The historians once pontificated that we’d all be cruising about in flying cars right around the year 2000, and while that whole Y2K fiasco threw us a tad behind schedule, it looks like the future may actually still be upon us. Parajet, the same company responsible for that downright unnerving personal flying machine we peeked back in ‘05, has now placed its long-awaited SkyCar up for pre-order. Said vehicle has evolved quite dramatically by the years, but now that dollars (er, pounds) are being dropped on it, we have to assume that the design is near final. The vehicle is completely street legal and can accelerate to 62mph in just 4.2 seconds, thus making it the world’s first “usable, road-legal flying car.” whether you’re champing at the bit to be the first on your block with one, you can drop £10,000 ($16,381) now and pay the remaining £50,000 ($81,905) just before it ships in “late 2010.” Of course, we’re not making any promises about it actually shipping, but that’s a risk you’ll have to take.

[Via AutoblogGreen]

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