Two "futurecars"....
GM Firebird III was built in 1958. A two-passenger, gas turbine-powered car, it was the first to feature a single stick control system which replaced the conventional steering wheel, brake pedal and accelerator. This drive- by-wire system was used in the first experiments with automated highways.
One of the most amazing automobile prototypes of the 1930's was the 1938 Phantom Corsair. This very unusual six-passenger coupe was jointly designed by Rust Heinz. Heinz planned to put the Phantom Corsair (which cost approximately $24,000 to produce in 1938 - approximately $300,000 in 2005 dollars) into limited production at an estimated selling price of $12,500. His death, however, shortly after the car was completed, ended those plans.
GM Firebird III was built in 1958. A two-passenger, gas turbine-powered car, it was the first to feature a single stick control system which replaced the conventional steering wheel, brake pedal and accelerator. This drive- by-wire system was used in the first experiments with automated highways.
One of the most amazing automobile prototypes of the 1930's was the 1938 Phantom Corsair. This very unusual six-passenger coupe was jointly designed by Rust Heinz. Heinz planned to put the Phantom Corsair (which cost approximately $24,000 to produce in 1938 - approximately $300,000 in 2005 dollars) into limited production at an estimated selling price of $12,500. His death, however, shortly after the car was completed, ended those plans.
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