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Vertically Parked Cars, Sauna-Equipped Motorcycles and Self-Shortening Coupes: Hilarious Vehicle Concepts by Steven M. Johnson

This guy puts your fancy auto design renderings to shame

By Rain Noe - October 16, 2015

in Cars

The brilliant cartoonist/inventor Steven M. Johnson has been dreaming up kooky product concepts for 40 years. Luckily for us the man saves his work, and this year he released a new book, "Patent Depending: Vehicles," that rounds up four decades of his automotive concepts.

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The $19.95 book contains over 400 drawings of "ludicrous, whimsical or marginally-plausible inventions relating to the automobile, as well as to vans, motorcycles, bicycles and unique personal conveyances," and I really wish some car company would hire him. (He actually worked for Honda R&D for nine years!) Here's a sample of what's in the book:

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Ooh—maybe VW is now in such dire need of distraction that they'd consider taking Johnson on?

Via PrintMag & The Atlantic

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Jerry Elmore

9 years ago

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+1 for the slipper concept

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Juan Cano

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I'd buy any of these vehicles!!!!

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