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Surely one of the most unusual-looking exhibits at the 2007 Detroit Auto Show was Ford’s latest concept car, the Ford Airstream Concept. Picking up where 2004′s Model U left off, the Airstream Concept is futuristic in some respects and deeply retro in others. In short, it’s an odd mix – but elements in that mix show some real value for the future of the automobile.

In design terms, there are several different ideas at work in the Airstream Concept. The principal and most exciting of these is the ‘HySeries Drive’, a rechargeable electric engine that runs on hydrogen fuel cells, on show here for the first time. Read the rest of this entry »