Archive for August, 2008

Weird- An Underwater Scooter for your swimming pool

Scooter rentals are popular at seaside resorts, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise to see someone trying to translate their appeal into an underwater equivalent. Intended for short-term tourist rental, the Aqua Star brings a scooter’s ease of use to undersea exploration.

Coolest ever Proxima Car-Bike Hybrid

For all those who are wondering whether this is a car or a bike, well its a combination of two wheeler fun and four wheeler comfort. Proxima, a car-bike hybrid vehicle is designed beautifully by Alvino, an Italian based designer company. They are not the first to do so, but they have definitely got one of the best looking car-bike hybrid vehicle.

Yamaha’s second assault – The FZ 150 coming by October

Well the news about Yamaha planning to launch the YZF-R15 created a big uproar and everybody was rejoicing that Yam was getting back to its good old ways of making cool bikes. The R1 should have actually succeeded the RX-135 way back. So, after the R15 has got off to a good start, Yam is not resting on its success but rather readying its next model based on the R15 platform, the FZ 150.

Motivational Posters for those who love bikes

Here is a collection of some of the finest pictures that define the absolute joy of Biking/motorcycling… The experience from this is unparalled…

Update- Hyundai to export CKDs from India

Nothing appears to be slowing down Hyundai’s pace, and at the rate at which they are growing, they might turn out to be one of the top 3 automotive brands within the next decade. As a portion of the plan to grow into one of the biggest names in the Auto industry, Hyundai has decided not to halt with exports of its cars from India, but to export CKDs also.  [ Read More ]

30th August in Automotive history

30th August 1916: Studebaker announced the release of the Heaslet Special, a semi-custom touring car. The car was named in honor of Studebaker’s vice president of engineering, James G. Heaslet. 30th August 1945: A pale green Super Six coupe rolled off the Hudson Company’s assembly line, the first post-World War II car to be produced by the auto manufacturer. Like all other U.S. auto manufacturers, Hudson had halted production of  [ Read More ]

Seat Brisa—A solar powered car sails in for leisure driving

Allow the breeze to take you on a smooth ride on a lazy Sunday morning. I am not penning any poetic lines and I seriously mean what I just wrote. “Brisa” is the Spanish word for “breeze,” and fitted with a seat and wheels it becomes Seat Brisa, a solar-powered sports car. Taking a cue from a small sailing boat that is dependent on natural elements for its mobility, Seat  [ Read More ]

Full Size Star Wars Drivable Landspeeder

Does this look familiar to you? Chances that you would recollect it quite easily are bright as this looks to have come straight out of the Star Wars movie! It is named the ‘Landspeeder’ and was done completely by Daniel Deutsch in his own garage. This is a  fiberglass replica landspeeder from the ground up built on a custom aluminum chassis. The electric drive system is capable of a top  [ Read More ]