Future is a place in which you are chauffeured in a Bizzarrini

"gzdesign" (gzdesign) 04/24/2014 at 07:39 • Filed to: Dystopia, Future, Bizzarrini, Self-driven cars, Moray Callum

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It all started with this Moray Callum quote regarding self-driven cars

"Imagine the weight you put into cars to make them collision-proof, or for the consequence of a collision. If there's never going to be a collision you could take all of that away. That could be quite interesting."

So think for a moment the implications this has: Low-slung bodies, lightweight cars... A world in which, hypothetically, we could all be driving cars like this:

However, there is a catch here: The sole premise is that the car should be autonomous, so you could be at the wheel of this amazing car, but don't drive it. And since we are at this point, what would a gearhead do? Sure, one could always lean back and relax, but then, why in a car like this instead of a more comfortably packaged MPV-like design?

Or, go the other way around and hack into the system and drive it yourself. Which, in this dystopic future, probably would be illegal. And dangerous, since traffic would keep a strange pace since it is all controlled by a network.

So, what road would you take? A slow death due to anxiety of being chauffeured in a gorgeous car and not being able to drive it, or a faster, drive-it-like-I-hacked-it one?

-Image Credit to : sportscardigest.com | justchauffeur.co.uk | a777aa77.ru

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > gzdesign 04/24/2014 at 09:42

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Drive my own car. It's not like sitting in a Bizzarrini would be interesting. You want to see the thing going down the road. You want to hear a 427 scream. You want to smash the go pedal. You get none of these things sitting back and doing nothing. I'm assuming that in the 21st century it would be electric or a 3banger. So, I will go my own way.

stuttgartobsessed > gzdesign 04/24/2014 at 11:34

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I don't like thinking about it.... But who in their right mind would want to be driven in something like a Bizzarrini?

gzdesign > stuttgartobsessed 04/24/2014 at 13:23

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The more I think about it, the more I suspect it wouldn't be that bad at all. Give me the original engine rumble and a computer program that mimics the driving skills of, say, Sir Stirling Moss, and I could be fairly happy about it.

stuttgartobsessed > gzdesign 04/24/2014 at 18:22

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While that does sound pretty sweet, I'd still rather be the one driving. Even it is poor and unskilled and slow.