DeLorean Motor Company, meet Studebaker Motor Company!

[Farrar]

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/02/17/colorado-man-plots-return-studebaker/

More to the point, has anyone heard of a hydristor before?

[DMCVegas]

Sounds like an analog version of a Constant Velocity transmission. I suppose that if you were able to combine a Variable Geometry Turbo with a Torque Convertor you could get something similar. Very interesting concept, but who knows what the efficient of that would be though...

[dvonk]

neat story, im interested to see if his plans come to fruition.