This hyper-realistic plasma energy-powered supercar kills with its retro-modern persona

While we ride the sweeping rollercoaster of automotive concepts en route in our quest to find that holy grail creation, quite a few impress beyond any doubt. Coupes imagined in a decade’s time or sports cars running on 100 percent clean bio-fuel. But can you dare to imagine what’s the automotive landscape going to be like in five decades’ time?

The 2073 Gravitational Force Engine is a concept centered on the use of a revolutionary engine that uses an advanced mechanism to power the vehicles of 2073. Yes, that timeline is quite a long way off, and imagining the technological advancements by then is going to be mind-boggling!

Designer: Jack Junseok Lee

This concept engine design envisions our ability to extract the infinite sources of energy contained in black holes. This is done by using energy collectors loaded with electromagnetic fields and plasma containment fields into intense gravitational fields. The harnessed energy is collected and converted into stable concentrated power. As sci-fi as that may sound, the likelihood of us humans evolving into super-intelligent beings capable of harnessing such energy sources is very likely.

This abundant energy source will power the engines of our vehicles – be it on the road, under the ocean waters, or in the air. One such interesting four-wheeler will be this Back to the Future DeLorean-inspired sports car. The racer has a tell-tale dragster vibe with aerodynamic tuning for optimized drag reduction and keeping the machine glued to the racing surface.

Since we are talking of a time 50 years in the distant future, the choice of colors and overall design aesthetics will also change. Jack believes the retro flavor is very much going to set the precedence. That typical 70s and 80s pop-culture influence is something I totally love. The front section looks like a flowing supercar – Ferrari SF90, McLaren MP4-12C or the Porsche 918 Spyder are the closest visual parallels I can draw right now. The rear with that oversized spoiler and the exhaust is an absolute stunner on this baby that I instantly want to push on a high-speed circuit.

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Supercar fantasies at the Geneva Motor Show

Most of us will never have the cash for a supercar, but we still want them to look cooler and go faster every year. At the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, automakers were happy to accommodate, with a fresh crop of electric and gas-powered super- and hype...

Ultima Evolution Supercar Breaks All Kinds Of Records

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When you enter the dreamlike realm of the supercar, you’re not only paying for rubbernecking good looks and unrivalled exclusivity and status: you’re also paying for performance. British carmaker Ultima may just have put the world’s fastest accelerating car on the road with the Evolution. This thing is stupid fast. Just as a reference, know that the world’s current champion, the Ferrari LaFerrari does the 0-60mph in 2.6 seconds, and completes the 1/4 mile race in 9.7 seconds at 149.1mph. Most supercars hover around the 2.7s-2.9s range in their 0-60 times. But the Evolution? It gets to 60 mph (97 km/h) [in] 2.3 seconds, [and does] 0-100 mph (161 km/h) in 4.9 seconds, and 0-150 mph (241 km/h) in 8.9 seconds. The standing quarter mile (0.4 km) is reportedly achievable in 9.2 seconds, with the car hitting 156 mph (251 km/h)! That’s 0.5 seconds faster than the LaFerrari, which is huge!

Think about it: the Ultima Evolution reaches 150mph faster than some cars take to get to 60mph! It does this through a combination of a fuel-injected LS Chevrolet V8 engine, and a ridiculously low weight of just 950 kg (2,094 lb). Power options range from 350bph, to a blistering 1,020bph, which although lower than some competitors, is clearly more than enough given the car’s overall low weight.

There are lots of other things to say about this car, but you can read more on Gizmag’s article, linked below. And if you were hoping to get your hands on one, you’ll obviously have to pay, although not as much as you might imagine. Options start at £65,995 (about US$100,000), and we imagine go much, much higher than that for the top of the line models.

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Porsche 918 Spyder prototype returns to the road with polished black and white shell

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It may not be the first time Porsche's 918 plug-in hybrid has had a chance to flex its 770 horse power for the camera, but when we last saw the pricey insanely expensive speed demon strut its stuff on record, it certainly didn't look like this. The freakish prototype has emerged as a beautiful, high-performance vision of efficiency, blasting its way past 100 kilometers of terrain for every three liters of petrol (78 miles/gallon). The $845,000 machine pairs a combustion engine with electric motors to achieve that consumption rating, and sports a carbon-fiber reinforced-plastic monocoque (self-supporting) shell, rear-axle steering and that unique upward-venting exhausted system that you may have noticed in the shot above. The 918 Spyder is slated for its initial production run beginning in September of 2013, with the first models making their way to US customers late next year. It's time to start saving -- just a few thousand blog posts to go.

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