Zipcar announces merger with Flexcar

You might know of Zipcar if you live in cities like DC or Boston and of Flexcar if you live in places like Seattle, Atlanta, and Philadelphia.  Now it looks like the two companies are merging according to an announcement from Zipcar to its members on October 31st. 
Grab your sand pail and shovel, Flexcar [...]

Surf Rescue Concept Car ~ Volvo XC70

Rapidsea readers will be happy to hear that  Volvo has gone to great lengths to create a surf rescue concept car, as reported here at the 4 Wheels Blog.
According to the post, the vehicle’s paint scheme was "[g]uided by the surfing lifestyle and casual beach culture" by DuPont.  That’s just the visual side of the [...]

Paving paradise ~ or everywhere ~ for parking

One of the most difficult questions that you come across when you plan and design physical places is parking.  There are rules and zoning that try to do what’s best for society, but often have unintended consequences (the economists are all saying, "we call them externalities").  We often hear people calling it "paving paradise."  I [...]

Honda ~ hold on tight to everybody else’s dreams

Have you seen the latest Honda commercial with the car driving through the tunnel with the images rolling up around it? The Honda is the ultimate medium to paradise in this ad. Here it is:

I think the idea of the vision tunnel is pretty cool, but the tunnel vision of just rolling through common images [...]

Saab touts high-design Scandinavian "Scand-box"

When you were a kid, did you ever think of your sandbox as a square little slice of paradise?  Saab has a new ad from the back of their corporate magazine that builds upon the unexpected aesthetics and escape elements of sandbox:

That vase/mold looks a lot like some Mickey Mouse beach ears, and I’m [...]

Lamborghini barf bags ~ Ride on a volcano out of hell in style

Lamborghini recently revealed a new car, the Reventón, in Frankfurt according to Jolopnik. Seeing it for the first time was a holy sh** moment for me. If Saab is “Born from Jets,” then this car is “Spawned from Jet Weaponry.”
It probably gets terrible gas mileage, but when something is this beautiful is it [...]

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