call me crazy, but there is no way i'm getting into a vehicle i can't see out of. you can have as many cameras and screens as you want, but how else am i going to challenge the guy next to me at a stoplight to race, flip off the old asian lady as i pass her, or throw garbage onto the highway?

that, and the whole safety/what if it breaks thing. no climbing out the windows if you get into a wreck (on the other hand, no flying out the windows if you're not wearing a seatbelt.)

friedgold

how are you supposed to flip people off?

tallboy

I guess they're planning on whatever socialist puke we elect this year to start euthanizing the obese and tall among us, so we can all fit into these little windowless shitboxes. I mean, why not? Once the government takes over health insurance, the obese and tall are nothing but a drag on their cost of providing 'care' anyway. Plus, it has the added benefit of 'saving the planet'.

drewls

Looks like they should get permission from Microsoft to call it the Volkswagen 360.

Thrillcekr

I like the GINA concept from BMW better.

Silvio_73h-1337

No cupholders, just dual barf-bags to handle the induced motion sickness of no windows.

Boden

Cars in the future will look exactly the same, except slightly sleeker. That's the way the future freakin' works. Don't believe me? Take a look at past predictions. Are we flying in our cars? Are they weird little self-driving bubbles? Do they fold up into suitcases? No. They are, however, slightly sleeker* every year.

*Especially given that the definition of "sleek" changes along with auto designs.

strangepork

I don't think cameras and sensors are better than a window. The design is pretty cool though.

Silvio_73h-1337

Sweet! Nobody will be able to see you when you are parked with a hooker.

Mr.SithNinja

I'll be okay with it so long as it is "totally" windowless, as in no Microsoft Windows either. That old joke about Microsoft making cars is getting just a little too close here. Can you imagine a blue screen at 80 mph on the freeway?

thedancingrogue

Everyone is missing the big picture here: No windows means no cops knocking on your windows which are partially steamed up.

Also, nude driving up 25000%.

DashTheHand

@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: What you said. No windows is a law enforcement nightmare.

opedog

Unless that thing doubles as a submarine (and heck, maybe flies, too?), I think I'll take the sunshine and fresh air options...

Narual

So ,it's got sensors, and no "viewing portals" but they're going to allow HUMANS to actually control these things? I guess it could be alright though, there aren't any windows in a submarine. However, SUMBArines do take more than one person to operate.

qbrad

@ninjagin: You've got the right stuff, baby. You're the reason that I wrote this song.

qbrad

@Gizmo:

I see what you did there lol

kumuasata

Slugbug White!

...and black

...and neon

chrisaroz

Concept cars more than five years out are free rein for designers to go totally batshit crazy. Like lol no windows? Really?

If there's anything I learned about concept cars growing up, it's that you can bet your bottom dollar they will never come out. All the cars I drooled over in grade school that were coming out aroung y2k? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. It's 2008 and you still don't see anything like them. The Honda CR-Z concept everyone is drooling over? When it comes out, it'll be a Civic with a different grill.

mullingitover

You're not going to drive anymore guys. Why would you want to when you could be connected all the time a la Wall-E???

Chester_Copperpot

are the wheels holograms or VW trophies of some sort, and does the tire rotate around the wheel, those wheels will be like the beach ball with sand inside it... you know what i mean? no... oh well

purple_pillows

everyone knows that the volkswagen cars always break

so .. when a camera or sensor breaks, you have get it fixed, how the hell can you reach the repair factory ? maybe a window is needed, specially in volkswagen cars

waza

Looks like xbox - the car. And there's no way I'm driving without windows. How the hell am I going to stick fingers up at other drivers?

Gizmo

Does no window mean I can finally smoke in private?

towlie420

I don't know where to start...i mean, the wheels look like they have volkswagen trophies in the middle.

Not only are there no windows NOR a windshield....I can only *assume* you can see out but not in?

But as far as I know tints beyond a certain level are illegal, and not being to see in at all would be totally illegal. Yet I do see the possibility of doing more errrr "entertaining" things if people cant see in!

Also, how are they gonna enforce those hands-free laws!?!?

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M

"The HUD is really not so dissimilar from modern day racing games." My time has come...

DarkHavoc99

I prefer windows so I can make my own judgements.

It seems green will be the "in" colour in 20 years.

Geisrud

Yeah that video was so unrealistic. All those trees and nobody using anti UV bunny suits. PFFFFTTT....

bobojuice

VW can cram it for resizing my browser window and then yelling at me in German for not having Flash Player.

dingus

When the Mercurty program was in its infancy, there was no window on the capsule. The pilots bitched and the window was added. No window is a deal-breaker.

ninjagin

Wow, one camera malfunctions, and you are screwed.

rahilmehta

Not penisy enough for my tastes.

JB

Brushed Aluminum & Black plastic... They seem to have copied the design from the IPhone!!!...

sfokevin

Yeah, the no window thing? Not cool.

