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Ironman Car

Aug.28, 2009 in China 1 Comment

A 4WD white car was spotted having triangle tank tracks instead of wheels on the road in China. Your car can not get any manlier than this! It was posted on a Chinese forum and the usual comment is ” This is what a man should really drive!”

Source: cqsb.cqnews.net

Tags: Car, China, Manly, Motor, Strange

Greenest Car in the World

Aug.20, 2009 in International Leave a Comment

An Iranian by the name of Hadi Mirhejazi had recently debuted the greenest car in the world. The car named Naturmobil is powered by a horse running on a treadmill which in turn powers a generator capable of reaching speeds of up to 45km/h. This green car with literally one horse power was originally designed [...]

Tags: Animal, Green, International, Motor, Nature

Launch of the Tata Nano

Jul.19, 2009 in International Leave a Comment

The world’s cheapest production car from India has finally made its debut to consumers on the 17th of July. The first ever customer for the Tata Nano received his keys for the car in front of a crowd of media and public. Company president Ratan Tata presented the key to the first Tata Nano to [...]

Tags: Car, India, Motor, Tata Nano, Technology, Transport

The Number One Legs in Asia

Jul.11, 2009 in Korea Leave a Comment

Came across a series of articles about a prominent model named Hwang Mi Hee from Korea. She was praised by the Korean media as having the number one legs in Asia. A title I’m sure a lot of people would contend for. She is featured in a lot of motor shows and also a spokesperson [...]

Tags: Girls, Korea, Model, Motor

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Most Intact Mummy

Four coffins were uncovered in China with some of the most intact mummies the world has ever seen. They were nicknamed the "Smiling Princess"! You can even see their eye lashes! No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

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Building Demolition

Sometime last week an apartment complex situated in Guangdong (China) was successfully demolished by explosives. It is currently the tallest building demolished in this way in Asia. The task to destabilise the main support columns alone cost 55,000 RMB and the whole process was estimated to have cost around 3 million RMB. The apartment complex called the Summit Garden was completed in 1995 but since 1997 it has been left empty. Multiple name changes over the year did not stop the 34 floor and 104 meters high building from escaping its demolition fate. Up until now the highest building to ...

Angry Passengers at Chengdu Airport

The Chengdu airport was forced to close down today due to a fire breaking out with its electrical circuit. The fault created a large disturbance which estimated delayed up to 500 flights. There were a lot of angry customers expecting refunds even going into damaging the airport's properties. Reports of customers taking free food from airport restaurants was an frequent occurrence as well. The images below shows the extend of the crowd gathered! Source: enorth.com.cn No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Hurriance Morakot

Came across a news broadcast of a hotel falling into raging water earlier and after a brief read on the internet it was due to the recent hurricane Morakot in Asia. It looked pretty amazing! via stuff.co.nz A typhoon has pummeled China's eastern coast, toppling houses, flooding villages and forcing nearly a million people to flee to safety. Typhoon Morakot struck after triggering the worst flooding in Taiwan 50 years, leaving dozens missing and feared dead and toppling a six-story hotel. In Taitung county, a six-story hotel collapsed and plunged into a river after floodwaters eroded its base, but all 300 people ...