Archive for the ‘Aftermarket/Tuning’ Category

Looking for something out-of-the-ordinary to wow your fellow tailgaters? You could go the obvious route with an impressively oversized SUV, but really, where's the fun in that? Far more interesting is this sweet ride from MV Designs, which crams everything you need for beers and brats into a modestly sized Scion xD. Preferring Pabst over passengers, most of the Scion Kogi xD's interior features (not to mention its tail lights) have been ditched in favor of kitchen gear, but hey,  no pain, no gain. [WorldCarFans]

Somehow, we've managed to miss National Geographic's "Science of Armored Cars" series, but if the video clip below is any indication of what's on the show, consider us hooked. We're entirely not sure who needs a bulletproof, oil slick-emitting, grenade-launching SUV with blinding taillights and the ability to shock anyone who touches it -- but then again, everyone has a crazy ex or two.

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We know a lot of you are tinkerers -- the sort of  people who prefer to spend long holiday weekends leaning over engines instead taking the boat out for a spin. Well, here's a video clip from some guys who've found a way to do both. For about $2500 NZ ($1709 U.S.), two aeronautic machinists converted a simple Toyota van into a fully amphibious vehicle, then took it on a roughly 60 mile adventure from New Zealand's South Island to the North Island. Check the video above as they quite literally roll into Wellington after their 10 hour trip. Yeah, that'll make you feel like an underachiever. [YouTube via BoingBoing]