*freaking out already*

92BuickLeSabre

@i_prefer_sasquatch:

THAT WAS HILARIOUS.... lol

xaflatoonx

Sexy (except the colors make it look like a Sprite sponsored sodamobile)...

cloudnine

How do you roll down the window?

How many cupholders does it come with?

i_prefer_sasquatch

I like the hologram projector's on the rims showing the logo. I hope it doesn't spin with the the wheel though, it would like spin-art.

Dj75728

"Volkswagen Shows Us Cars From Minority Report"

Fixed.

Jeff Martin

Why is there all that nature in the video? Where's the smog? They must be in super duper future Dubai.

No way MY country will look that good in 20 years.

smackswell

That shit is bananas. Why not just make a concept car that runs on giant tentacles instead of wheels? Or maybe a car that surgically implants sensors into the driver that relay car info directly into the brain for complete Fahrvergnügen.

alowishus

@drewls: Ahh, but tall people are usually higher paid and have more presitge. All Presidents of US (with the exception of FDR) have been pretty dern tall. I don't think they'll stop caring for tall people. But people who are wider than tall -- they're fu@ked. Anyone want some McDonalds? I'm making a run. er a walk. er a ride. Forget it, I'll get a delivery.

qbrad

My wife wouldn't appreciate if you couldn't roll down the windows to "air it out".......

SQLGuru

Wait..won't the world look like something from Mad Max by 2028?

MrMaestr0

So in 20 years, we're still doing the driving? Fck that! Besides, how do we know that in 20 years, everything will be post-apocalyptic Mad Max-style world?

ripfire

I get in enough trouble 'cause of my urban tints...... I know the Po-Po would stop me on this ride...

lithivm

Nothing that hasn't been done. I designed a camera view only car in school about 15 years ago, but I left some forward visibility for the passengers and emergency situations.

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Jones Foyer

No windows, yet it still has wheels? Sorry, keep the windows and lose the wheels. By 2028 my car had better be fucking flying.

wjousts

VW is incorrect...in the future we will all have mechano-suits form fitted to our bodies that run for us at top speed.

pevans34

@dna: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. sadly true.

and what the fuck happens if the cameras go haywire? or if someone is having an asthma attack and needs some fresh air?

rimplestultskin

Oh yeah, this idea will totally fly with local law enforcement. Imagine being a cop and having to pull this guy over, how the hell are they supposed to use racial profiling if they can't see who's driving?

Cool idea, but I don't think we'll be seeing any civilians driving around in these things.

dna

No this makes me shake my head. For one, the world will not be that open and green nor will the sky be that clear. It'll probably more closely resemble Beijing circa 5 years ago. Other than that I can believe it, except it needs more of a Gotham, dark crime infested feel.

Ftp1423

I wonder if the screen can be used to surf web. If thats the case, it would be prone to malware. Imagine popups filling up the screen while driving, u r doom.

endrewsmith1

It's funny how the cars of the future rarely become the cars of the present

yougottabekidding

this wont happen. I remember watching a report about 10ish years ago about new designs for airplanes that would be instrument based and would have no windows for the pilots to see out of

10 years later... they still have wind shields

what happens if there was a malfunction or the camera was slow? there are too many issues out there for this to become a real thing

now a transparent monitor (e-ink or what have you) thats another story all together.

jrghoull

So, if there are no windows, how do you show that a**hole who cut your line the finger?!

Bigby

No Windows? At last! But wait... will it be running a Linux, or a Mac OSX? Seriously... if that thing will be a complete "fly-by-wire," hackers and modders can seriously be a concern on the streets! Ah... the guys at VW will figure it out. I still remember the (then) new Beetle design being shown in a scene in the movie Back to the Future. Some years later, my neighbor got one for himself. I'll try to beat my neighbor to the Ego design this time... soonest I can afford it. I'll just copy the image above for now.

Shooter01

@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: Why assume that noone can see in? A camera mounted on the dash can see you and broadcast your image to the cop behind you. Or upload to twitter: "Look at me, I'm driving now!" :-)

reamon

Will there be a convertible version?

Will I encounter: "Windows 14 has detected wheel movement and must reboot. Pulling over to reboot in 5... 4...."

Will it support all the media center plug-ins?

Will the iPhone/iTouch view the car as an "accessory?"

reamon

@Bigby: use a scrolling LED sign....duh! ,,|,

b3n

@92BuickLeSabre: Just get the Purple and Neon Green version and tell yourself it's an entry plug... Just remember when you inhale the LCL not to think of what it is...

Human Bomb

@drewls: Well euthanizing the obese is one way of cutting the conservative population down to size. Next we just have to figure out a way to off everyone with a brain smaller in scale than the average pea and the "socialists" will be free to rule the country! Plus, we won't have to see anymore of your ignorant and uninformative posts. :)

Thrillcekr

How many miles per gallon does it get?

Mikestan

How many miles to the gallon does it get?

Mikestan