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Optimus Subprime
AsidesBizarre but marvellously effective home-made campervan, created by three Japanese friends using a decrepit mid-80s Toyota Toyoace. [Thanks Daniel.]
Big air
AsidesDrive it like you stole it: eyepopping video of the Russian Kamaz 4×4 truck in action at an exhibition.
Yikes, it’s the Nike 6.0 Ill Mobile
AsidesNike’s eight-wheeled ‘Ill Mobile‘, an amphibious armor-plated war-truck from 1959 transformed into an extreme sport HQ.
Toyota’s bizarre 1972 ‘camperwagon’
AsidesThe very strange Toyota RV-2 camperwagon concept. Funnily enough, it never got made. [Thanks, Tim.]
Full steam ahead
AsidesSteam-powered VW Transporter. “It has great acceleration and is deadly quiet. I heard it has the engine from a Stanley Steamer and can do 120km/h!”
In rust we trust
AsidesLateral thinking from designer Dominic Wilcox: anti-theft rust and scratch decals designed to make your new vehicle or bike look shabby.
Don’t slam the @#$%ing door!
AsidesVulgar Winnebago salesman outtakes. [NSFW]
Wood Shop
AsidesAmerica’s first luxury SUV is reborn. Leon Miller is the Grand Wagoneer guru.
Sorry, you can’t get one
AsidesThe Jeep you can’t buy in the USA: the lustworthy J8 Heavy Duty. It’s a military-spec Wrangler with 400nm of turbodiesel power, plus a snorkel for fording 30 inches of water (or surviving a five-hour sandstorm).
Notebook Portable Flat-Folding BBQ
AsidesThis barbecue folds down to the size of a notebook computer, and it can be yours for just £19.99. “Just plonk it down, light it up and you’re a twisted firestarter.”
