Maniwa – The Wooden Super Car
I’ve seen a wooden car before, but this is definitely my first wooden super car. And who do you think built it? That’s right, the Japanese. Maniwa was hand-made by wood craftsmen, for Japanese company Sada-Kenbi. Remarkably, Maniwa is drivable and can accelerate to a speed of up to 80km/h. It has a motorcycle handlebar […]
Forget the Batmobile, Here Is the Bat-Limo
It does make more sense for some rich dude like Bruce Wayne to roll in an over-the-top limousine than in a crappy old Batmobile. The Dark Knight’s limo was spotted on the streets of New York, but strangely enough, he wasn’t the one driving it. Sadly, apart from the fact that its started out as […]
A Truly Radio-Active Vehicle
It’s amazing what a passion for cars and amateur radios can create. Scott’s 1985 Plymouth Colt can simply be described as HAM radio heaven. He has mounted HAM radios, police scanners and other video devices all throughout his vehicle and it’s really quite amazing how he can still find his way around them when he […]
Kris Marshall’s Christmas Truck
It looks like something out of a nightmare in the daytime, but at night the Christmas Truck really gets people into the holiday mood. Kris Marshall sells GMC trucks around Dallas and Iowa and he decided to turn his old pick-up into something outrageous that would draw attention. A moment’s inspiration turned into one of […]
Project Runningblade – World’s Fastest Lawnmower
Project Runningblade is so fast it’s able to mow an entire football field in under 2 minutes and 30 seconds. After a surviving major heart surgery, 48-year-old Don Wales decided to spend his new life doing something extraordinary. And since climbing Mount Everest involves too much hard work he chose to break the record for […]
The World’s Most Delicious-Looking Porsche 911
A dealership from The Netherlands has come up with an original idea to attract customers and boost sales by covering a Porsche 911 Carrera with chocolate. With the Dutch feast of Sinterklaas just around the corner, the owner of a car dealership thought of an appropriate way to celebrate Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of […]
Mr. Pac-Man Car
Pac-Man fan customizes his ride with symbols and colors from the popular arcade game. A passionate Pac-Man fan from South Georgia really outdid himself in pimping his car into a virtual Pac-man-mobile. Painted in the classic red-yellow color scheme and featuring symbols from Pac-Man on the bonnet, wheels and side-doors, the Mr. Pac-Man Car has […]
Student Builds Drivable Shopping Kart
Charles Guan, a young student at MIT, has built a Shopping Go-Kart that reaches a top speed of 30 miles per hour. LOLriokart, the name Guan chose for his invention, was built using an ordinary shopping cart, discarded wheels and the engine from a high-performance golf-cart. Although he could have opted for a stronger engine […]
Citicar – America’s Most Successful Electric Car
It may not look like much, but Citicar was once one of the most popular vehicles in the United States and still manages to turn heads with its bizarre look. Produced between 1974 and 1977, by Sebrin Vanguard Inc., Citicar is the most produced electric car in the history of American car manufacturing. Powered only […]
Batmobile Replica Seen in Sweden
An impressive replica of the original Batmobile has been turning heads on the streets of Sweden, recently. Batman undoubtedly one of the most comic-book hero of all times and fans are always trying to find or build the coolest memorabilia. Not long ago we featured some photos of a home-built Batman Tumbler built from scratch […]
PUMA Makes Formula 1 Car out of Clothes
The PUMA retail team has created an almost perfect replica of a Ferrari F60 Formula 1 car out of clothes, caps, shoes and bags. What is it about Formula 1 cars that makes people want to recreate them out of the weirdest things? You may remember some of our previous posts about the Formula 1 […]
The Cork Truck
The Cork Truck is just one of the cork masterpieces created by Jan Elftman, known as the Queen of Corks. What would you do with 10,000 wine corks? Well, you could make yourself a wine cork costume or even create an original cork painting, but Jan Elftman decided to cover a truck with them. She […]
Pimped-Out Hello Kitty Car Spotted in Russia
I swear Hello Kitty is trying to take over the whole world. It’s everywhere these days, even on things that used to belong to us manly men, like guns and Gundam robots and it even got its very own Hello Kitty castle. And if thing weren’t bad enough, I’ve just come across some dreadful photos […]
Batman Tumbler Made from Go Kart
An eBay user made an-awesome-looking replica of the Tumbler Batman drives in The Dark Knight, using a go kart and some parts available on eBay. tully712 is now selling the plans needed to build the Tumbler and you can buy them from here. The winning bid now stands at $30.08. Here’s a much better-looking replica […]
Wilcraft – The Ultimate Ice-Fishing Vehicle
Wilcraft is an innovative vehicle specifically designed to ensure ice-fishermen return home safely from their fishing sessions. It might not be the coolest car you’ve ever seen, but then again, it wasn’t built to win awards for its look. Wilcraft was built for ice-fishing, but it also drives on snow and water without sinking. Its […]