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Personal SUV of the Sky

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the speed-demon dept.

BoomZilla writes "While we're all waiting for the personal jet packs we were promised in the magazines of our youth, another 'personal flying car' has entered the fray. The Taero 4000 will exist in the car/plane category, but will require a pilot's license and will operate from airports (...no lifting off from the back yard). The Taero has an interesting folding wing concept: '[the] wing fold system will enable automatic transformation from air to land travel with the wings folding to a position parallel with the fuselage'. The target base price for the Taero 4000, in assembly kit form, is $400,000 U.S. dollars (does not include assembly[!] or optional extras). According to the site, 'Taero is scheduled for first delivery in 2007'. The FAQ makes interesting reading. Competition for Moller International's SkyCar?"

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  1. Amazing... by npistentis · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Skycar goes 350 mph, and yet still gets way better gas mileage than my escort.

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    1. Re:Amazing... by eugene+ts+wong · · Score: 4, Funny
      The Skycar goes 350 mph, and yet still gets way better gas mileage than my escort.
      That's not the way that I'd use an escort, but it's your money. Have you tried complaining to the agency about her?
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  2. I hope it can... by jpetts · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..stay up longer than the Taero web site!!!

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  3. OSQ by xao+gypsie · · Score: 4, Funny

    did anyone else instantly think of the Canyonero?
    Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!!!!

    xao

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  4. Taero vs. Moller by mikeophile · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dueling vaporware.

  5. extras? by slobber · · Score: 4, Funny

    does not include assembly[!] or optional extras

    Wait a second... you mean parachute is an extra???

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  6. Pfft.. by Wigfield · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like something from Spaceballs.

    What next? A tacky van with wings driven by a dog?

  7. At last! by quantaman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Darwin will finally take care of SUV owners!!

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  8. The SUV of the sky? by duckpoopy · · Score: 4, Funny

    What could be more annoying? The jetski of the sky, perhaps?

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  9. Why call it an "SUV" of the sky? by DogIsMyCoprocessor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I get it - just like SUV owners never take their vehicles off-road, owners of these will never actually fly them.

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  10. Re:How is this better? by TwistedKestrel · · Score: 4, Funny

    You guys joke ... but this thing looks more likely to fly than the Taero or whatever.