Dec 4, 2012 6:20 AM

Auto Industry's Design Maestros Envision the Cop Cars of 2025

Forget black and white Crown Vics and battle-scarred Chargers. The cop cars of tomorrow will shoot drones, transform from four-wheelers into quadrocopters and fly high above the dystopian hellscape formerly known as the LA Basin.

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SHARC by Subaru Research and Development While Honda and GM phoned in this year's submissions, Subaru didn't just go big, it went massive. Not only did it develop a vehicle with seriously sci-fi capabilities, they matched it with an entirely new Hawaiian road system dubbed the "inter-island Paradise Highway." That's pretty self-explanatory. What isn't self-evident is the SHARC, or the Subaru Highway Automated Response Concept. Donning a massive dorsal fin and two insectile antennas for headlights, the SHARC combines high-speed, road-going pursuit machine, air patrol and water rescue into one completely ridiculous package. If this would've been the main character in Waterworld, it would've won an Oscar.

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