DEARBORN, Michigan – Art became life for the Ford Motor Company when one of their new prototypes vanished into thin air during a test drive.

Officials were introducing the new Ford Tempo Flux, a sedan that runs on a super-secret technology known as a flux capacitator. The company says that the new car is supposed to put the vaunted automaker back in the driver’s seat in terms of new technology. According to a press release issued before the event, the flux capacitator “merges traditional automaking. Art became life for the Ford Motor Company when one of their new prototypes vanished into thin air during a test drive.

Officials were introducing the new Ford Tempo Flux, a sedan that runs on a super-secret technology known as a flux capacitator. The company says that the new car is supposed to put the vaunted automaker back in the driver’s seat in terms of new technology.

According to a press release issued before the event, the flux capacitator “merges traditional automaking techniques with cutting-edge technology in the form of quantum nodes to deliver a high-powered performance that uses very little in the way of traditional fuels and, at higher speeds, delivers untold possibilities.” The car itself is an updated version of the Tempo, a discontinued model from the 1980s.

At the event, which took place at a racetrack near the company’s headquarters, Ford officials gave their usual praise to the production team. Then they presented a live demonstration of the car’s functionality. The sleek new design resembles a spaceship more than a car, some observers noted. The driver put the vehicle through the paces, turning effortlessly and displaying easy stop-and-start capability, even while driving the speed limit. As a last demonstration, the driver gunned the engine, and the car roared down the straightaway, through two turns, and then down the other straightaway. When the speed reached 88 mph, the car vanished, leaving nothing but tire marks and a whoosh of air and sound.

This reporter overheard a Ford executive say, “This is heavy,” and one of the technicians said, “Great Scott! It worked.” Neither the executive nor the technician has been available for comment since.

A company spokesperson took no questions afterward, directing reporters to the company’s website, where for a brief time the phrase “1.21 gigawatts” appeared on the page announcing the new car.