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Collection of Halloween cars from around the world. Some are scary than others but good effort everybody! Happy Halloween!

This King Midget Model II, Micro art car is for sale now on ebay down in Long Beach, California with a only 1,600 miles. I guess with tiny little wheels you cant get far. I think this might be the upgrade you were looking for to replace your kids battery powered plastic toy car, that makes that very annoying crunchy sound of hard plastic wheels on pavement. Your in-laws or your parents decided to get this for your kid and your life has been a living hell ever since. Unfortunately batteries were included this time, Christmas is just around the corner.

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Pictures and Video of the Lamborghini Estoque four-door.


The Estoque - the name refers to the sword matadors use to kill bulls, is the first four-door to roll out of Sant'Agata since the company built the abominable Portofino for the Frankfurt auto show in 1987. Whereas the Porotfino looked like a Chrysler with scissor doors, the Estoque looks like a Murcielago or Reventon with four doors.


It's all sharp angles and long lines, coming in at almost 17 feet long. Those 23-inch wheels are nearly 10 feet apart. Unlike the Gallardo and Murcielago, the all-wheel-drive Estoque carries its engine just behind the front axle. Lamborghini claims the car's weight distribution approaches 50-50, providing "unparalleled agility and handling precision."

Video showcasing the Lamborghini Estoque


So what about that engine? Sant'Agata says "a range of drivelines is conceivable." Topping the list of possibilities is the 520-horsepower V10 from the Gallardo or a twin-turbo V8 derived from it. But then things get interesting, with Lamborghini saying, "a particularly economical, but nevertheless dynamic, variation would be a V8 with a hybrid module or an extremely high-performance TDI."

Both options not only make sense, they're entirely feasible. Lamborghini is owned by Audi, which is actively pursuing hybrid drivetrains in vehicles like the Q5 SUV and the A1 concept it's bringing to Paris. Audi also has loads of experience with diesels, dominating LeMans with the R10 racer and wowing the crowd in Detroit with the 500-horsepower R8 TDI.


Winkelmann says the Estoque is a running prototype and the company could sell 2,000 to 3,000 of them if it goes into production in 2010. That would double the number of cars Lamborghini sold last year and let it compete against the Aston Martin Rapide and Porsche Panamera. Which, by the way, may come with a hybrid drivetrain.

When I was a kid my dad got me an M.C. Escher book and took me to see Woody Allen movies and haven't been the same since. I used to spend hours staring a those amazing mind bending images, so in memory to the good childhood memories, here is the M.C Escher Art Car.

Mini Cooper painted by the artist Alan Aldridge, a graphic designer known for his work in the 1960s on album covers and posters. (Design Museum)

By coincidence, another painted car went on display on Oct. 10 at the Design Museum in London, as part of an exhibition called “The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes,” devoted to the work of Alan Aldridge, an artist and graphic designer known for his work in the 1960s on album covers and posters for the Beatles, Rolling Stones, the Who and other groups.

Mr. Aldridge has painted a new Mini. It is divided down the middle with male images on one side and female images on the other. It is the driver’s side that is the blue male side and the passenger side is the pink-themed female side.

The new Mini recapitulates an earlier project by Mr. Aldridge, carried out in 1965. Mr. Aldridge painted an original Mini for The Sunday Times Magazine in London to illustrate a story called Automania, contrasting the auto lifestyles of a boy racer and a suburban housewife. The Design Museum show continues through Jan. 25.

Article via wheels blog NYTimes