Generally we're a little too, um, preoccupied on New Year's Day to bother with such trifles as opening our eyes and watching the annual Rose Parade from Pasadena, but with Honda planning an ambitious float for 2008 that will feature a gigantic
ASIMO replica riding a transforming Honda Ridgeline, well, at the very least we'll be setting our DVR. According to American Honda, which provides the Tournament of Roses with hundreds of vehicles and has won numerous awards for its entries in the past, its generators will cause "the hood of the truck to fold forward to become an aircraft cockpit, the doors and sides of the truck to unfold outward to become wings, the wheels to tuck under the body, and the bed of the truck to open and take on the form of an aircraft tail section, complete with rocket engines - and even real fire." Giant robots piloting huge fire-breathing truck-planes? If this truly is a "Passport to the Future" as Honda claims, you can sign us up! Lots more pics in the gallery below, and a full seven-part, behind-the-scenes mini-documentary after the break.
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The Raw Feed, photos and videos courtesy of Honda]
posted Dec 30th 2007 1:48PM
meh...its made of foam and features 0 degrees of motion.
Way to go Honda :/
It is a float for a parade mate... not Honda's next big thing...
"Passport to the Future" is right. . . the future of human subjugation to rocket-riding robotic overlords. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
I for one welcome our rocket-riding robotic overlords. (someone had to say it)
Whats with the picture change? first it was an Asimo, now its a car with flame engines? i dont get it
lol of course when i go back to read the article it makes PERFECT sense. my bad, move along nothing to see here.
I want a hover conversion for my van! But they need to solve the lightning frying the flying circuits first!
It'll be nice to see in action I think.
Too bad that was not one of the floats in Duarte where they have about 6-8 being decorated, I could have told you about it if it was. It will be interesting to see in action though.
PLEASE GOD!!!!! Let it catch on fire
Too many overlords... I don't know which one to welcome anymore. =/
I always thought of Honda as a fuel efficient company...I mean the Civic was known for good gas mileage and reliability until the Prius came along...look at them now...they have 2 jet engines burning a shit load a fuel on their parade float...
"Roads? Where we're going we don't need... roads"
thunderbirds are go!!!!!!!
Who sets a DVR anymore? I'll let Youtube do all that hard work for me.