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Halo Intersceptor Concept Unveiled

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The 1970's trend to create futuristic designs of flying cars that no one can build (or even wants to) is now back. British concept-maker Philip Pauley is proposing a car that is not only a plane but also a boat and a helicopter.

The Halo Intersceptor, as its creator calls, has three interchangeable connecting housings, allowing for different configurations. Before you ask us why we are showing you such an outlandish creation, let us mention that it has been featured by GQ Magazine and even CNN.

The car is a futuristic grey-ish wight with black panel lines . The front of the concept has a very pointed shape, to minimize air resistance, with a blunt nose that is reminiscent of the Space Shuttle. The lights have a teardrop shape that flows to the wheel arch. As for the wheels themselves, there are none to speak off as far as we can see. The back of the car shows a striking resemblance to the Bugatti Veyron, with the same four stop lights and engine cover.

Pauley’s vision of a flying car has thick, swept back delta wings and single vertical stabilizer. The boat version seems to have a split hull at the front. The boat mixes the car’s white and black color scheme with a wood texture on the deck.

“A disarmingly unassuming man, Philip Pauley possesses an instinctive genius for meeting real world needs with advanced technological conceptual designs. No wonder then that his 1997 dissertation piece of an incredible self sufficient sub marine habitat called Sub Biosphere 2 earned him the label of being too futuristic for his time by his tutors and contemporaries, “ states the press release which came with the launch of the 3D concept.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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