Peugeot Metromorph Concept brings Minority Report, Transformers to life [w/VIDEO]
Peugeot Metromorph Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
Designed by Roman Mistiuk, the Peugeot Metromorph Concept looks like a set piece from Minority Report or the discarded idea for a new Transformers character. That's because the Metromorph has dual modes: One as a battery-powered electric vehicle and the other as... a balcony. Cars that climb up buildings and park themselves right outside your bay window were first seen in the sci-fi thriller Minority Report starring Tom Cruise. The Metromorph, however, has a purpose other than as a landing platform for Tom Cruise during a chase scene. The idea is that real estate for parking will be scarce in the future, so the Metromorph will go vertical up the side of your building and park outside your apartment, at which point it becomes a balcony. This is where the Transformers bit comes in, though we admit transforming into a balcony isn't likely to scare Megatron into a quivering mass of mechanized steel. Nevertheless, the Metromorph will save the humans by freeing up parking spaces for other uses, like a quidditch stadium or whatever else becomes the national past time in the future.
With space for two, the Metromorph features seats held by rotating arms to keep them vertical regardless of the car's orientation. Two in-wheel electric motors housed in the rear wheels motivate this balcony-on-wheels, while two giant doors will slide up and over the vehicle to allow entry and exit. Is this what the future holds for urban dwellers? Time, and the movies, will tell.
Follow the jump to watch a conceptual video of the Metromorph in action.
Gallery: Peugeot Metromorph Concept
[Source: Roman Mistiuk]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
RandyMarsh980 3:35PM (6/24/2009)
Yet another concept that will stay as a concept.
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James 3:46PM (6/24/2009)
"That's because the Metromorph has dual modes: One as a battery-powered electric vehicle and the other as... a balcony.'
An optional triple mode...as a mobile coffin. :p
RandyMarsh980 3:49PM (6/24/2009)
lol, very true, but sometimes i get tiresome of seeing unrealistic concepts.
Sea Urchin 4:10PM (6/24/2009)
Speak for yourself, I always wanted to drive inside a computer mouse.
thomas 9:55PM (6/24/2009)
it will stay as a concept because it wasnt designed by peugeot...
this was done by a student at the Academy of Art University, which Autoblog left out for some reason.....
how bout some love for AAU, autoblog!?!??
accelerating_cubicle 3:53PM (6/24/2009)
"Is this what the future holds for urban dwellers? "
Because of lobbyists from the corrupt 3 , we have mass transit systems that are over 30 years old in current use. In terms of technology, that is prehistoric.
Can you imagine driving the same car you purchased 30 years ago? And we wonder why traffic is a nightmare, and complain about distracted driving tickets.
Our infrastructure should of have been adopting a modern transportation system. Not rebadging cars and pretending to advance travel for a technologically advanced society.
Isn't it pretty wasteful to pour asphalt over our land just to build parking lots? It's crazy what we do to subsidize what is basically the horse & buggy.
The most excruciating irony is that this sci-fi is really so low-tech, in terms of what we can currently accomplish TODAY with the stuff we have now.We simply lack the will.
The sooner we get rid of dept of motor vehicles, insurance companies, traffic cops, traffic courts, traffic laws, traffic deaths , traffic cameras, the better our civilization will be.
Because a band aid fix never really fixes anything.
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Randy 4:04PM (6/24/2009)
You do realize (i hope) that when measuring the 17000+ year history of human beings that the past 100 have been a blink of an eye soooooooo what's old about 30yo tech other than yourself being an impatient visionary such as myself....... I said "such as myself"... I'm not throwing digs at ya...
RandyMarsh980 4:10PM (6/24/2009)
As Americans we are a country that wants to take ourselves places, it's called car culture. Want mass public transit then go to Europe or Japan, it's just not going to happen in the US.
Randy915 4:17PM (6/24/2009)
Randy #3 reporting for reply duties.
Sea Urchin 4:47PM (6/24/2009)
One of the things with Mass Transit Is that it is a government service, you almost never see a private rail company (side from 4 large shipping companies)
I agree, we need a better mass transit, but that will involve more spending.
On the other hand D3 are on taxpayers tit
Randy 7:20PM (6/25/2009)
welcome Randy #3... lol
Who 'Dis? Who 'Dat? 4:00PM (6/24/2009)
It brings to mind some type of pleasure ride one might see at an amusement park.
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AUTOMANIAC 4:11PM (6/24/2009)
yeah....i'm not going to wait 5 sec for the seat to get in correct position to get out of the thing, after you killed a couple of pedestrians with those doors...
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macroceli 5:18PM (6/24/2009)
seriously! what if you need to get in and out quickly?
PJ 4:25PM (6/24/2009)
"the Metromorph features seats held by rotating arms to keep them vertical regardless of the car's orientation."
Remind anyone else of Boba Fett's spaceship from Empire Strikes Back?
*crickets chirp*
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Protzenegger 6:13PM (6/24/2009)
That was one of my favorite SW vehicles.
thomas 9:45PM (6/24/2009)
you mean the slave-1?!?!?!?!
*crickets still chirping*
Jeff Johnson 4:30PM (6/24/2009)
Have you seen how mass transit works in Japan?
1) their trains run on a PERFECT schedule, no F ups, no late trains, they make sure the system WORKS no exceptions.
2) they have people that physically cram you in the train, squeezing every last ounce of space, thus maximizing efficiency. Is it fun? no it's not but it WORKS.
Here in America - where most people barely fit thru the train doors, combined with the fact that anytime you bump into someone they cry rape means we could never have an efficient system here in the States.
One reason why it takes so long and so much money to develop anything new in this country is from the lawsuits and liabilities that result from anything new. We have become a country of bloodsucking vampires always looking for that edge to milk the system for our own personal gain. Problem is when 100 million people think the same way it bogs the system down.
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AUTOMANIAC 4:35PM (6/24/2009)
For Randy number two: yeah because in europe and japan there isn't any "car culture". like those stupid italian red things or that ridiculous world's largest carmaker in japan.
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Redline 5:21PM (6/24/2009)
Yeah, only car culture in America! No where else! Wait, what?