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Rolls-Royce Wraith: Drive It Like You Own the Place. The Rolls-Royce Wraith is wonderfully elegant and wonderfully British, so much so that the $284,900 listing price is just for starters. Read the full article.

Super compact parking spot.

Elon Musk Is Secret Buyer Who Spent $866K On James Bond's Lotus Sub.

In what sounds like a staged bit for Storage Wars, a man bought a storage container for $100 and inside find a giant lump covered in blankets. When he removed the covers he found a random white car underneath.

The guy who bought it had never seen a Bond movie and had no idea what that white car was, until someone else pointed it out to him that it looked exactly like the famous Lotus sub from the Bond flick.

The dots were ultimately connected and it was revealed to be the actual car from the movie, lost in storage. The vehicle went to RM Auctions, who led the restoration and put it up for auction, where it sold for $866,000 to a 'secret buyer' in a showdown between two collectors.

Now we've heard from a credible source in the UK, where it was sold, that the buyer was none other than Elon Musk, CEO of carmaker Tesla and SpaceX, who is also a noted car enthusiast with excellent taste.

Considering the first Tesla ever was based on a Lotus Elise, there's no shock he's also a fan of the submersible Esprit. There's also that crackpot theory that Elon Musk is actually a Bond villain building a space laser, which this certainly won't help.

People taking Smart car customization to a weird level.

Wee-Man from the Jackass crew in his interestingly vinyl'd car.

Behind the scenes making bomb-proof cars.

Water and heat sensitive paint. I've never seen anything like this before!

Weight might be biased towards the rear...

This is what happens when you put a 400 hp turbocharged motor into a tractor!

McLaren F1 meets maker in California.

It's the little things in life that make all the difference. Flames shooting out the exhaust of a supercar? Awesome. Flames billowing out of the entire engine bay? Uh-oh. So seeing a McLaren F1 – in the United States, no less – going up in smoke is a real tear-jerker.

We have to admit that with so many drivers exhibiting more flash than talent, reporting on the endless barrage of destroyed supercars got a little tiresome, if not downright depressing. The McLaren F1 made even the Ferrari Enzo seem dime-a-dozen common – 100 examples were made in all, and only a tiny fraction of those squeaked through DOT regs to make it Stateside.

Reportedly valued at $2 million, this toasted Mac was spotted on Airport Boulevard in Santa Rosa, California, its BMW V12 on fire after its owner reportedly took it for a ride after leaving it dormant for six months. If that's the case, this is proof positive that cars need to be driven, not mothballed.

My buddy just got back from the Diesel Nationals truck show. Apparently this is what the kids are into now.

I guess this fixes the issue of not having any a/c vents in the back seat. Points for ingenuity.

That'll probably pass inspection, sure.

Holy turning radius! This is the Jeep Hurricane. It has a special 4-wheel steering system that allows the vehicle to move sideways and in a circle.

Japanese van enthusiasts at it again. This one looks USA themed!

We only ever stopped at McDonalds after field trips. I feel cheated.

Which one is the parts car?

The ENORMOUS Caterpillar 797.

The Caterpillar 797 is a series of off-highway, ultra class, two-axle, mechanical powertrain haul trucks developed and manufactured in the United States by Caterpillar Inc. specifically for high-production mining and heavy-duty construction applications world-wide.

In production since 1998, the 797 series represents Caterpillar’s largest, highest capacity haul trucks. The current, third-generation model, the 797F, offers one of the largest haul truck payload capacities in the world, up to 400 short tons (363 t) and is the world's largest, highest payload capacity, mechanical drive haul truck.

Guess I'm stuck in the LeMons league.

Look closely at the two front ends. The Shriners modified vehicles in this fashion for various parades and events.

British riding mower styled in art deco fashion.

Tribute to the spinning rim. One of the most ridiculous mods in history.

I don't even know how to begin describing this. Donk Hummer Snowcat?

There may be laws against text while driving, but no one said anything about videogames while driving.

The Japanese love their van culture.

More crazy Japanese vans.

Bavarian version of the El Camino?

"Will it Drift?" - Benz Hearse Edition!

Tractor puller with 3 Allison V12s!

Gardner Stone is from Middlebury, Vermont and I believe he has the most spectacular pulling tractor in the world. This is the NTPA's unlimited class, and the [tractor's] weight limit is 7900 pounds. In this class, you can have as many engines and bring as much horsepower as you can... but your tractor must weigh 7900 or less. The FOUR (4) turbine engines that you see are Lycoming T-55's. They were used in the Chinook helicopters and are about 3000 HP each. I actually have a lot of video footage and pics of his tractor, and i will probly make a tribute video some rainy day. Gardner is a really nice guy and he owns/operates G.Stone Motors in Middlebury, VT.

"Cat-itude" salt and pepper shakers!

See why having car accident insurance is so important. After all, we all share the road with the drivers in this video.

Nutty compilation of Russian car accidents. Apparently, drivers are so bad and aggressive that many citizens keep dash cameras rolling at all times in case something like this happens and they have to prove it.

Ernie Adams tells us about his 1949 Mercury Dwarf Car in this professionally produced video. See the car's features up close. Learn about the building process. Ernie even takes it for a spin around the block. Enjoy

This little 1963 Honda S500 is right up my alley!

1963 Chrysler Turbine Car Interior. Very space-age looking!

1951 GM LeSabre Concept Car. Are those the only headlights?

The Wood-Bodied, Propeller-Driven, 1932 Helicron No. 1. Have you ever seen anything like this? I haven't.

