Flying car to replace the Volvo?

This is the M400 sky car which will be available for purchace in 4 years time. A smaller hover car is availble now. It's being built by Moller International and is the brainchild of (mad inventor) Paul Moller, who claims it will revolutionise personal transport.

Of course he's not the first person to promise this. We all remember the hype surrounding the Segway (built by mad inventor Dean Kamen), which I've had a chance to drive and it is great fun. Still I certainly wouldn't use one just for getting around (I have legs for that you see).

People in Britain also had the C5 which was built by (mad inventor) Sir Clive Sinclair in 1985, who also built the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer in the early 80s (Oh come you must remember that...). The C5 was a spectacular failure and became a real joke.

Of course the M400 does have some things going for it that the others didn't, like

1. It flies.
2. It looks really sexy and cool.
3. You can pretend to be James Bond.

Still I can't see many people swapping the volvo for a skycar any time soon.