Science Fiction en vliegende auto's gaan al heel erg lang samen hand in hand. Dus was het voor de website Topless Robot tijd om eens een top tien te maken met de coolste vliegende auto's uit films en boeken. Uiteraard staat Doc Brown's Delorean DMC-12 op de eerste plaats, en viel mijn keuze op:

3) Spinner, Blade Runner

Ridley Scott's visions of the future have -- until recently -- seemed grounded in reality. A perfect example of a plausible near future being the universe he created in Blade Runner. In an uber industrialized future, cities have become sprawling landscapes with equally sprawling populations. That being said, it would be easy to imagine how bad traffic could get. With space being a premium, the only place to go to accommodate such a populous would be up, hence the Spinner. On the ground, the Spinner functions as any typical car would. However, once the purge feature is activated, it lifts off the ground and becomes airborne. It's name comes from the rotations it make during takeoff, spinning in the air as it climbs. While it seems that Spinners are reserved for the elite of Blade Runner society, government agencies including the police are seen to use them. While they don't seem to carry armaments, they appear to be one of the more realistic visions of a flying automobile, one that wouldn't seem out of place in the Los Angeles of the near future.