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The sQuba, developed by Swiss company Rinspeed, is the world's first car that can be driven both on land and underwater. [1] [2] The original idea by Rinspeed founder and CEO Frank M. Rinderknecht was inspired by the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. The chassis from the Lotus Elise is used as the base for this vehicle. [3]
Rinspeed became synonymous with launches at the Geneva Motorshow, their first unveiling was, a turbocharged, modified Volkswagen Golf GTI with squared grille and headlamps. [1] In 1981, Rinspeed returned to the show with a more heavily modified Golf called the Aliporta, featuring gullwing doors similar to those on the Delorean DMC-12 . [ 2 ]
A car song is a song with lyrics or musical themes pertaining to car travel. Though the earliest forms appeared in the 1900s, car songs emerged in full during the 1950s as part of rock and roll and car culture, but achieved their peak popularity in the West Coast of the United States during the 1960s with the emergence of hot rod rock as an outgrowth of the surf music scene.
The submarine does not maintain a dry interior, and thus is a "wet sub" that requires occupants to don scuba gear. [6]It was built by Perry Oceanographic, Inc., of Riviera Beach, Florida, United States, [7] specifically for the film, using a Lotus Esprit S1 bodyshell, for about $100,000 at the time. [8]
Rare asked Wise to record three jungle demo melodies, which were merged to become the "DK Island Swing", the first level's track. Wise was subsequently offered the job to produce the final score. [3] According to Wise, he "just [took] eight waveforms and played them in sequence and that first experiment became the baseline for 'Aquatic Ambiance ...
"Ol' '55" is a song by American musician Tom Waits. It is the opening track and lead single from Waits' debut studio album, Closing Time, released in March 1973 on Asylum Records. Written by Waits and produced by Jerry Yester, "Ol' '55" was a minor hit. It has been described as more conventional than Waits' later songs. [1]
Helene made landfall at about 11:10 p.m. ET near Perry, Florida, on Thursday with 140-mph winds, making it the first known Category 4 storm to hit the state's Big Bend region since records began ...
47 Song Car-tunes were produced and released between 1924 and 1927. [1] The first, Come Take a Trip on My Airship, was released on March 9, 1924. Beginning in 1925, an estimated 16 Song Car-tunes were produced using the Phonofilm sound-on-film process developed by Lee DeForest. The remaining 31 titles were released silent, designed to be played ...