long as we don't live someplace where there's, you know, traffic). Gino wants his Cell Craft to facilitate that dream. The problem, he hasn't quite figured out how it works yet.

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12:45 PM on Thu Jan 24 2008
By Wes Siler
1,735 views, 34 comments

Latest by DarkApplepolisher: One flaw I've always seen in flying cars... Standard land vehicles have a tendency to break down after how many decades of existence? Granted they're generally reliable, but it only takes one breakdown when you're hundreds if not thousands of feet above the ground to ruin your day. At least more »

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Barrett-Jackson: Panoz Esperante Flying Car Takes Off for Only $45,000

Jalopnik still loves flying cars — it may still be part of our masthead, we can't remember — but here's a perfect example. It's the $100,000 Panoz Esperante converted by Jesse James of Monster Garage into an airborne vehicle whose first flight matched the success of the Wright Brothers. Seriously — they took it to Kitty Hawk where it actually flew in a straight line and then hit the ground just as hard as the Wright plane did. Here's the full description of the "Flying Car" from Barrett-Jackson, which just sold for a steal of a price at $45,000 (just under $55,000 with the auction fees):

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5:15 PM on Sat Jan 19 2008
By Ray Wert
3,006 views, 21 comments

Latest by CharlzR: Where's Scaramanga? more »

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Moller Expresses "Substantial Doubt" About Flying Car Future

Oh Noes! Our dreams of owning a Moller M400 flying car may be in jeopardy. The company's deficit climbed to $40.6 million in the third quarter of 2007, with a quarterly loss of $81,071. Execs at the company say that a lot of capital is required of to continue the quest for the vehicle and that they have "substantial doubt" regarding the possibility of operations continuing. Shares of the company dropped to $0.81 with 1,700 shares being passed around. This is what happens when you fly to close to the sun...

4:30 PM on Mon Nov 19 2007
By Matt Hardigree
5,262 views, 45 comments

Latest by Elhigh: "I told you so." This has been complete vaporware since day one, back in the 80's, on the cover of Popular Mechanics. Hell, even the Riley TriMagnum is more achievable than this, and you have to build the body for that from scratch - it isn't even available as a more »

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Mean Automakers Deny Existence Of Flying Cars


We understand why Onion News Network anchor Brandon Armstrong is arguing so passionately for the existence of flying cars and it may seem mean for GM, Ford and Toyota to dash his hopes so stupendously — but Brandon's barking up the wrong tree. If Brandon covered the cult of cars as obsessively as we do, he's know all too well there aren't any flying cars in the secret labs of GM, Ford or Toyota. It's Honda that has all of them. Silly Brandon Armstrong — such an auto industry n00b. (Hat tip to Tony!)

9:15 AM on Wed Nov 7 2007
By Ray Wert
693 views, 9 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: @xNissan.Freakx: Darwin would weed them out very quickly.God bless the Onion! more »