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Terrafugia's first flying car is the beautiful Transition®. The Transition® is a car that will land at the airport, fold up its wings, drive home and even park in your garage. Transition Specs: The Transition® is being designed to be a factory certified Light-Sport Airplane. Two seats, side-by-side. GTOW: 1320 lbs (600 kg) Useful Load: 550 lbs (250 kg) Fuel Capacity: 20 gal (120 lbs / 54 kg) Engine: 100 hp Rotax 912 S (four-stroke) Vs = 45 kts (51 mph, 83 km/hr) Vr = 70 kts (80 mph, 130 km/hr) Cruise Speed (75% power): 100 kts (115 mph, 185 km/hr) Fuel Consumption (75% power): 4.5 gph Range: 400 nm (460 mi, 740 km) Takeoff Distance over 50 ft obstacle: 1,700 ft (520 m) Fuel: Super-unleaded autogas or 100LL Wingspan: 27.5 ft (8.4 m) Length: 18.75 ft (5.7 m) Height: 6.75 ft (2.1 m) On-Road Width: 6.5 ft (2.0 m) Development Schedule: Prototype development now in progress! Anticipated completion: late 2008 First delivery: late 2009 No report on pricing at the time of this printing... 
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