The last flying car we got the hots for was that high-winged AMC Matador driven/flown by the dastardly Francisco Sacaramanga in the 1974 James Bond romp The Man with the Golden Gun. A far more serious piece of aeronautical kit is the Aeromobil 3.0 being developed in Slovakia and making its auto-show debut in Monaco.
This “flying roadster,” as it’s called, is said to have already logged seven hours of airborne testing as well as 40 on the road. Its maker says that, at the flick of a switch, it can morph from car to plane in just 2.5 minutes and once in the air has a claimed top speed of 125mph and a range of 400 miles. On the road, the 19-foot-long two-seater can top 100mph, allegedly.
While the company says a production Aeromobil should be on sale by 2018 - at a cool £660,000 a pop - you have to ask the question: What’s the point?
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