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Nissan Pivo Concept (with Video)

lina — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:44:45 +0000

The Nissan Pivo concept was demonstrated recently at Nissan's Design Museum in Ginza, Tokyo. Nissan Pivo features electric sliding doors and several cameras mounted outside the cabin. It's one of the first cars with a spinning cockpit. [...]

155 MPH Superbus

lina — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:31:31 +0000

Researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed a Superbus that looks like a futuristic stretch Limousine. The Superbus is built as a public transportation as wide and long as a standard city bus but only 1.7m high (as high as an SUV) and can reach speeds of 250kph (155mph). As the aerodynamic Superbus is too low for passengers inside to stand up, each of its 30-odd seats has a separate door. [...]

Casa Linda Lace – the Wrought Iron Beetle

lina — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:13:19 +0000

Casa Linda Lace is the name of a 1970's Beetle in Calfiornia. Built in 1985, the Beetle's body is made of wrought iron.

The Super Beetle body shape was chosen to give it a more modern appearance although it rests on a standard Beetle chassis. Four months of construction, 7000 welds, 2500 curly-cues (each of which took approx 50 hammer blows to shape) and the car was finished.

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C.A.M.I Hydra-Terra Amphibious Bus

lina — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:57:24 +0000

Hydra-Terra is the new amphibious vehicle by C.A.M.I that is 100% unsinkable, as claimed by the company in the press release. It operates in high winds, rains, and floods. The area of heavy flooding is not a problem now with the Hydra-Terra, just simplay boat through it. [...]

List of Hello Kitty Vehicles

lina — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:18:06 +0000

I've posted many Hello Kitty products - Hello Kitty Chessboard, Hello Kitty Stampsheet, Hello Kitty USB Drive, Hello Kitty Sandwich Maker, Hello Kitty Vintage Pendant, Hello Kitty Speakers, Hello Kitty Optical Mouse, Paris Hilton Hello Kitty doll set and BenQ-Siemens AL26 Hello Kitty Slider Phone and actually there are many more Hello Kitty products in this world (over 22,000 products according to Wikipedia). Today, I'm going to post a list of Hello Kitty Vehicles. Needless to say, most of them are pink! Ok, here we go: [...]

Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet Ice Sculpture

lina — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:40:59 +0000

Ford made a 6.5 ton ice sculpture of its new Focus Coupe-Cabriolet for the British International Motor Show in order to celebrate the success of the best-selling Focus. [...]

Connect2Car – the Bluetooth Car Starter (Video)

lina — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:12:48 +0000

Connect2Car is the multi-functional vehicle control systems for keyless entry, engine cutoff, car alarm, window roll up/down, remote start and many more; which is controlled by Bluetooth. Watch the Connect2car video demonstration after the jump. [...]

Bombarider Embrio – the Future Unicycle

lina — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:33:23 +0000

Here's the future of unicycle - the Bombarider Embrio.

The Bombadier Embrio was designed as an insight into the future of transport circa 2025. Bombadier drew on its experience with recreational vehicles when it came to design of the Embrio and it is intended for people who enjoy transport, this is evident in the styling and the necessity to lean into turns similar to a motorbike. The Bombadier Embrio uses gyroscopic technology to balance itself and the rider on one wheel, however the smaller front wheel acts as stability control when the Embrio is stopped or traveling below 12mph.

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Austin Power’s Car Desk

lina — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:15:36 +0000

Wow, I've never seen such desk. It's a desk made from Austin Power's car. After all, itâ€™s only a Austin Mini with a empty motor, empty gas tank â€• eventually flat tire. [...]

World Cup 2006 Car Football Video

lina — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:01:01 +0000

This is really fun - top Gear personalities Richard Hammond and James May compete in the World Cup 2006 Car Football championships. It's the Toyota Aygoâ€™s versus the VW Foxâ€™s. Who's the winner? [...]