18 September 2009 - 10:00
Glob trotter
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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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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Snooker balls in a sock...That's a killer. Weird man's car. Although one man that goes by the name of Bangle was considered mad, and that his cars would never get built.
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It reminds me of those little flexible plastic segment snakes that kids have (or had in my day). Put two seats per ball and it might go somewhere...though I'm thinking less road car, more rollercoaster..........
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love it! make it peugout!
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Yes, let's all drive around in something that resembles a condom. :roll:
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remember when peugeot made reasonably good cars like the 205 and 405 but it all seemed to get ugly with the arrival of the 307
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This has got to be a joke, and it's on me. I'm having a field day thinking up comments, but nearly none can be published. Darn. There's no on-switch on the back to start her up. It's bound to be electrically powered, think of the noise it'll make. The satnav says: 'You have arrived at your destination'. There's hundreds more, but I don't dare...
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Something about automatically moisture detecting windscreen wipers.
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So first Peugeot designed a three-wheeled city car, then a car-elevator hybrid and now an adult toy. No wonder their real cars are rubbish when they use all their resources on pointless and nowhere near production-ready utopia.
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Wiener-mobile?
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Ugh, yet again, when a design student/independent designer puts a badge on something, all the people that can barely read an article assume it's an official car. IT'S NOT A REAL PEUGEOT!!
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Bizarre isn't the word that comes into my brain when I see this thing. Unfortunately the words that do make their presence felt would probably get me banned from the forum...Painful, Peugeot and French just don't cut it...
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riiiiiiiiiight... but where's it's great yawning mouth smile grin thing?
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Oh, now I get it... It's one of those things the old bat buys for me in the drugstore so that she doesn't get fat in the belly. Thought I recognised that thing from somewhere. I wont be wanting this one though, I think it would be too big for my pride and joy ;]
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why would anyone want to ride around in that thing..no point to it its disturbing!
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ugh..what an ugly car..
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Perhaps the navy could buy this car.... might be good to transport seamen in...... what were they thinking...truely hideous!!!!!!
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I wonder about the seats. They look like those turntable teacups you see at fairgrounds. Now THAT's roadsickness!
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I wonder what they were thinking of when they designed it, let's hope for bangers and mash.
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StigsIrishCousn commented on this article
18 September 2009
Could be a good design for a future bendy bus!
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