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flying cars to amphibious vehicles, solar-powered saloons to rockets on wheels,
these are over 50 of the most wacky cars ever devised. Fancy a car that drives
sideways? Try the Jeep Hurricane. Or maybe a car in which the windows change color
according to your mood for a more serene and health-giving driving experience?
That'll be the Toyota RiN. And if you like a flutter, you'll need the Chrysler
Town and Country Black Jack, which contains a mini on board casino. Some concept
cars are designed to demonstrate alternative materials and energy sources, or
to showcase the gadgets of the future, or even cater for specific lifestyles or
groups of people. Many don't even get beyond the prototype stage - for reasons
of cost or practicality, or, in the case of the nuclear-powered Ford Nucleon of
1958, the danger of causing a small atomic explosion. Featuring everything from
practical experiments such as the hatchback fire engine, and ideas that have managed
to make it into production, to stunning yet impractical super car concepts, this
book both celebrates and cringes at some of motoring's most daft - and even idiotic
- ideas. 
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