Hong Kong's MTR | Photo by Tlrmq
The Queensland Government has recently released a proposal for an underground high capacity rail line – aka a “Metro”. The proposal would link Toowong, West End, the City, Newstead and Bowen Hills, and allow for possible future extensions to Bulimba and Hamilton North Shore. Continue reading
Brain Helmet Design by Good!Creative
So yeah, Borat is from Kazakhstan, but that doesn’t mean the place isn’t cool, and Kazakhstanian advertising firm Good!Creative have this proved this, having come up with some pretty funky paint jobs for motorcycle helmets, of which some examples are below. There are also heaps more over at Good!Creative.
It’s just too bad they aren’t real, it would be very cool to own one. Continue reading
A Street On Hong Kong Island
Roadography.com is coming at you live from Hong Kong for the next week or so! So here are some pictures of Hong Kong … roads. Naturally! Continue reading
Formula 1 Tyres | Photo By Víctor J. Tornet
As Formula 1 fans will be aware tyres are always a hotly debated topic. This season, as they have done for several seasons, Japanese tyre company Bridgestone exclusively supplies tyres to all Formula 1 teams. Bridgestone however earlier in the year gave appropriate notice and announced that are terminating the supply arrangement at the end of the season, leaving Formula 1 with no tyres for the 2011 season, for now.
With no tyre supply arrangement in place for next year the debate is centred around who will supply the tyres, what specification will they be, and will the Formula 1 teams have to pay for them. From the options publicly discussed in the media, I tend to think they all kind of seem to suck, and they suck for one fundamental reason; Formula 1 does not provide any incentive for tyre manufacturers to be involved in Formula 1.
I mean what sort of company wants to manufacture weirdly sized tyres, that only last for about 130 kilometres? Where is the benefit for the manufacturer/s? They need to spend millions of dollars to create custom sized tyres that can only be used on 26 cars worldwide. If manufacturers are going to supply tyres for free, Formula 1 needs to give them something back, and this isn’t happening. Continue reading
Number 23 Porsche 917KH in 1970
Almost 40 years ago on 14 June 1970, Porsche claimed it’s first overall win the famous Le Mans 24 hour race. Porsche drivers Hans Herrmann and Richard Atwood piloted their Porsche 917KH to first place after 343 laps of the Circuit de la Sarthe. Fellow Porsche 917KH drivers Gerard Larrousse and Willy Kauhsen finished in second, whilst Rudi Lins and Helmut Marko took the final place on the podium in a Porsche 908/02. Continue reading
Route 170 Leaving Queen Street Station
As part of the 2009-2010 budget Brisbane City Council have announced that they are buying 125 new buses. The new buses will cost a total of $56 million dollars, or $448,000 each. Council claims that the new buses will help “bust congestion”. Continue reading
Owen Kelly To Make NASCAR Debut in the #27 Car | Image From BAM Media
Australian racer Owen Kelly is set to make his NASCAR debut next weekend in the second tier Nationwide Series. Kelly will be racing for Baker Curb Racing at the Bucyrus 200 which is held on the famous Road America circuit in Wisconsin. Continue reading
A Chinese Volkswagen
Volkswagen Group have announced that they are expanding their production facilities in China with the construction of a new manufacturing plant. The plant will be located in the southern city of Foshan.
When completed in 2013 the new plant will be Volkswagen’s tenth plant in China, and will be a complete production facility with a metal press shop, body shop, paint shop and assembly units on a 170 hectare site. Volkswagen expects that the plant will churn out 300,000 vehicles annually. Continue reading
A Mazda3 Zipcar | Photo By Zipcar
What is Zipcar? Zipcar is a car sharing service; it enables members to use / borrow cars for set periods of time. It’s an alternative to owning a car.
The way Zipcar works is that all Zipcar members have a Zipcard, which is a kind of “smart card”. Once setup with a Zipcard, a member can reserve a car for set periods of time, over the phone or the internet. Once a car is reserved, the member walks to where the car is parked and using their Zipcard unlock the car and drives it away as if it was their own car. When done the member simply returns the car to where they picked it up from, and walks away. That’s it, no need to fuel up the car, pay for maintenance, or insurance – it’s all included in the price. The video below, also explains, albeit in a humorous way. Continue reading
Jeff Koons with the M3 Art Car
BMW have unveiled their 18th “Art Car”, which this month will take part in the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans Endurance Race. Based on a tradition started by French racecar driver Hervé Poulain, BMW have been commissioning artists to create “Art Cars” since 1975.
The livery for this year’s car, which is a BMW M3, has been designed by renown American Neo-Pop artist Jeff Koons. The livery is said to be evocative of power, motion and bursting energy. In the past the livery for the Art Car has been designed by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Ken Done. Continue reading
