Notable eco-cars (old & new) spotted in the wild: post your pics!

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Spotted this Citroën Jumper (one of the Euro equivalents to the Ram ProMaster) in my hometown, but it had Chilean plates. IIRC this one has a 2.2L 4-cyl turbodiesel co-developed between Ford and the PSA Group (Peugeot/Citroën) and a 6-speed manual transmission.

[Daschicken]

Saw this heavily aeromodded truck a while ago, Marietta area.

[Hersbird]

This is not exactly current, but I was going through some of the photos of when our house was first built (1948-50) and found this gem. A 1941 Nash Ambassador 600 Slipstream parked out front.

[bikeprof]

Nice old vehicle that was tricked down from all those SCI-FI movies of the '50s ��
Could have way better MPG's if the front had a front dam �� !

HAHAHAHA, nobody noticed my error, SCI-FI movies of the '50s.
This vehicle..., 1940's !
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[darcane]

Originally Posted by Hersbird

This is not exactly current, but I was going through some of the photos of when our house was first built (1948-50) and found this gem. A 1941 Nash Ambassador 600 Slipstream parked out front.

Cool cars, I would love to restomod a bathtub Nash some day.

I saw a BMW i8 for the first time a couple days ago. I couldn't snap a picture, but no other car looks quite like it so it was easy to ID. Oddly, I saw it pull into a gas station. I'm so used to seeing the all-electric i3 I had to look it up to figure out it was a hybrid, not a straight electric.

[bikeprof]

Noticed the rear fender stops inboard keeping air turbulence to a lesser amount, that was a nice touch...

[freebeard]

The Ambassador 600 was a pretty significant car body—first American unitized body or some such, although it may have been unitized-body-on-one-big-subframe.

The 1949 Airflyte, the famous 'bathtub', had a long list of firsts; but I like the 41's looks better. There was a neat one years past at the Springfield Cruise—light gray over maroon 2-door. I'd take mine with a Tesla front-wheel drive subframe.

[Baltothewolf]

Originally Posted by Daschicken

Saw this heavily aeromodded truck a while ago, Marietta area.

Why is nobody talking about this? This truck probably gets 20-30% better MPG than your average rig. This thing should have it's own thread!

[freebeard]

Because the pictures were small? Because it's not a car?

It is an interesting effort. If they were a member here it probably would have a thread. Which would be, after the fourth page, all about whether AirTabs work. Or don't.

It would be good to get the driver's views on fender skirts. Most drivers don't like them—tire chains and blowouts, etc. With the piano hinge at the top it looks like they would be out of the way in seconds.

[bikeprof]

Because the TV has not told "everyone" to do this...
Fox can't make too much money !

The loss of revenue the oil companies would inherit would be DISASTROUS to their net income !

Imagine 15-20% less oil used every day, every month, every year �� !