Next year will be the start of the flying car technology. Automotive manufacturers from the United States, Terrafugia, expressed readiness to market a flying car which they named "Transition" to the whole world.

Reported Spacedaily, Thursday, December 22, 2011, a car designed for two passengers was staying digadang became the first commercial flying car in the world. After the United States, flying car is expected to be marketed in Europe, India, Brazil, and China.

"If there are no barriers, we will launch it the first time in the U.S. and spread to Europe," said one of the founders of Terrafugia, Car Dietrich.

Remarkably, although not yet officially marketed, the Transition has been booked by 100 people at a price per unit of U.S. $ 279,000 or approximately Rp2, 4 billion.

Transition equipped with a propeller on the back and wings on either side of the car body. Slim design makes this car can still get into the garage of the house.

To change modanya of the car into a light plane, it only takes about 30 seconds. Driving force comes from the regular gasoline engine that can be filled at regular gas stations. Transition has a maximum speed of up to 185 km / h, with fuel consumption of 18.9 km / liter.

Terrafugia which in Latin means "escape from land" was already doing Transition first flight test in March 2009. Terrafugia has obtained permission from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the car could fly through the air from the streets of America in July 2011.