Skilled Race Car Fan Builds His Very Own Street Legal Formula 1 Car
Mišo Kuzmanović, a mechanic from Bosnia, has spent two years and over $30,000 building his very own Formula One car. The 150hp vehicle doesn’t reach the top speeds of real race cars, but it’s still a sight to behold. A big fan of motor sports Mišo Kuzmanović had always dreamed of driving a Formula 1 […]
World’s Most Expensive Car Wax Costs More Than a Car
Retailing at a jaw-dropping $97,060 the GRV goldRally Wax from luxurious car care products maker Mitchell & King has been described as “exceptionally exclusive” and is by far the most expensive car wax ever created. You see, in the world of the rich and powerful, it’s not so much about making a car look shiny, but […]
Cheryl Kelley’s Photo-Realistic Paintings of Classic Muscle Cars Will Blow Your Mind
They look like high-definition photos enhanced in Photoshop, but in reality Cheryl Kelley’s muscle-car inspired artworks are just really good hyper-realistic paintings. Using high-gloss oil paints the Texas-based artist manages to capture the beauty of these iconic vehicles from a bygone era better than any camera ever could. Cheryl Kelley has always been drawn to […]
Sidewall Skiing – Saudi Arabia’s Latest Driving Craze
Nobody does dangerous driving stunts quite like the youth of Saudi Arabia. Sure, drifting is pretty cool, and Ken Block’s Gymkhana is awesome, but they’re nothing compared to the latest driving craze in the Middle East. It’s called “sidewall skiing” and it basically means driving a car on its side wheels at high speed. A […]
Arabian Tuner Specializes in Covering Cars with Thousands of Shiny Coins
A Dubai-based car tuning company aptly named Cars Coin has come up with an original way of giving luxury vehicles a unique look. They simply cover the cars in tens of thousands of modern and antique coins to make them “shine as if they were made of diamonds”. It’s not easy making your car stand out in […]
Nigerian Artisan Covers Car in Woven Raffia Palm Cane to Advertise His Business
Ojo Obaniyi, a talented artisan from the Nigerian city of Ibadan has come up with an ingenious way of advertising his raffia palm cane weaving services – he covered the inside and outside of his Volkswagen pickup in the natural material. There are a lot of raffia palm cane weavers in Nigeria, but one of them […]
Carbeque – Barbeque Installed in a Car Gives “To Go” a Whole New Meaning
What do you get when you put together a passion for cars and a love for barbeque? Well, a Carbeque, of course. A vehicle that’s perhaps the only one of its kind, the Carbeque looks just as cool as it sounds. Owned by Australian Radio personality Merrick Watts, the car itself is based around a […]
Finnjet – A 29-Meter-Long Junk Limousine Worth $1 Million
What weighs 7,500 pounds, is 29-foot long and made completely from junk scraps? Why, a limousine of course. ‘Finnijet’ belongs to Antti Rahko, a 72-year-old chauffeur from Finland. He immigrated to the US in 1984 and is now a resident of Palm Beach, Florida. It took Rahko 10 whole years to build the limousine from […]
Chinese Farmer Builds Wind-Powered Car
A 55-year-old Chinese farmer has come up with a unique invention that might just make him a millionaire. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen vehicles that run on alternative fuel sources, but Tang Zhengping’s invention is really something else. The car he built in three months is 1m high, 3m long and powered by […]
Japan Develops Shock-Absorbing Electric Car Covered in Airbags
Hiroshima University-affiliated startup business Humanix has recently revealed a three-wheel electric vehicle, called iSAVE YOU, which is covered in covered with an airbag-like cushion material that springs back to its original form after absorbing impacts. You hear that, auto-makers around the world? You’re doing it wrong, airbags go on the OUTSIDE of the not the inside! At least […]
Vietnamese Man Shows Off Car Made Almost Entirely Out of Wood
It’s not the world’s first wooden car, but it is the first of its kind in Vietnam. Featuring a body made exclusively from high-quality wood and decorated with intricate carvings, the Achilles has been turning heads on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City. The one-of-a-kind vehicle was created by Le Nguyen Khang, owner of Binh Duong-based wood […]
Ukrainian Car Enthusiast Turns His Mitsubishi Eclipse into a Lamborghini Reventon
Alexander Stupkin, a 30-year-old car enthusiast from Odessa, Ukraine, has spent the last two years turning his old Mitsubishi Eclipse into a gorgeous Lamborghini Reventon replica. It’s barely been two weeks since we posted an article about Wang Jian, the 28-year-old Chinese farmer who built his own Lamborghini Reventon from scrap, and now we have […]
Vietnamese Dark Knight Builds His Own Scrap-Part Batpod
If you’ve seen any of the Batman movies from the latest trilogy, you know how cool his motorcycle looks, and probably understand why this Vietnamese bike enthusiast couldn’t resist the thought of owning his very own Batpod, even if that meant having to build it himself. Dubbed the “Vietnamese Dark Knight”, the young man behind this impressive […]
Chinese Farmer Builds Lamborghini Reventon from Scrap Metal
28-year old Wang Jian, a mechanic and farmer from China’s Jiangsu province, has spent the last year building himself a home-made replica of the Lamborghini Reventon, one of the world’s most exclusive sport cars. Wang developed a passion for cars at a very young age, and even worked at an auto shop for 10 years […]
Chinese Lamborghini Is 99% Identical to the Original, Costs Just $65,000
A brand new Lamborghini Murcielago LP64 would cost you over $400,000, but in China you can buy one that looks almost identical for only $65,000. The Chinese love to build their own Lamborghini sport cars, probably because the original ones sold in China tend to break down a lot. The latest Lamborghini replica to come […]