Known for improving upon Toyota Land Cruisers, Ford Broncos and Jeeps, Icon is looking to create a streamliner with a little help from Tesla.
Jalopnik reports Helios, the project named after the Greek titan and personification of the sun (not a god of wind as originally published), will pull its looks from a mashup of post-WWI aircraft, 1930s streamliners and an alternate history where airplanes influenced automotive design a decade before the 1950s.
The Tesla connection — if owner Johnathan Ward can make it happen — will come in the form of the Model X platform, whose selectable AWD and 380-mile range are key features in Ward's retro-future vision.
Currently, the Helios exists solely on paper, though Ward already has an owner in mind once he and his crew are able to "move mountains" to build:
I've got a meeting with Ralph Lauren to talk about something else. He doesn't know I plan on totally taking over the room and making him buy this car… Most of [his cars] suck to drive except for the McLaren. So… that's my pitch.
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