Sure, it's meant to go on sand, but the Dune Tracer concept is about as far from a day at the beach as a vehicle could possibly be.
One look at its menacing tracks, its chrome rear fenders and single-seat open cockpit and you know this buggy is meant to be outfitted with automatic weapons in some end-of-days, dystopian nightmare.
That's why it's so freakin' awesome.
From diseno-art.com -- the same folks who brought us the i-Scoob luxury hybrid snowmobile -- the Dune Tracer is powered by a rear-mounted engine located right behind the driver's seat that's cooled by multiple air intakes.
The concept's most interesting feature is a unique track system. At low speeds, the vehicle turns on its own axis -- like a tank -- as power goes to either the left or right tracks. At higher speeds, the front pair of tracks turn left and right and the vehicle turns like a conventional car or truck.
As proof that it's aimed at the playboy sheikh demographic, the Dune Tracer even features air conditioning that vents above and through the driver's seat. Global warming? Psh! More like personal desert cooling! And who cares about gas mileage when you're personally a card-carrying OPEC member?
We know -- it's a concept that has no chance of making it to production, but we would love to see those fancy tracks show up on a Unimog.
Photos: diseno-art.com
