After spending 18 months designing and building his pet project, engineer Giles Cardozo is sending his creation on an unheard voyage.

The group, led by Neil Laughton, will make the 6,000km (3,600-mile) journey by land and air in the Parajet Skycar, effectively a dune buggy with a fan motor and paragliding wing attached.

After taking off from London, the expedition will travel through France, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara and Mali, and aims to reach Timbuktu on February 20.

The plan is to drive the Skycar where there are roads, and fly over the Straits of Gibraltar, the Atlas mountains in Morocco and the trackless wastes of the Empty Quarter of the Sahara.

Oh, and it runs on bio-fuel. Read more here.

Edit on Oct 8, 2008: The following list is copied from a forum on The Last Alliance with an estimation from where each car was designed/produced.

Yes, there definitely are 2 or 3 Peugeot's in there, and also an Audi, if I saw it well...

1: I don't know, maybe a Crysler?
2: Ehh...
3: Well, I think it's just a Lotus with 2 extra wheels.
4: A Nissan
5 - 7: No idea
8: Peugeot
9: I'd say a Citroen
10: A Lambo?
11: Looks like the Audi R8, but now I'm sure it's a Maserati
12: Another Nissan
13: BMW
14: Peugeot
15 + 16: Not a clue
17: Yet another Peugeot
18: Surprise - surprise, a Peugeot!
19: Don't know
20: Really, Peugeot has a really great fantasy...
21: *Sigh*...Peugeot
22: I think the maker of this site is French...
23: No idea
24: Hmm...a Porsche maybe? I don't think so, actually...
25: Toyota
26: Is this an even uglier version of that Porsche jeep? Otherwise, I'd say either a Jeep or a BMW

Well, in case you'd want to know which car is from who.

End edit.

26 conceptual photos of cars of the future.