Moscow gold plated BMW

Meet Russian BMW M5, where all metal parts are gold plated ! During day and night, you can see it in the streets of Moscow as it is attracting interest of passers-by. We don’t have words to describe this car, just look at the following pictures...

Maria Sharapova — Porsche’s New Brand Ambassador

Maria Sharapova is the face of Nike, Tag Heuer and whatever tennis tournament she features in, and now she can add sports cars to her list after being unveiled as Porsche's brand ambassador. Sharapova, 16, was at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, standing tall alongside 911s, hogging the limelight in front of a Cabriolet and sitting in the driving seat of a Spyder. That Porsche, traditionally dominated by male buyers, chose Sharapova to be the face of its company for the next three years is testament to her her allure. Sharapova, the No. 2 women's tennis player in the world, makes about $20 million a year in endorsements, more money than any other female athlete. 

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Crazy cars

Tuning truck in Pakistan

Tuning truck in Pakistan

Winter Version Bike

Great looks... at the prices on the Internet are high - about 20 000 rubles. Expensive but

The 10 fastest trains in the world

Not one to rest on its past achievements, China is working to develop faster high-speed trains. The country aims to enhance its rail safety and efficiency, according to a document released by the Ministry of Science and Technology earlier this year.


The CRH380A high-speed train is one of the four Chinese train series which have been designed for the new standard operating speed of 380 km/h (236 mph) on newly constructed Chinese high-speed main lines.

HSL 1, Belgium runs at a speed of 300 km/h (186 mph). It is a Belgian High speed rail line from Brussels to LGV Nord.

Started in 1993, ETR 500 or Elettro Treno Rapido 500 is Italian high-speed train runs at a speed of 300 km/h (186 mph).

Eurostar, UK that runs at 300 km/h (186 mph) connects London, Paris and Brussels.
Spain’s AVE Talgo-350 runs at 330 km/h (205 mph).

The THSR 700T is high-speed electric multiple unit trainset derived from the Japanese Shinkansen family for Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR), Taiwan's high-speed rail line. It runs at 335.50 km/h or 208 mph.

KTX II or KTX-Sancheon is high speed train built in South Korea by Hyundai Rotem in the second half of the 2000s and operated by Korail since March 2009. It can reach speeds of up to 352.4 km/hour (218 mph).

The French-owned TGV Réseau (TGV-R) were built by Alstom between 1992 and 1996 and are based on the earlier TGV Atlantique. The train can run up to 380 km/hour (236.12 mph) speed.

The Shinkansen, also known as the "Bullet Train", is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies. The test run of the train can reach the speed of 443 km/h (275 mph).

Transrapid or TR-09 is a German high-speed monorail train using magnetic levitation and can hit a speed of 450 km/hour (270.3 mph).

(Information source for all slides: www.fastesttrain.org)

Mega Model

On the way to Liwa it is only a short detour to Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan al Nahyan's or the Rainbow Sheikh's car museum. I can clearly remember Jermey Clarksons Motor World some 10 years ago and being in awe at the collection that the Sheikh had put together.  As you drive through the desert the first thing you notice is the top a pyramid glistening in the distance. Not what you might expect in the UAE but certainly not surprising for this country. It turns out this pyramid houses the car museum.  Checking in the UAE off-road guide it is suppose to be open 7 days a week – but when our convoy of cars arrived it was decidedly closed. Carol (a British expat who has been here for 17 years) used her jedi mind trick and powers of persuasion on a bored looking Indian chap to let us in. To be honest he would never have been able to disappoint the children we had along for the ride. We were kindly let in and basically had our own private tour of the car museum. It was just great. Here is the largest pick-up truck in the world which actually contains a house and even is able to be driven short distances

The Power wagon pick-up truck is not the only vehicle that the Rainbow Sheikh has enlarged.  In 2009 he turned his attention to the WWII American Willys Jeep and soon a monster Jeep of truly humongous proportions appeared.  The jeep is four times larger than a standard Willys Jeep.

 We can get a true size of the scale of this jeep when an ordinary guy stands next to it, or even the Sheikh himself with a standard Jeep parked alongside for extra comparison...I hope the hand-brake is on!

The Jeep is apparently a working motorized model and indeed stands as the worlds largest working model Willys Jeep.  By the look of the compression on the tires I would suggest that its got some weight too and is not just a big plastic kit. Indeed the jeep has been fabricated from metal with not a single piece of plastic in sight.

The Jeep was built from the ground up and all the parts were specialy constructed and fabricated for it, including the tires.  Money being absolutely no object for the Billionaire Sheikh, he can of course build any fantasy he desires and he often does!

This construction is perhaps the greatest ever tribute to the Willys Jeep and if you happen to be visiting Saudi Arabia then it may be worth while checking this Jeep out at the Emirates National Auto Museum.  Don't forget to take your camera with you! You can also visit The Rainbow Sheikhs  online museum at www.enam.ae

 And for me the signature vehicle the huge globe trailer

Emirates National Auto Museum - To the south of Abu Dhabi city, around 45 km away is the ‘Pyramid’ which houses 200 cars belonging to HH . Here what attracts visitors is the collection of off-road vehicles and classic American cars, the Sheikh’s Mercedes rainbow collection and world’s largest truck, all at one place. Many of the collections were featured in the BBC television programme Top gear, so don’t miss the chance to see these star attractions.

 The visitors who make a beeline to Abu Dhabi are increasing year by year. And many among them are repeat visitors. The visitors find this place intriguing and fascinating and the place is luxurious with man made wonders with attractions of nature, and find something new in their each visit. They fall in love with the culture and the great hospitality of the people .