If Apple Ever Designed A Car...
Written By Ollie on Jan. 31, 2007.
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...I imagine it would look like this.
Part of a Peugeot Design Contest, and includes some real whacky thoughts on the future of motoring design.

Mike
Written Jan. 31, 2007 / Report /
Whoa cool. I imagine there's some type of gyroscope in the wheels to figure out which way to face lol.
Gnorb
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
No way. Too complex. Remember, Steve Jobs likes simplycity, as in if he could, he would create a device which did a million things, but looked like an orb with one button you could press. And that button would be optional.
No, I'm guessing that if Apple did ever design a car it would probably look a lot like the Dodge Intrepid: One giant curve (or something simple like that, maybe something as "complex" as an Audi TT, but no more; certainly no gratuitous curves like the Volvo s80 or... well, that thing in the picture). Likely it wouldn't have doors, either: the top and slides would slide into the trunk. The hood would be welded shut, ensuring there was no possibility of you actually working in the car (though you could still go under the car itself and work from there). Finally, the entire inside of the car, insofar as all the control panels were concerned, would be made of only touchscreens, and every function controlled by the onboard OS.
In short, the car would have no harsh bumps anywhere except for the steering wheel. And that would be optional.
Oh, and it would cost at least 50% more than anything comparable in the market, except all of its fans would keep insisting there really wasn't anyting comparable in the market.
Just a guess. Maybe call it the iDrive? Oh, wait... Then agan, that didn't stop them from naming it the iPhone, right?
Oli
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
An iCar/iDrive/IDon'tCareWhatTheyCallIt would have just one wheel which would you would use to steer, the car would use to propell you along with... Something a bit like this:
Gnorb
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
Now, encase that all in a shel to make it look like an orb...
Rich
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
Would it have a shuffle mode that gives you directions to random locations?
kallW
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
Are the wheels interchangeable?
elliothere
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
No, I'm thinking it would just take you directly to those random locations...Without telling you where you are, of course. You just have to guess.
aidan_1986
Written Feb. 1, 2007 / Report /
If Apple created a car it would most probably be a revolution in the car industry ;-)
StevenCampbell
Written Feb. 10, 2007 / Report /
If Apple created a car, it'd be so simple, it'd be powered by the mind and muscles, controlled by the mind, and maintained by the mind.
They would call it iFoot.
xirclebox
Written Oct. 21, 2007 / Report /
iWant1 !!!!
PixlNinja
Written Oct. 21, 2007 / Report /
So cute.. But it will not fit in my ShowCase :P..
I dont think that an iCar will be like that ..
It will be like this..
and some 300+ ****
creat1ve
Written Oct. 31, 2007 / Report /
If apple designed a car it would definitely be white. lol. and it would have candyswirl rims and bubble gum tires. It would be great. Probably wont have the best printer support though.
thebeancounter
Written Nov. 1, 2007 / Report /
Beautiful... and if you get a flat tire you can replace it with a giant golf ball :)
itsjos
Written Nov. 1, 2007 / Report /
if apple designs a car i might cry
Sebastiano
Written Nov. 1, 2007 / Report /
"The iCar" if there will be an apple car, It'll be an media-center on wheels, movie/music/e-books/internet/GPS/phone/all-in-one chuck technology. bu t thy final thought would be: "if it has all these features, the only person rich enough to get one, would be bill gates."