Other Vehicles

Ubisoft decided to promote the release of their new video game by sponsoring some nutcase to build a real-life version of their weaponized tuktuk.
Yes, that Indian three-wheeled taxi thing. Yes, weaponized.

There are a few things you should know before you even consider going remotely fast on the Nordschleife.
One of those things is not to lift off through the Foxhole. This front-wheel-drive-hero seems to not have known that prior to the destruction of his Volkswagen Golf GTI. Another one bites the dust!

Or something like that. Some crazy Dutchmen use a racing truck to perform their own little version of Gymkhana.
It's kind of weird in an awesome way to watch this behemoth going through a precision slide while turning the rubber on it's massive rear tires into smoke.
After car control, here's truck control!

Two very short but very powerful compilation videos on the motivation behind and the true nature of racing.
Scenes featured capture the dedication, the commitment, the dangers and the intense concentration that come into play when a person becomes one with a racing machine. It is about the connection between those two, the capability of reaching the boundaries of both and the sensation that comes with controlling something that is on the edge of being out of control.

On a lovely day, one man got fed up with what cars have become, so much so that he did something about it. The product designer based in Michigan built his own vehicle: the Reboot Buggy.
This awesome creation is as good on the road as it is off-road and it reminds us of what the essentials of transportation are and how the auto industry has shifted focus from those essentials. After all: "Less = More".

... Then count me in! I'll take that Baja Trophy Truck and something automatic to shoot out the window. "Say what?"... Exactly!

This is DARPA's latest military hardware project: WildCat. An autonomous robot that can run at 16 mph until it's juice runs out.
It's only a matter of time now before machines will enslave us all!

Are ever bored during the weekend? Do you spend the days sharing FaceTweets and browsing people's profiles in the hope it will magically change your future someday? You could also buck up, be a man and go build something! And real men like golfcarts... So much so, that they put Hayabusa engines in them! Watch this thing smoke it's tires!

Yes! If you pay it in carrots that is!

In their trophy truck... at 105 miles per hour... in the desert... from a couple of different on-board camera's. They walked away from it too.