New mercedes? Bionic?

[scotth_uk]

We’re not entirely sure our friends who are the types to get off rolling in a Benzo are going to feel the giant-bicycle-helmet looks and the lemon-slice wheels, but we’ve gotta hand it to DaimlerChrysler on their latest energy efficient “bionic” concept-car, which was modeled after the tropical boxfish. They’re claiming they’ve got the drag coefficient to a rock-bottom 0.06, which results in 20% less fuel consumed, but why they didn’t bother going the hybrid or fuelcell route is beyond us, as is their reasoning for otherwise foregoing the manufacturing of a minivan based on the natural design of a pufferfish. Live and learn.

http://img.engadget.com/common/images/9784671691381992.JPG?0.7165143073365979

 

[wallingd]

0.06 is impossible. And there's no way tht can b that aero because it's got too much frontal area.

 

[Mambo]

Looks like a Sprinter van thats been chaved up!

 

[wallingd]

Erm - it's a Honda Insight 160 CDi!...

 

[minyak]

a.k.a. the new Mercedes SEA class!!!

 

[scotth_uk]

This car was all over the German motor press on the weekend. Most magazines had it on the cover.

 

[anarchy-inc]

natural design of a pufferfish. Live and learn.

A pufferfish design would have looked better.