Neil Young, well known for his penchant for classic cars, has converted his '59 Lincoln Continental Mark IV to a hybrid electric.
Recently he took this car from his ranch in San Francisco to a factory in Wichita, Kansas with a camera filming a documentary along the way, picking up hitch-hikers and interviewing them.When his car made it to Wichita, it's engine was replaced by the hybrid equivalent, then he drove it home.
Young explains in an interview with The Guardian, saying "It's for a documentary I'm making called Linc-Volt. It's the story of the resurrection and re-powering of the car that represented the American dream. So the car has to go to Wichita, to have its engine replaced with a giant electrical engine.
"It works off the grid - you plug it in at night. So it has very low emissions and a lot more power. It's a lot faster - it does 0-60 in six seconds. It's part of the spirit of the country. America is never going to be frugal. It's too big; the roads are long, the people are big, they like big cars. So there's a challenge to figure out how to retain all those things and be clean."
Young will then travel around the country with a camera in the world's coolest hybrid car. It's okay Toyota, you'll get there!
