World's Strangest Vehicles

Cars that are... different

Some are ugly, some are more than ugly, crossing into hideous, some are better looking and possibly better designed than most modern cars - you get all ends of the spectrum here. Since our last article in this series, we've received many tips about the cars we would not know (or recognize) otherwise. There is no end to people's creativity when it comes to one of most treasured perks of civilization - the automobile.

Limos (and custom stretches) with identity disorders


- via Spiked Humor






















This super-limo from Japan (electric-powered KAZ) is all about efficiency and performance, but looks like a mutated caterpillar with a few legs missing. Read more about it here.





Speaking of extra wheels, this configuration seems to perform very well on a racetrack:






(image credit: keskustelu.plaza.fi)


Off-Roading Beasties

"This abomination was seen at the Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo"






4-axle SUV (looks like it's a confident rock-climber)
















"Big Foot" in Orlando, Florida:

1996 Ford F250 pickup body with a 460 cu inch V8 for power. Bigfoot weighs 28,000 lbs (12700 kg) and stands 15 feet 6 inches tall. The enormous tires are from an Alaskan Land Train, a vehicle used by the US army in the 1950's.





Here is that Land Train (a most beautifully weird vehicle in itself)





Here is another cool-looking vintage off-road vehicle:
"Mobile Geological Laboratory" GEOLAB from 1970.
From "A Source Book of Unusual Vehicles" by Gordon and Marjorie Davies


(image credit: cdfarnsworth)

An all-electric off-road GEM is spaced-out ATV version, jacked up and ready to frolic in the dunes:




(images credit: autobloggreen)


Can't make a "strange vehicle" article without mentioning some little-known variations on SUV theme from Russia:

The World's Strangest Vehicles

The Opposite of "Soccer-Mom Minivans"!

Sometimes simply getting from point A to point B is not really the point. Some people want to do it in style and with a certain panache, some want to set their vehicles as far apart from the norm as possible (without crossing into the ridiculous). A few of the vehicles depicted here are made only for show, but some appear roadworthy and even...groundbreaking?

Let's start with -
Mini-Cooper Limo with a Pool!!


(Source: Strange Vehicles)


(Source: cars.ign.com)

Surface Orbiter:




"New Yorker Rick Dobbertin built the amphibious Surface Orbiter out of a milk truck in order to cross the world via land and sea. It took him 4 years, $175,000 and 14,000 man hours to complete."
(via Dobbertin Hydrocar)

Dave Major's Aerocar 2 (Propellor Car):






ZZR Made for the 60's movie classic "Out of Site" movie by the Barris company:


(image credit: Barris)


The famous Pacman Car:

(Source: geek24)












Cool photos of a similar bus / RV - here



(Source: Harrod Blank, via)


Citroen DS in the movie "Fantomas":















Mafia Car?


another steering wheel variation:



Two-wheeled cars!

This page documents various two-wheeled oddities
(via Weird Daily)




(image credit: Kohler AG)



Still, they are not as weird as this futuristic car from 1918:



"Davis Motor Corp." car from 1948:
















(Source: Uberreview)


Stout Carab, 1936:



Is this for real?


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Unusual Bikes

Beer-table bike for the Harley Davidson Convention Members:

(created by Eric Staller)


















(Source: cars.ign.com)











BRP EMBRIO Concept (read more here):



















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More creative means of transportation:













Finally, perhaps the strangest - Ski-lift Bus!
(used on Mt. Hood, Oregon between Government Camp and Timberline Lodge)


(image credit: VintagePhoto)

Send us the photos of strange vehicles you spotted around the world, and we will continue making next parts with your submissions. Good Hunting!