I’ve seen some weird concept cars writing here, but I think I might have found the (literally!) high-water mark for weird in the Tang Hua Detroit Fish.
Designed as part of what can only be described as an insane quest to create an “iconic” car for China, the Detroit Fish comes standard with a 3.5 kilowatt electric motor and lithium ion battery pack, which allows it to go about seventy five miles and achieve a whopping top speed of roughly 24 miles per hour. This means, of course, it’s yet another city cruiser--long-range commuters need not apply.
When pressed, its designer had this to say about the enormous yellow nightmare of a car: “There will be no Chinese national cars of significance if the Chinese spirit is absent from their design.”
But you’ve got to give him credit for trying–they were gunning for “distinctiveness” and distinctiveness they got. Will anyone actually drive this massive fish? I call it unlikely.
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