Archive for the 'Special Cars' Category

X-Frame Electric Folding Vehicle Brings New Meaning To Compact Car

By Sorinu on September 2, 2010

The X-Frame electric folding car concept was recently unveiled at the Good Design Expo 2010 in Japan and has brought a new meaning to compact cars.
The prototype is capable of changing its shape to suit different environments and speeds and could be a urban mobility innovation to solve large city transportation problems.
The X-Frame electric [...]

Bufalino

By Sorinu on August 25, 2010

Bufalino by German industrial designer Cornelius Comanns “is a small camper which is equipped to meet the basic needs of one person.” Based on the classic three-wheeled Piaggio Ape. It has a bed, two seating units, a cooking zone, a basin, storage space, a water tank and a refrigerator, and its back door also [...]

Kia’s ‘Pop’ electric car concept makes our inner urbanite swoon

By Sorinu on August 23, 2010

Kia has largely steered clear of the electric car battlegrounds, focusing instead on smaller, lower-cost options that get good enough gas mileage as-is. It ain’t a bad tactic, but considering that even Rolls Royce is purportedly mulling an EV, the automaker was bound to cave to the peer pressure soon or later. During the [...]

Tube Concept system of mass transit

By Sorinu on August 19, 2010

Check out these people with their round wheel-shaped vehicles. It reminds me of this thing that General Grievous rode in that Star Wars Episode III movie.
This is part of something that my Source calls the Tube Concept, and it is a revolutionary system of mass transit.
It is similar to the Metropia that we reported [...]

Highschoolers Build Jawdropping Electric Car

By Sorinu on August 18, 2010

The creativity of high school kids really should never be underestimated. A mere glimpse at this post’s corresponding pic inspires a bit of surprise and admiration.
Of course, it would be quite a stretch to imagine that a bunch of kids built this from scratch. Alas, the truth is the whole project was funded and [...]

Monster truck golf cart brings some testosterone to golf

By Sorinu on August 17, 2010

Golf isn’t exactly known as the most macho of sports. No, that title rests with sports like football and mixed martial arts. But that doesn’t mean you can’t inject some masculinity into the game with this over-the-top golf cart.
This cart, but Mark Caires Customs, certainly has more character than the standard model. And it’d [...]

Tata bringing two all-electric cars to a Europe near you by March

By Sorinu on August 16, 2010

First of all, don’t worry, the spontaneously combusting Nano isn’t among the pair of newly Euro-bound EVs from Tata. Going slightly more upmarket, the Indian company will be launching the Indica Vista EV hatchback for eco-conscious Brits and Scandinavians early next year, alongside the somewhat less exciting Ace, a commercial mini-truck. The Indica Vista [...]

Audi pulls a straight with the A7

By Sorinu on August 10, 2010

The way Audi has been assiduously filling gaps in its model lineup, you would think the company was playing poker. After the A4, A6, and A8, Audi came up with the A3 and A5. The A7 bridges that final gap, making a straight.
Instead of occupying a medium space between the A6 and A8 models, [...]

1,000 mph Bloodhound blurs the line between rocket and car

By Sorinu on July 23, 2010

The current land speed world record is 763 mph, set by the ThrustSSC supersonic car in 1997. It was designed by a team including supersonic car pioneer Richard Noble, who is back again with the Bloodhound, a car that could set the bar even higher.
The Bloodhound uses three different methods of propulsion including a [...]

Smart car tanks show that even the little guys can play tough

By Sorinu on July 23, 2010

Smart cars are great in big cities like here in New York, because they can be squeezed into all kinds of tiny parking spots that other drivers simply ignore. The problem is you’re not going to be too intimidating on the road next to a bunch of giant SUVs.
What you need is a way [...]

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