NEW YORK AUTO SHOW: TERRAFUGIA TRANSITION

A new car was shown in the New York Auto show, called the Terrafugia Transition. As much as the name sounds weird, so is the 'car'. This 'vehicle' can operate both as a car and a plane. Terrafugia also warns to not call this a flying car, but a drivable airplane. It even uses another 100 horsepower engine that only runs on 91 octane or higher. Like a regular car, it comes with front and side airbags, a carbon-fiber crash safety cell and crumple zones, and a full-vehicle parachute that deploys from the nose if something goes badly wrong at an altitude above 500 feet or so.