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Old 01-13-09 | 10:10 PM
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Here are pics of the Cadillac World Thorium Fuel Concept, aptly named the cadillac WTF, lol i cracked up on this one

Here's another one from the world of unlimited conceptual design: the Cadillac World Thorium Fuel concept. Otherwise known as the Cadillac WTF. Created by Loren Kulesus, everything about the WTF has been created to last 100 years without maintenance. That's the reason for the element number ninety, thorium: to act as a nuclear fuel powering batteries that would power the car.

Elsewhere, every major system is redundant in case of a failure. And the wheels don't have individual tires - in fact, what's located at each corner is one combined unit made up of six individual wheels. That gives you 24 wheels in total, and each wheel has its own induction motor. Said Kulesus, "The vehicle would require the tires to be adjusted every five years, but no material would need to be added or subtracted." Here's to the future.
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/13/n...-fuel-concept/


For real: What the Fu** is that????

Old 01-13-09 | 10:28 PM
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wow, that is out of this world!
Old 01-13-09 | 10:49 PM
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Thats a little to crazy for me. I think its looks more like a toy than a car
Old 01-13-09 | 11:11 PM
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Uh, okay. Lol.
Old 01-13-09 | 11:23 PM
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I just think the name is hilarious, cause cadillac must be aware of internet shorthand. So thumbs up to caddy
Old 01-13-09 | 11:41 PM
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That has got to be the COOLEST thing I've seen in a while. I would love to just drive around in it and see peoples faces. I could park it in front of a busy cafe and go have a coffee inside and watch everyone stop and stare. It would be great
Old 01-14-09 | 01:50 AM
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I like it, would rock it.

Only problem is it looks very long.
Old 01-14-09 | 04:06 AM
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it looks like a big robotic cockroach. from the future.

won't we have flying cars by then?
Old 01-14-09 | 06:19 AM
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Um,,,,yeah,,,,,appropriate name and initials for the look of the car. WTF as in WTF were they thinking.
Old 01-14-09 | 07:55 AM
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beautiful, man these american autoguys are stepping up
Old 01-14-09 | 07:58 AM
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I think it's cool... in a Megatron kind of way.
Old 01-14-09 | 08:06 AM
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I like the idea of not having to replace the tires.
Old 01-14-09 | 09:08 AM
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It will go 100 years without maintenance and 100 minutes without repair LOL
Old 01-14-09 | 09:20 AM
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Put guns on it, and up armour it..... I'll have one.
Old 01-14-09 | 09:27 AM
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this is the sort of stuff that landed the Big 3 in hot water...too much money wasted on R&D, designing, styling concept cars...make the freaking car!!!! where's the Sixteen??? I actually loved that car



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