Glob trotter

Bizarre shape-shifting Peugeot looks likes snooker balls in a sock

Posted by: Dan Read, 18 September 2009

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Peugeot Globule

Ever wish your car was a bit more bendy? What you need is bodywork made from translucent morphing polymer...
 
This ‘Peugeot' is a design study from a bloke called Ahmad Moslemi Far, who've we've only just heard of. It's called the Globule, which is probably the gooeist car name ever. Each section of the car can carry a person and the only bit connected to the road (at least the digital road inside Ahmad's geeky supercomputer) is the driver's section.
 
Each section has an electric motor, allowing it to change shape and even stack on top of one another. So, in full slinky mode, you can drive it along a busy pavement or park in weeny little spaces designed for prams and cyclists.
 
Of course, it's pure fantasy at the moment, and we've no idea why he's slapped a Peugeot badge on the front. Perhaps all their future cars will look like snooker balls in a sock.

Kind of reminds us of Slimer from Ghostbusters. Or that stretchy BMW Gina concept. What do you think?

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Could be a good design for a future bendy bus!

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One wonders what his inspiration was. Surely, it's to be a novelty item and used as a gag gift at bachelorette parties?

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I think it looks like a dildo, what were they thinking?

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How can only the front "blob" be touching the ground? Once there's people in the back ones, it doesn't matter what clever weight-biasing trick you've tried. Nice blue-sky thinking, though.

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It just looks so wrong!!!!

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