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Amazing Photos of the 1985 Tritan A2 Aerocar

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Tritan Ventures from Ann Arbor, Michigan designed the A2, an aerodynamically advanced vehicle with a drag coefficient of 0.15 and stability from airfoils that produced a sail effect for added thrust. Continue reading »

In 1991, Mazda Made a Samsonite Suitcase That You Can Drive Up to 19 mph

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In 1991, Mazda engineers designed a prototype vehicle that fit inside a Samsonite suitcase. Known as the Mazda Suitcase Car, this three-wheeled vehicle was powered by a 33.6cc two-stroke engine and could reach speeds of 30 km/h (19 mph). Continue reading »

Amazing Photos of the Chevrolet Testudo, a Concept Car Made by Bertone in 1963

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Bertone created the Chevrolet Testudo, a concept car based on the modified Chevrolet Corvair Monza platform, which debuted at the 1963 Geneva Motor Show. Continue reading »

Honda Revives Iconic 1984 HP-X Concept for Pebble Beach 2024

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Honda is gearing up to showcase a piece of automotive history at the 2024 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance with the restored 1984 HP-X Concept. This unveiling is a historic moment, as it marks the first Japanese vehicle entry at the prestigious event in over 50 years. Continue reading »

Stunning Photos of Unique 1939 Bentley Mark V Corniche After Restoration

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Bentley has recreated the 1939 Bentley Corniche, a significant model lost during WWII, which served as the missing link between the Embiricos 4¼ Litre and the post-war R Type Continental. Continue reading »

This is Schienenzeppelin, the Futuristic Train With Propeller and Airplane Engine From the 1930s

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The Schienenzeppelin was an experimental railcar resembling a Zeppelin airship, designed by German engineer Franz Kruckenberg in 1929. Continue reading »

Amazing Vintage Photos of Roger Moore Posing With Lotus Esprits

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After the success of the white Lotus Esprit S1 in the 1977 James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me,” the Turbo Esprit appeared in the 1981 film “For Your Eyes Only,” playing less ambitious roles. Continue reading »

A Mercedes-Benz M275 V12 Coffee Table That Is Absolutely Incredible, for Real

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This is a coffee table made from the block and heads of a Mercedes-Benz M275 V12 engine, complete with cams in the heads to showcase the engine’s top-end mechanics. Continue reading »

Meet Rachael, the World’s First Fully Automated Autonomous 3D Design Influencer on Instagram

Built with Unreal Engine 4, her capabilities are specially designed to create “likeable” images representing popular visual languages on the platform. Since May 2020, she has been posting to the Instagram account @rachaellic one new image per day. She will continue posting without any human intervention, as long as the computer she is running on is online. Continue reading »

An Incredible Jet Engine Barbeque Grill Built By Delta Airlines Techs Using Scrapped Pratt & Whitney Parts

The talented techs of Delta Airlines built a working barbeque grill using scrapped Pratt & Whitney PW2000 series engine parts that looks like a real 757 jet engine. Continue reading »

Designer Transforms A Boeing 737 Jet Engine Into A Massive Chair

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UK-based furniture design company Fallen Furniture, have created a huge chair out of a BOEING 737 Engine Cowling. Looking like it belongs in some type of futuristic setting, this over-sized chair, is a pure attention seeker. The chair, which can actually spin on its base, has a highly polished exterior shell, and a dark luxurious leather interior. Continue reading »

The Monster Engine: Children’s Drawings Painted Realistically

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Dave Devries takes sketches of monsters drawn by children purely from their imagination and renders them realistically giving them a truly devilish look. His collection of drawings and paintings form a 48-page book “The Monster Engine”. Continue reading »

Okay, Here Is A Supercharged 24 Cylinder Engine

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This thing has 24 cylinders, 1,704 cubic inches, 12 GMC superchargers (blowers), 8 nitrous bottles and it runs! Why build such a beast? “Because I can,” Harrah says. There’s no other reason to take a 24V71 and build an intake manifold that weighs 1,000 pounds and mount eight 6-71 superchargers on top of four others. This is a V24 Detroit Diesel (normally used to power ships) which is two V12 Detroits joined together nose to nose with splined cranks. Continue reading »

Elf Sculpture made from Engine Parts

An elf sculpture made from engine parts by Tom Samui. The Swiss artist has created hundreds of sculptures and statues made entirely from scrap car parts. Tom Samui and his team of 15 people spend hundreds of hours building sculptures of animals, vehicles, people, fantasy creatures and furniture. (Tom Samui / Rex Features)

Martian Walking Engine



Martian Walking Engine, 1998, stainless steel, 5 x 6 x 7m. Sculptor: Michael Condron.
Commissioned to celebrate the centenary of HG Wells’ The War of the Worlds, along with other features including Crashed Pod and Bacteria Slabs. Paving and street furniture throughout the area were also redesigned as part of the overall project.