America’s oddest sci-fi custom can land in your driveway — for a price

Creative minds work in curious ways: Scribble is framed as art. Mundane jingles become marketing gold. Latent promise is found in flagrant bad taste. When one sets eyes upon a last-generation Chevy Aveo or a Toyota MR2 -- watery machines for the quotidian man -- only the most artistic visionaries see promise.

But most of us aren't Florida custom builder Mike Vetter, who's offering a one-of-one version of the ride he calls an "Extra Terrestrial Vehicle" — for a price some tire-kickers might consider science fiction.

For the past few years, Vetter has been refining his ideas for the ETV, a car that looks like it rolled off the set of "Minority Report" or some other sci-fi flick by design. "It's a conglomeration of many different vehicles," Vetter told Yahoo Autos. "We wanted something totally unique and different." Another motivation: Objections from Italian supercar makers to his efforts at kit recreations of their models based on the Pontiac Fiero. "I wanted to do something that I wouldn't get in trouble for," he says.

Vetter built and sold seven ETVs based on various cars — from the Aveo to the Porsche Boxster — but the eighth ETV up for sale on eBay was welded from a custom frame, using the drivetrain of a Chevy Cobalt SS. That means it carries a 270-hp supercharged 2.2-liter four-cylinder engine, tied to a five-speed gearbox, and Vetter estimates it can get 26 mpg.

Vetter claims the car is road legal -- at least in Florida, where it has a custom builder's VIN. It's also huge, sporting dimensions longer than a Lamborghini and wider than a Bugatti Veyron. Air suspension helps raise the car for bumps, while on-board cameras aid maneuverability. Vetter mentions in his ad how the car will help one meet "many professional sports guys and gals, models, TV and movie talent."

While the previous versions could be had in kit form for as little as $20,000, the full-pod ETV has a sticker of $100,000. The sale isn't only about cash though; Vetter says he will also accept a partial trade for a doomed Fisker Karma, because "I have wanted one of those for a little while."

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Can you imagine driving to Comicon in THAT???

give him your Fiska Karma

PurpleJedi said:

Can you imagine driving to Comicon in THAT???

That would be Sorry, I don't have that kind of $$$

ZombieKitten said:

Looks like a shoe

PurpleJedi said:

ZombieKitten said:

Looks like a shoe

no I change my mind, it looks like a wireless mouse!

ZombieKitten said:

PurpleJedi said:

no I change my mind, it looks like a wireless mouse!

I...I can't disagree with that.

Dude... that thing ain't cool, sorry man...

have you lost the senses God gave you? that ain't no chick magnet car!!!!!! WTF, really.

I have 3 of them

How can a car that is only inches away from the ground be road-legal anywhere??


Apart from that, it's rather ugly...

ZombieKitten said:

RenHoek said:

Dude... that thing ain't cool, sorry man...

Let me check my sofa cushions.


Yeah, where are you suppose to drive that, I know of no street without a bump/dip or two in it?

TD3 said:

have you lost the senses God gave you? that ain't no chick magnet car!!!!!! WTF, really.

Nah...see it's not my "hookup" car to go cruising down the 'pike with (that would be the '67 mustang convertible).

This one is for;

a) showing up at Comicon

b) embarrassing the kids at "Back To School" night

c) picking up cosplay chicks at Comicon

PurpleJedi said:

TD3 said:

have you lost the senses God gave you? that ain't no chick magnet car!!!!!! WTF, really.

Nah...see it's not my "hookup" car to go cruising down the 'pike with (that would be the '67 mustang convertible).

This one is for;

a) showing up at Comicon

b) embarrassing the kids at "Back To School" night

c) picking up cosplay chicks at Comicon

That's so wrong... up one side and down the other. (SMH)