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SEMA 2009: Local Motors Rally Fighter touches down in Vegas

It looks like the open source model can work for building new cars after all. We finally managed to track down the Local Motors Rally Fighter here at SEMA, and it is even more awesome in person than in pics. The interior on this pre-production car obviously still needs some work, but the rest is really impressive. Looking like some crazy mashup of a fighter plane and a SCORE rally truck, we hope this is the vehicle Mel Gibson picks to replace the last of the V8 Interceptors in Mad Max 4. We spent some time around the vehicle, soaking in ... Read more →

Vroom for everyone: Local Motors unveiling crowdsourced Rally Fighter at SEMA Sebastian Blanco

The wild things have left the movie theaters and are headed to SEMA. Case in point, the Rally Fighter. Coming from Local Motors, which dipped into the collective wisdom of the Internet (not sure ...

Local Motors begins deposit-taking for Internet-designed diesel Rally Fighter [w/VIDEO] Chris Paukert

Would-be automakers Local Motors have announced that they are now taking reservations for their madcap Rally Fighter, purportedly the world's first vehicle designed by Internet committee ...

Local Motors tries to rewire automotive design and building processes Sebastian Blanco

There is just way too much happening on the Local Motors site. Hundreds of vehicle sketches, people voting on this and that, different phases of the competition with names like Design, Checkup, ...

SEMA 2009: Local Motors Rally Fighter touches down in Vegas 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

It looks like the open source model can work for building new cars after all. We finally managed to track down the Local Motors Rally Fighter here at SEMA, and it is even more awesome in person than in pics. The interior on this pre-production car obviously still needs some work, but the rest is ...

Vroom for everyone: Local Motors unveiling crowdsourced Rally Fighter at SEMA 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

The wild things have left the movie theaters and are headed to SEMA. Case in point, the Rally Fighter. Coming from Local Motors, which dipped into the collective wisdom of the Internet (not sure if wisdom is the right word there, but whatever) to crowdsource the design and specifications of ...

Local Motors begins deposit-taking for Internet-designed diesel Rally Fighter [w/VIDEO] 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Would-be automakers Local Motors have announced that they are now taking reservations for their madcap Rally Fighter, purportedly the world's first vehicle designed by Internet committee ("crowdsourcing"). Penned by contest-winner Sangho Kim, the Rally Fighter looks unlike any other street ...

Local Motors tries to rewire automotive design and building processes 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There is just way too much happening on the Local Motors site. Hundreds of vehicle sketches, people voting on this and that, different phases of the competition with names like Design, Checkup, and Garage Voting. But, if you ignore the complexity of the interface, you'll find a few totally cool ...


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