Near the Historic Rotunda: Towne officials unveiled the Earl’s latest industrial triumph, the “Wellbryd” a hybrid vehicle intended to replace the internal combustion engine. The unveiling ceremony proceeded without the forty third earl who was either swallowed by a blue whale or lounging at the Harvard Club, sources say.
With no carbon emissions and incredible fuel economy the Wellbryd will be at the top of everyone’s shopping list this summer predicted longtime spokesman for the earl, Lars Kierkegaard. “I plan to purchase one myself,” Lars said. This reporter noted, however, that Lars crossed his fingers behind his back as he spoke perhaps indicative of latent skepticism.
Ox and Driver: the Wellbryd is scheduled to appear on the cover of next month’s Ox and Driver Magazine an influential periodical published in Henley Hornbrook. “We like the sleek lines, the opposing mirrors, and the racing stripe along the flank of the hybrid,” said Martin Sullivan editor in chief.
Point, Counterpoint: Embittered dogsbody Urquhart Depew, switched at birth with the earl and denied a legacy of wealth and high performance cars, was quick to criticize the Wellbryd. “If you look at the Wellbryd carefully, you’ll see it’s just an ox with mirrors glued on its head. The earl did not invent the ox. He took a pre-existing design and made a few modifications.”
Test Drive? Preorders for the Wellbryd are pouring in. Marcus Sevilius, Roman commander in the New World, wants twelve hundred units pronto. “We’re having the owner’s manual translated into Latin,” said a Wellbryd spokesperson. The Romans insist on hitching wagons to their prototype.
T. Rex Love-Handles reporting for Wellington Science Tuesday.