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March 9, 2009

Bo Zolland Delithium Concept

By David Clarke

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My favorite independent designer, Bo Zolland, has a flair for creating realistic automotive fantasies. Take his latest hot rod concept he calls Delithium (combination of Delerium and Lithium). Even though this “boat tail” speedster screams “I’m packing a big block V8,” Bo envisions his creation sipping instead of guzzling. More…

Bo proposes that this car would either run an all-electric drivetrain consisting of a Lithium Ion battery pack, or be a gas-electric hybrid. Personally I would imagine it as something similar to GM’s Ethanol roadster, a high-revving turbocharged 6 cylinder that runs on an alternative fuel. Either way you move it, it still looks sweet. Notice the subtle touches like the exhaust pipes that peek out from the engine bay, or the brake backing plates with scoops to direct fresh air. Due to the wraparound windscreen and the boat-tail combo, I see a lot of powerboat influence in his design. Where ever he drew his inspiration from, it worked. Check out the rest of his variations on this design below, and see wallpaper-sized versions of the images here.

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Posted at 10:11 am in Bo Zolland, Concept Cars, David Clarke

Comments

AutoMovement » Cadillac VSR
Mar 18, 2009 at 10:50 pm

[...] other day I blogged about this cool computer rendering of a 21st-century hot rod. Yeah well, screw renderings–this one’s real! This car was [...]

SpeedCanHurt
Mar 12, 2009 at 12:56 am

I agree completely.
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But not everyone’s gonna be able to have Hemi V8s in the next couple of decades, nice to see stuff like this and the Tesla coming out. That’s all.

chevyman327nova
Mar 11, 2009 at 4:19 pm

ok well put it this way if all cars were electric you wouldnt be able to make them more powerful or faster in the ways you can now and you only have exhaust sound through a speaker or somethin and only thing u could really change is looks. You like cardomain right well if every car was the same and stuff it would pretty much be over because it would be boring then and any kind of racing would over because it probably wouldnt be competitive. Not to mention it wouldnt be fun to be a car guy. plus im all for alternative fuels but as long as u can run it in the cars weve always had without drastic changes and it still be clean because it would suck if you could only use it in certain vehicles kinda like e-85 is now .

SpeedCanHurt
Mar 11, 2009 at 3:40 pm

Well, yeah, we can remake those fuels. Problem is, it takes thousands to millions of years of trees decomposing. The same trees we’re cutting down to build houses and keep them warm. Now, I’m definitely not some greenie idiot, I think global warming is a load of horsecrap (though it wouldn’t hurt to have cleaner air), but there are some things we can never change. Anyway, that’s my opinion.

chevyman327nova
Mar 11, 2009 at 3:32 pm

hey thats my opinion and im not the only one to think that as far as non renewable resources go thats just another thing we are made to think because if everything else can remake itself i think it can plus hey dont hate cuz im giving my opinion im entitled

Ku316
Mar 11, 2009 at 11:52 am

I like it and I think anyone who is on here leaving negative comments how about you create your own car??

JesterK
Mar 11, 2009 at 9:29 am

chevyman, get a brain…. I mean really you sound like an angst-ridden ten year old. Grow up. I love American muscle as much as the next guy, but “non-renewable” fuels are exactly that: non-renewable. We can waste all of it and never again be able to run the cars we love, or we can conserve it. The fuel doesn’t make that car. If that were true we would all be gas-heads or some other clever name to show our love of gasoline. We’re car enthusiasts because we love cars, not because we love the fuel that happens to be necessary to make them run. Take the Tesla for example: it has very similar specs to the Lotus Elise and it uses no gasoline.
Start using your brain. Cars and gasoline are no longer equivalent.

SickTacoma
Mar 10, 2009 at 7:35 pm

looks pretty mean!

albania_fier
Mar 10, 2009 at 7:32 pm

i love it!! all arround except some of the rims

chevyman327nova
Mar 10, 2009 at 6:49 pm

if its green its gay! make it gas! that go green stuff is just a gov’t scam to get rid of real cars of the old days and the american way for all that matter so dont be soo damn gullible and stop humpin trees

NUNHOTR
Mar 10, 2009 at 6:36 pm

Reminds me of prowler but way cooler!

Nissan63
Mar 10, 2009 at 4:23 pm

It’s Ok, but this body style has been done for years it is nothing new. Boyd Cottington, Foose, Plymouth Prowler all came before it.

skiman88
Mar 10, 2009 at 3:06 pm

thats such a sweet ride, only problem is cant drive that in most of jersey one speed pump ur done ! Hot design tho

pttransamdriver
Mar 10, 2009 at 10:49 am

Elec prowler??? …Love it!

mexicanfezmonkey
Mar 10, 2009 at 8:10 am

Oh dang, perhaps I should read the entire article. It says hybrid.

mexicanfezmonkey
Mar 10, 2009 at 8:08 am

An all-electric car with exhaust pipes?

boywithGT
Mar 10, 2009 at 7:13 am

I dig it.
But electric/hybrid? That’s silly.

Electricnick, The World Of Electric Cars » Blog Archive » Electric Car Domination, For Tomorrow
Mar 10, 2009 at 5:02 am

[...] Bo Zolland, A European Americans Will Love. Finally a hot rod muscle car aficionados will love, the Bo Zolland looks like it packs a V8 but favors all electric and eventually hybrid drive train, according to CarDomain. [...]

lordfeef
Mar 10, 2009 at 4:42 am

yeah i would take the red or green one but i would definitely have to put a gas engine in it maybe like a 327 small-block from a vette or something but it would be sweet

GTwildfire
Mar 9, 2009 at 7:54 pm

Mod it to raise a couple inches. Park it and it crouches. Hey, looking at this thing sitting still would be almost as good as sex, she might as well pose when sitting and stride when going places.
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This guy’s a goddam genius. Hope he reads this.

GTwildfire
Mar 9, 2009 at 7:51 pm

G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S

___nes___
Mar 9, 2009 at 6:32 pm

I really, REALLY like this car in red!

unclepdog
Mar 9, 2009 at 6:17 pm

looks clean love it oni-10 in west texas

SpeedCanHurt
Mar 9, 2009 at 4:29 pm

Yeah, that looks sweet in green. I’d take one whether it could clear potholes or not, just get it towed everywhere.

7urtle
Mar 9, 2009 at 2:49 pm

yup ill take one in green. with what oafman said

AudiobahnV8SHO
Mar 9, 2009 at 12:07 pm

Oafman has a point the roads would tear this to shreds.

Oafman
Mar 9, 2009 at 11:38 am

I notice only one thing that I do not like. That low front end would never last the roads here in Ohio. I passed a pot hole this morning that would eat this car. That said, this looks like it would be a fun eco-friendly track car. Lift that front end a bit to make real world driving possible and you have a good cruisin car.