1963 Dean Jeffries Mantaray. Looks like a Cobra V8 in there.

Remember the Big Mouth Billy Bass? You'd press a button (or trigger a proximity sensor for a surprise) and the fish would start singing either Al Greens Take Me To The River, or Bobby McFerrins Don't Worry, Be Happy.

Texan Richard Carter took a Volvo, 5 miles of wire, five 6-volt golf cart batteries, a screw drive mechanism using 12v DC reversible motor, a lifting frame he made from scratch, a Linux server and approximately two hundred synchronized singing fish, and created what can only be described as an awesomely effective assault on good taste.

In our awesomely effective assault on good taste, we present the Choir – in High Definition.

Aptera Motors is a startup company seeking to manufacture high-efficiency road vehicles. Formerly known as Accelerated Composites, the company was based in Oceanside, California. The company was bought by a Chinese auto manufacturer in mid-2012 and reactivated as a going concern after having announced closure on December 2, 2011.

Aptera’s first product, a three-wheeled two-seater named the Aptera 2 Series, was under development,[4] The fuel efficiency of 300 mpg-US (0.78 L/100 km) when plugged in every 120 miles (190 km) would make it one of the most fuel-efficient cars in the world. This is without accounting for the fuel used for generating the power that charges the batteries. If that is provided for, the equation would stand significantly altered.

The name Aptera is Greek for “wingless,” a nod to their light-aircraft-inspired design and construction techniques, and is correctly pluralized either as 'Apterae' or ‘Apteras.’ However, Aptera Motors maintains that Aptera translates to “wingless flight.”

R&T P.S. photo date unknown. "A clever MIT student has solved his parking problems. (bet you thought we'd tell you it's the 1973 mini-mini-minor)"

Check out this crazy video compilation of car related fails/wins.

Only in Los Angeles. This person probably had a phone in one hand and a latte in the other.

This is what the kids call a DONK. I don't know why anyone would do this.

Here's a Spongebob Squarepants themed DONK. Why wouldn't there be?

The 1960 Plymouth Fury had the option of a dashboard record player: the RCA Victor “Highway Hi-Fi”. It could play up to fourteen “45” records consecutively.

To avoid records skipping this set of wheels had to have been a very smooth ride.

Yep, this guy is doing wheelies on a gas powered barstool.

The force better be with you when you're driving this thing.

The Lancia Stratos HF prototype was a styling exercise by Bertone, first show at the Turin Motor show in October 1970. It was a futuristic design with a wedge shaped profile and stood just 33 inches (84 cm) from the ground. It was so low, that conventional doors where not used. Instead, drivers had to flip up the windscreen and walk into the car, to gained entry. Visibility was restricted as the front windscreen was narrow, when inside. The car had a 1.6 litre V4 engine, taken from the Fulvia HF. To access the mid-mounted engine, a triangular shaped panel hinged upwards.

One of the last cars designed by the legendary Harley Earl, the Cyclone was a testbed for futuristic styling and technology. Built on a 104" wheelbase chassis, it featured a front-mounted 390in3 engine, rear-mounted automatic transaxle, and an all-wheel independent suspension. Uniquely, the Cyclone's engine exhaust was ported out just ahead of the front wheels. It also featured a radar operated crash avoidance system, with the radar sensors mounted in twin "nose-cones" on the front of the car.

Of the Cyclone's stylistic features, the bubble top canopy was the most prominent. Silver coated for UV protection, the canopy automatically opened along with the sliding electrically operated doors. The canopy could also be stowed in the rear compartment, where it rested on a special air-bag base.

The Cyclone's design was heavily inspired by the aviation and rocket designs of the 1950s.

When Ron Patrick went shopping for a suitable vehicle for his idea, he brought a cardboard mockup of the jet engine to new-car dealerships. Although his runner-up selection, a Volvo wagon, offered more cargo space, the new Beetle's large rear window rekindled childhood memories of Hurst's midengined Hemi Under Glass Barracudas. He punched the hole with a jigsaw without chipping or peeling the stock paint. Two hatch latches from a Lexus replaced the stock latch, but when the lid is open, VW's "hatch-not-closed" warning light still shines in the dash.

The new BMW i8!

And they look even worse in the flesh. Gremlin 1970s.

Overdone Jaguar XK-E in bizarre paint scheme resembling a cat.

OK, a Subaru Baja is a station wagon with the back made into a pickup bed. Why would you put a cap on the pickup bed and not just buy the station wagon?!?!?!

There is a huge scene in Japan for customizing vans in this way.

Wang Jian from Jiangsu province, China, builds a Lamborghini Reventon for $10,000. There are some SLIGHT differences.

The BMW Isetta was in 1955 the world's first mass-production 3-Litres/100km car. It became one of the most successful and influential city cars ever created.

With a single wheel in the front of this Reliant Robin, this scenario could not have been uncommon.

FAB-1 is the name given to the pink six-wheeled car in the Thunderbirds TV series and feature films.

The Fisker Karma may be one of the greenest cars on the road, but when I look at it, all I see is a big silly mustache.

The first "Weinermobile" in 1936 by Oscar Mayer's nephew, Carl G. Mayer, and variants are still used by the Oscar Mayer company today. Drivers of the Wienermobiles are known as Hotdoggers and often hand out toy whistles shaped as replicas of the Wienermobile, known as Wienerwhistles.

Batman and Robin on their Yamaha Catalina 250.

Ryno Motors Micro Cycle.