Audi Calamari concept car brings Futurama a step closer

In response to Porsche Hungary’s design competition Tibor has come up with a ‘flying’ concept car obviously intended for the very distant future.

Audi Calamari concept car

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.

Audi Calamari concept car

Audi Calamari concept car

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8 Comments

  1. Posted Wednesday, 1st April, 2009 at 8:51 pm | Permalink

    Wow! what an idea ! What a concept ! Beautiful .. Amazing

  2. Scarabeetle101
    Posted Tuesday, 23rd June, 2009 at 10:42 pm | Permalink

    Um… Maybe there’s a bloomin’ great big jet engine behind the air intake.

  3. matias
    Posted Wednesday, 20th January, 2010 at 4:02 pm | Permalink

    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…

  4. Posted Wednesday, 20th January, 2010 at 5:27 pm | Permalink

    @matias

    I think it’s the shape.

  5. Johnnnydog26
    Posted Tuesday, 16th February, 2010 at 7:00 am | Permalink

    @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

  6. FirstVette
    Posted Saturday, 27th February, 2010 at 8:03 am | Permalink

    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! :)

  7. nandor
    Posted Friday, 1st October, 2010 at 9:51 am | Permalink

    still trying to work out how the f*** u get in it let along how it gets propelled

  8. Posted Saturday, 30th October, 2010 at 8:25 am | Permalink

    Maybe you could change the blog title Audi Calamari concept car brings Futurama a step closer to something more generic for your webpage you write. I liked the the writing all the same.

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