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Face it: you're never going to have a flying car. Even if the Moler
Skycar were cheap and common enough for everyone to be able to afford,
the first time some bleary-eyed morning commuter spilled coffee on
their lap and made a spiraling dive into a kindergarten they'd all be
grounded. Permanently. We might get there some day, but the next few
generations of tomorrow's cars are going to stay firmly planted on the
ground. I'm okay with that. In fact, I like that. After all, it's
pretty fun to drive on the ground -- or a lake, if the ice is thick
enough.
If we're stuck with such pedestrian things as wheels and tires and
fenders, what's the next-generation of cars going to look like? Are
hybrids really a hot thing or are they the automotive equivalent of a
transition medium? Will tomorrow's cars continue today's horsepower
wars or are a nation's dyno graphs on the verge of a beige econo-
precipice the likes of which we haven't seen since the '70s fuel
crisis? Damned if I know, but I do at least have an idea of what I
believe the next generation of cars should be, something that could be
produced in five years or less and would totally rock my world. Maybe
it will rock yours too.
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