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Actually, a car with wings is the last thing I would expect from a flying car. Look at Moller's other models, they use massive fans to produce the thrust needed for flight. The description refers to eight thrusters, yet they're seen nowhere on the model. That's what I was questioning. I was more curious about the design than critical of its validity.

Turns out this was announced a couple months ago though, and there is much more information available. The picture shown here is just the wind-tunnel model, which seems to be a die-cast model of the Ferrari with the wing designs added on. So it actually is just a car with wings. Here is a PDF of their presentation of the vehicle, it shows another model with the thrusters added in.

http://www.moller.com/downloads/Autovolantor.pdf

A very interesting concept, but I get the feeling that this is a lot further than 2 years away.]]>Nov 3rd 2008 8:55PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/11/03/is-the-flying-car-just-two-years-away/http://www.switched.com/2008/11/03/is-the-flying-car-just-two-years-away/Nov 4th 2008 9:43AM