Mercedes ‘Bionic Car’ on Display at ‘Design and the Elastic Mind’ in NY
Mercedes Benz’s concept models of the ‘bionic car’ are going to appear at New York’s Museum of Modern Art as part of the “Design and the Elastic Mind” exhibition. The exhibition held at the famous “MoMA” would showcase cutting edge innovations from the fields of design and science. The exhibition is on from February 24th.

The Mercedes ‘bionic car’, was first unveiled in June 2005 at the Innovation Symposium organized by Daimler AG in the US capital. It boasts of slippery aerodynamics and is a lightweight concept inspired by nature, hence the name ‘bionic car’. The concept car features a clean and economical next gen diesel engine with BLUETEC technology, which cuts down on fuel consumption and reduces emissions and has been put into production models since 2006. Mercedes claims that in the US driving cycle, the bionic car can give upto 84 miles per gallon and is atleast 20% more economical than a comparable production model. The diesel motor produces 140 bhp.

The ‘bionic car’ is the work of Engineers, designers and biologists at Mercedes who have worked in sync to produce this unusual fish like two door car which looks ‘odd’ to say the least. If it’s objective is to be showcased at exhibitions then good, else i dont think it should ever come into production in it’s current guise.