Posts Filed Under — Transportation

[ September 22nd, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Homemade Supercar Gets Awesome Performance… and Mileage

The Z59 is described as the product of some 800 hours of garage time spent over 15 months in a DIY labor of love. It makes use of an Acura k20a3 engine taken from a crashed RSX and incorporates many parts that were scrounged from old junk. There are stainless panels from old appliances, body [...]

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[ September 11th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

T@B XL Trailer Will Make You King of Many Trailer Parks

The T@B XL slates itself as a luxury trailer and while that might sound like an oxymoron, one look inside does tend to verify the claim. There is teak wood, lots of plush leather a 23″ LCD TV and optional underfloor heating. Throw a few safety features that are packed in to provide a better [...]

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[ September 10th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Amphibious Di-Cycle to Skip Across the Waterways and Roadways of the Netherlands, Maybe

GBO Design has come up with a concept that they believe is going to change the way cyclists get around the Netherlands, what with all of its waterways and all. This version of the Di-cycle is able to travel on water as well as land, though one assumes that there will be some speed drop [...]

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[ August 29th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Guy Builds Star Wars Land Speeder Replica

Daniel Deutsch must really, really love Star Wars, otherwise there would be little reason to build your own Land Speeder replica, which is what Danel did and he did a fantastic job of it too.

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[ August 28th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Pirelli Cyber Tyre, Microchipped for Your Safety

Apart from the materials that go into making them and the design process that is involved, car tires have been short on tech. Don’t get me wrong, thanks to changes in technology, tires are now safer than they have ever been, but in terms of embedded technology in the consumer market, there really has not [...]

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