Audi Calamari concept car brings Futurama a step closer
October 25th, 2008 by SteveIn response to Porsche Hungary’s design competition Tibor has come up with a ‘flying’ concept car obviously intended for the very distant future.
The designer tells us that the shape was inspired by the skeleton of a cuttlefish which gives it a look halfway between a sports car and a speed boat. Some existing Audi styling cues can be seen such as the huge air intake which approximates the shape of the radiator grill on modern Audi automobiles.
The Calamaro is supposed to run on ‘clean fuels’ but its not clear how since the air intake isn’t connected to anything and there seems to be no visible means of propulsion — or flight — or anything else!
Having said that it does look pretty sensational.
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October 31st, 2008 at 6:08 pm
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October 31st, 2008 at 6:08 pm
[...] Audi Calamari is the concept car of the future – Machines that go Bing [...]
April 1st, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Wow! what an idea ! What a concept ! Beautiful .. Amazing
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Um… Maybe there’s a bloomin’ great big jet engine behind the air intake.
January 20th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
why is it called “little squid? (calamari in english) looks cool, but it’d be better as a batman car that can shoot short range missiles…
January 20th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
@matias
I think it’s the shape.
February 16th, 2010 at 7:00 am
@Scarabeetle101
A jet engine would not work at alot would need some sort of hovering plate things or something,since it obviously has no wings so it can’t get life from forward movement
February 27th, 2010 at 8:03 am
Since we’re talking concept and the thing is floating (which no existing technology can accomplish), STRETCH your imaginations. The car is OBVIOUSLY propelled by an electromagnetic wave banding unit mounted outboard left and right behind the ‘Grill’. The Sun runs everything thru with all those Nano-Electrons, might as well ‘Ride the Wave’ on them!