BTDT #2: the Nash Airflyte lives!
Tuesday-January 29, 2008
Here's another entry for the Been There Done That folder.
Last Thursday, I spent the day at Cobo Hall in Detroit for the 2008 North American International Auto Show.
I've been going every year since 2000, and I'm always interested in two things: concept cars and recycled design trends. (Bonus points if the concept cars use recycled design trends.)
Apparently, the AFT Trinity Power Corporation was mesmerized by the rear end of the 1949-50 Nash Airflytes.
Am I wrong here?
According to AFT Trinity, their XH-250 Plug-In Hybrid Sedan "could potentially achieve 250mpg". Instead of increasing gas mileage to several thousand miles per gallon, maybe they should get some fins on the drawing board. Back in the day, even Nash wasn't too thrilled with the dung beetle look. They added some fins to the geometric shape I can only describe as rumpazoidal. I always thought that the '51s were the nicest looking of the first generation of Airflytes.
Stay tuned. More sights from the 2008 Detroit Auto Show are coming soon.
Last Thursday, I spent the day at Cobo Hall in Detroit for the 2008 North American International Auto Show.
I've been going every year since 2000, and I'm always interested in two things: concept cars and recycled design trends. (Bonus points if the concept cars use recycled design trends.)
Apparently, the AFT Trinity Power Corporation was mesmerized by the rear end of the 1949-50 Nash Airflytes.
Am I wrong here?
According to AFT Trinity, their XH-250 Plug-In Hybrid Sedan "could potentially achieve 250mpg". Instead of increasing gas mileage to several thousand miles per gallon, maybe they should get some fins on the drawing board. Back in the day, even Nash wasn't too thrilled with the dung beetle look. They added some fins to the geometric shape I can only describe as rumpazoidal. I always thought that the '51s were the nicest looking of the first generation of Airflytes.
Stay tuned. More sights from the 2008 Detroit Auto Show are coming soon.