The Aston Martin DB5/2008/R outside the Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, Ariz., where it was sold at auction to a Swiss buyer for $2.4 million US last month. With story by Nigel Matthews for CanWest Auto Package.
Photograph by : Nigel Matthews/Special to the Vancouver Province
It is reckoned that half of the world’s population would recognize a [...]

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It’s hard to beat the experience of staring down a herd of longhorn cattle contained only by dinky metal gates. But in the basement of the Cobo Conference Center here, serious press conferences are tempered by an array of exhibits both surprising and engaging.

The slick, white race car “Mach 5″—boasting a top speed of [...]

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India’s largest automaker is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the gas-and-oxygen explosions of internal-combustion models, to push its engine’s pistons. Some 6000 zero-emissions Air Cars are scheduled to hit Indian streets [...]

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This sofa is fully street legal! It has an MoT and Vehicle Licence and is powered by a mid-mounted, unleaded A-series Mini engine.
Along with the Leopard skin upholstery, the unusual features include a pizza pan (complete with pepperoni pizza) steering wheel, hand operated drinks-can brake ‘pedal’, a chocolate bar to select the 4 automatic gears [...]

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