Filed under: LA Auto Show, Etc.
POLL: The year is 2057, what are you driving?
We've spent the entire day showing you all of the entrants for the 2007 Design Challenge, the official winner of which won't be announced until the 2007 LA Auto Show in mid-November. We don't have to wait that long to decide which automaker has the best vision of the future. Vote in the poll below for your favorite Design Challenge entrant you read about today. Your only guideline should be what vehicle you'd want to be driving 50 years from now, and feel free to tell us the reasons behind your choice in the comments.
Check out all the entrants after the jump to make an informed decision.
Audi Virtue Quattro
GM OnStar Ant
Honda 124 Solar Hybrid
Mazda MotoNari RX
Mercedes-Benz SilverFlow
Nissan OneOne
Toyota Biomobile
Volkswagen SlipStream
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
spots 8:12PM (10/12/2007)
Well, first off I'll be 97 years old in 2057; assuming I'm still around AND able to drive, I'll be driving my 1968 AMC Ambassador if I can get gasoline for it.
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Will 8:19PM (10/12/2007)
Right there with you. I'll be cruising around in an '81 Fiat Spider, and the soft top will still leak.
spots 8:22PM (10/12/2007)
The soft top, the cam covers, timing chain cover, oil pan, rear main seal.... Sorry, couldn't help it. And I actually love Fiats, myself. :)
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Brett- BMW Advocate 8:23PM (10/12/2007)
a holographic exterior sounds awesome. audi for me in 2057. of course that depends on what BMW has made. :)
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Kyle 8:33PM (10/12/2007)
In 2057 I will still be driving my Panther Platform Mercury Grand Marquis....
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Mike S. 9:06PM (10/12/2007)
I'd rather have the Audi Nero.... http://www.seriouswheels.com/2006/2006-Audi-Nero-RA-1280x960.htm
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namegoeshere 9:16PM (10/12/2007)
None of them. They're all hideous. Give me a 1995 Toyota Soarer. I could drive one of those until I die.
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mikeb 9:43PM (10/12/2007)
I'll be driving my 1992 Buick LeSabre. I'll be running it on the cheapest vodka I can find if there aren't any fossil fuels left.
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Vivek 10:06PM (10/12/2007)
Can i say none. They all look like piece of crap.
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importjap 10:10PM (10/12/2007)
People like the Alien movies I see, and I, Robot. Some of these concepts really are flights of the imagination, like the alienesque Toyota Biomobile, which looks insane with strange holographic wheels (why you'd need wheels with a flying ...err...car...I have no idea). And is the Honda one some sort of attack craft?
Hopefully they have retrofit powerplants for the Veyron when it comes down enough in 2057 for me to buy.
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Karl 10:49PM (10/12/2007)
I'll be driving a casket, as I'll be 110. :-)
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kakarma 11:00PM (10/12/2007)
I hope I aint driving any of this crap, I cant believe people gat paid to dream up this ****
Robot 10:57PM (10/12/2007)
The Honda looks very realistic in that timeframe.
while the rest are ALIENS.
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Mike 11:11PM (10/12/2007)
At 106 I'll be happy if I can drive a thumbtack into a bulletin board. But I'd really rather be driving Miss Daisy! WooHoo!
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John R 11:15PM (10/12/2007)
I'll take the honda. Wipeout XL, son!
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Jon 11:16PM (10/12/2007)
I'll be driving a 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII, complete with real wheels and a car-esque profile.
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Maestro1 11:30PM (10/12/2007)
I can't vote...mainly because I can't figure out which way is front and back and where the doors are on most of these hideous concepts. I wouldn't mind driving Will Smith's Audi from iRobot tho :P
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500 11:37PM (10/12/2007)
Yeah there should definitely be a category "none of the above." Cars haven't changed THAT much in the last 50 yrs, and the automobile is a mature technology so it should change even less in the next 50. These monstrosites all seem to be based on the assumption that the car as we know it will be legislated out of existence.
And as for me? I'll take a classic '09 Dodge Challenger as my weekend car, and perhaps the 2056 Cadillac Eldorado as my daily driver. That's assuming GM smartens up and is still in existence...
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500 11:38PM (10/12/2007)
Oops that should be "monstrosities."
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Mobius_1 11:45PM (10/12/2007)
I wonder what Porsches and Ferraris and Lambos will be like in 2057... 300mph from hydrogen-fuel engines???
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