The Dream That Never Was: Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan Rocket Car Revisited

The “Libyan Rocket”, as the prototype is called, is described as an “elegant sedan” 17 feet long, more than six feet wide, with a 3-liter, V-6 gasoline engine.

According to the BBC and Fox News, it also has airbags, an unspecified ‘electronic defense system’, and a collapsible bumper.

The car can go hundreds of miles on a flat tire, a feature that could come in handy while driving in the vast Libyan desert. Other safety features include a device to cut off the fuel supply to avoid a fire in case of accident.



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MSP6 - 3/4/2011 7:46:26 PM

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I do prefer the power-rickshaw/golf-cart/tuk-tuk he's being transported in.

mggray - 3/4/2011 9:10:44 PM

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Good grief, that's hideous.

JustaCar - 3/5/2011 9:14:47 AM

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Looks like it could be an Acura prototype.

BondMI6 - 3/5/2011 11:33:33 AM

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Welcome to the next generation TL...........

Neverfollow - 3/5/2011 12:38:14 PM

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Isn't that the new NSX?

Spectator - 3/7/2011 4:18:52 PM

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Sooo would this be the Thundercougarfalconbird?

Spectator - 3/7/2011 4:21:46 PM

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I don't think pedestrian saftey was taken into account in building the front or rear end.

Spectator - 3/7/2011 4:23:46 PM

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Hey Pontiac Aztek owners...you have somthing to make fun of now.

Spectator - 3/7/2011 4:24:12 PM

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God...I could make jokes all day on this car.