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This is a sci-fi trope in which a wheeled vehicle of some kind is capable of flying or hovering by simply rotating the wheels 90 degrees, usually up and into the vehicle in question. The hubcaps then become thrust-capable engines, catapulting the vehicle upwards.

Examples of Hubcap Hovercraft include:

Comic Books

SHIELD hovercars, in many depictions.

Film

The DeLorean from Back to The Future. Turns out that by 2015, all cars can undergo a "hover conversion" like this.
Mater in UFM: Unidentified Flying Mater.

Literature

Although it doesn't use this for flying, Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang may be the Trope Codifier. To wit: the Pott family is picnicking on a beach, and the tide comes in. Mr. Pott turns a knob, causing Chitty's wheels to turn down and out in this manner. The car glides along the water exactly like a hovercraft.

Videogames

S.O.P.H.I.A. the 3rd and all of her variants from the Blaster Master series.
Many of the ground-based Transformers from Transformers: War for Cybertron.
The versatile hoverpod powerup in Vigilante 8 Second Offense that levitates sportscars, motorbikes, R Vs and garbage trucks alike.

Western Animation

The short-lived Pole Position cartoon of The Eighties featured a pair of talking hovercars.

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 == Videogames ==
-* S.O.P.H.I.A. the 3rd and all of her variants from the ''[[Blaster Master (Video Game)|Blaster Master]]'' series.
+* S.O.P.H.I.A. the 3rd and all of her variants from the ''[[Blaster Master]]'' series.
-* Many of the ground-based Transformers from ''[[Transformers War for Cybertron]]''.
+* Many of the ground-based Transformers from ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''.
 * The versatile hoverpod powerup in ''[[Vigilante 8]] Second Offense'' that levitates sportscars, motorbikes, ''[[R Vs]] and garbage trucks'' alike.
 == [[Western Animation]] ==
-* The short-lived ''[[Pole Position (Animation)|Pole Position]]'' cartoon of [[The Eighties]] featured a pair of [[Talking Appliance Sidekick|talking]] hovercars.
+* The short-lived ''[[Pole Position (animation)|Pole Position]]'' cartoon of [[The Eighties]] featured a pair of [[Talking Appliance Sidekick|talking]] hovercars.
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