http://www.transeum.com Transeum - the blog about Planes, Trains and Automobiles Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:48:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [youtube v5-SF9RhWts] The Isuzu Gemini was one of the most popular of GM small cars during the late 70s and early 80s with versions produced is Japan, Australia, Brazil, and the UK  to name a few. While most of these models started life as a carbon copy of each other some ... http://www.transeum.com/classic-cars/daewoo-maepsy-a-gemini-with-a-familar-face.html [youtube N-kYwaUBwZM] Mercedes Benz have always been not shy in in investing in new car technology and if their Diesotto engine goes into production it could revolutionize combustion engines. taking its name from both the Diesel and otto cycle engine's the new Mercedes design is about putting the best parts of ... http://www.transeum.com/concept/mercedes-benz-diesotto-engine.html   The DC8 was an aeroplane manufactured by Douglas from 1958 till 1972. It is often hard to identify the DC8 from its competitor the Boeing 707. The 707 is often regarded as the first commercially successful jet airliner selling 1010 planes compared to 556 of the DC8. In 1967 Douglas ... http://www.transeum.com/aircraft/the-dc8.html One of Munich’s architectural highlights, the BMW Museum stands right next to the world famous BMW Group Head Office Four-Cylinder Building. It was here that the Chairman of the Board of Management of the BMW Group, Dr. Norbert Reithofer, officially reopened the Museum last week. http://www.transeum.com/museums/the-bmw-museum-re-opens.html [youtube gTgmm_dGDbo] Firstly id like to say I'm not that keen on camping, campervans or people that clog the roads with their caravan but if id had to go camping it would be in the van in the video above. Known as the Volkner Performance Motorhome, the cost of this thing is ... http://www.transeum.com/weird-car/a-campervan-fit-for-a-king.html [youtube U4WlAXCXb5o] The ad above is for the 1982 Statesman by Holden, its interesting to note that the Statesman brand was a luxury marque created by Holden but most Aussies still just refered to it as a Holden Statesman even though Holden went out of their way to drop the Holden name ... http://www.transeum.com/classic-cars/wb-statesman-worlds-best.html   The Paykan is a car built by the Iranian company Iran Khodro, based on the 1966 Hillman Hunter, the Pakyan came about after the Iranian government set up the nationally owned car factory to produce cheap cars for the Iranian people. http://www.transeum.com/weird-car/a-hillman-by-another-name.html  [youtube Jivb7lupDNU] There are plenty of plans for cars that run on water around on the net but when it comes to perpetual motion generally most of these ideas can be described as a scam or fanciful at best. But that may be about to change according to the Reuters news ... http://www.transeum.com/concept/a-car-that-runs-on-water.html [youtube GjgSesvHoKc] Any Aussie out there should remember this marketing campaign for Holden from the late 70's and early 80's. The catchy Jingle was featured heavily around the footy season as Holden was a major sponsor. We couldn't decide on our  youtube feature ad of the week this week, so after you watch ... http://www.transeum.com/car-ads/football-meat-pies-kangaroos-and-holden-cars.html We liked the idea of styling and building our own car and this guy from Lithuania has done just that. While we would probably start with a Datsun 120Y and turn it into something that looked like a Mercedes CL, this guy has taken a perfectly good CL and turned it into ... http://www.transeum.com/weird-car/diy-sports-car.html