It looks like we don’t have to wait until next summer for the Transformers sequel. Honda is planning a magnificent 22-ton float for the New Year’s Day Rose Parade that will feature a truck that transforms into a rocket. The float dubbed ‘Passport to the Future’ transforms from float into flying machine. The transformation takes 90 seconds to complete, and Honda plans to perform the metamorphosis as many times as possible. A replica of Honda’s personal robot, ASIMO, will be at the steering wheel. At the fixed time, the engine bay will turn into a cockpit, the sides will become wings, jet engines will emerge from the bed, and it will tuck its wheels and take flight in a cloud of steam. Why didn’t they use real ASIMO?
Honda’s Rose Parade float Picture Gallery
