The Schlorwagen, 1939

How is it that some inventions from many years ago look more futuristic than the things we have today? There is something strange about living in the time period when everyone thought there would be flying cars and hovering cities… It was almost as if everything around us was meant to change in an instant but never did.

This is the Schlorwagen, built by German Engineer Hans Schlor Von Westhofen Dirmstein. The car was intended to encompass the shape of an airplane wing with its aerodynamic look. Considering that it was 1939, this car had a very futuristic feel about it… And even though it is now considered to be old, it had a very efficient CW value competitive with today’s cars.