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RACER X
01-14-2009, 12:22 PM
NOT!

dunno if it did or didn't , but god thats ugly and stupid

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/cad_wtc_conc.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/cadillac-world-thorium-fuel-concept/1284755/)
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Cadillac World Thorium Fuel Concept



http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/13/not-in-detroit-cadillac-world-thorium-fuel-concept/

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. While you wait for it, have a look at the Cadillac WTC in the gallery of high-res photos below.

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Rsv1000R
01-14-2009, 12:28 PM
Now I kind of like that, not sure about the "rear wheel wells", but it's kind of neat looking...

OneSickPsycho
01-14-2009, 12:43 PM
I think it's awesome.

Homeslice
01-14-2009, 01:15 PM
Certainly looks better than anything else Caddy's got.

AquaPython
01-14-2009, 01:20 PM
i think it's pimp
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/01/04_cad_wthor_fcon.jpg

fasternyou929
01-14-2009, 01:20 PM
I think it's cool looking, but even if you don't, you have to realize concept cars like that are where the largest advances in vehicle technology come from.

You can't revolutionize a car by building it over and over again, making minor changes. You need a clean slate.

Homeslice
01-14-2009, 01:30 PM
No comments on "WTF" being the model name?

shmike
01-14-2009, 01:31 PM
No comments on "WTF" being the model name?

1.

pickle.of.doom
01-14-2009, 01:31 PM
Yeah, god forbid the automakers waste money on silly little things like technological advancement!

fasternyou929
01-14-2009, 01:32 PM
No comments on "WTF" being the model name?

I saw that. :lol: They accidentally went back to WTC at the end of the article though.

pickle.of.doom
01-14-2009, 01:32 PM
No comments on "WTF" being the model name?

Well, that is the first thing I said when I saw it!:D

Homeslice
01-14-2009, 01:33 PM
Is thorium the stuff that makes watch hands glow in the dark?

pickle.of.doom
01-14-2009, 01:37 PM
It may be... Isn't it also what they fill you up with to make you glow on an xray/MRI? Or is that Barium.

smileyman
01-14-2009, 01:58 PM
If you glow do you still need interior lighting?

Rsv1000R
01-14-2009, 05:43 PM
Is thorium the stuff that makes watch hands glow in the dark?

No, It use to be Radium, which changed to Tritium which has/is being replaced with phosphors.

101lifts2
01-15-2009, 01:53 AM
Imagine the tail possibilities....