Cars are just too commonplace these days, with so few things to set apart one style or model from the next. Here are some excellent examples of creative hacks, scientific mods and artistic makeovers that will make you marvel at once-conventional vehicle types from cars, bikes and trucks to planes, boats and submarines.
These are not Volkswagen vans covered in flowers and weighed down by lounging hippies. These are the most badass van paint jobs to grace our nation's roads.
There are plenty of ways to move around an urban environment, but how about taking the world's only assisted bike lift or the world's longest outdoor escalator?
Syd Mead's sci-fi concept art has defined some of the greatest movies ever. These digital artists take inspiration from those iconic images for their concepts.
From futuristic to astonishingly low-tech, these 12 boat and watercraft designs - including a flying sailboat and a pumpkin canoe - are slick and surprising.
Buses invite artists to decorate with beautiful murals and intricate displays of skill and attention. Here is some of the best bus art, and advertising, around:
Among the most outrageous of the custom cars, trucks and RVs of the 1960s and 1970s was a VW Beetle conversion known variously as the Bugaroo or the MiniHome.
Soviet ingenuity made these amazing snow vehicles, which featured aircraft engines and could take civilians and soldiers through even the harshest winters.
Ever since the invention of the car and the airplane, dreamers have been trying to combine the two. Today, they may be closer than ever to making it a reality.
Lean, mean and sometimes even green, concept motorcycles often make us what to head out on the highway. Here are 20 of the most bad-ass bikes to hope for in 2010.
Want some Rambo on your Lambo? These 10 stealthy supercars prove that one of the best ways to stand out from the crowd is to blend right in.
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