The Switchblade flying sports car hit 88 mph in runway test\nruns recently, which was calculated to be the take-off speed of the vehicle.\nCoincidentally, that is the same speed the famous DeLorean had to reach before\nit could travel through time in the epic Robert Zemeckis movie Back to the Future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Switchblade is touted as being a personal “time\nmachine” because of the incredible amount of time it can save people. The\nvehicle was designed to turn a 10-hour regional driving trip of 500 miles into\na 3 \u00c2\u00bd hour drive\/fly trip, door-to-door. As regional airports exist within a\n15-minute drive of where most people live, this kind of use may appeal to those\nwho desire a simplified method of regional travel. “Say goodbye to traffic\ncongestion, weather delays, and rental car\/Uber hassles. Say hello to\nfreedom,” quips Sam Bousfield, designer of the Switchblade and CEO of\nSamson Sky, the company behind the vehicle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The popularity of the $150,000 flying sports car has\ncontinued to grow, with Samson recently gaining what they called\n“lucky” Reservation Position 1313. Samson Reservations Manager,\nMartha Hall Bousfield, reports that Switchblade Reservationists hail from an\nunprecedented 38 countries, including all 50 States in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Switchblade flying sports car is classified as a\nmotorcycle by the U.S. Department of Transportation, but the Samson Sky team\nlikes to call it a flying sports car because of its high performance. The\nengine is a turbo-charged, lightweight 200 hp liquid-cooled V4 that is capable\nof 0-60 in 6.5 seconds and a top speed of 125+ mph. In the air it is designed\nto cruise at 160 mph, with a top speed of up to 190 mph and a range of 500\nmiles. Using Road & Track’s slalom testing parameters, the Ground Test\nVehicle out-performed everything in its wheelbase per Road & Track’s\nhistorical data base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n