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This Soviet-era Zil PEU-1B six-wheeled rover was commissioned during the height of the Cold War by the USSR to retrieve fallen satellites, space junk and even cosmonauts returning from orbit. The search and rescue vehicle has been lovingly restored to its former glory over three years on the territory of the old Zil factory in Moscow and is now roving through the countryside once more.
Automobile mechanic and inventor Xiong Jian astonished fellow residents in his home town of Taojing in Central China after he successfully transformed an old, beat up auto into a 'boat-car' fit for a spy thriller. He took his James Bond-style amphibious vehicle for a ride in the waters of the Zhenzi River. The river floods every year in monsoon season, so he decided to use his hobby to make a practical vehicle that can be used as a boat during floods. Xiong created the multipurpose vehicle after years of trial and error by refitting components of a scrap sedan with other parts from a scrap minibus and welding it together to make it airtight. It wasn't all smooth sailing at first, but Xiong finally managed get his Frankencar running on the streets before driving it straight into the water. Xiong has been an automechanic for over 20 years and his favorite hobby is to take apart and refit old vehicles to see if he can bring them back to life. According to Xiong, the car can reach speeds of up to 20 mph in the water while moving forward, but it can also turn around and go backwards in the water, all while carrying up to 4 passengers Xiong is currently tinkering on the boat car in his shop, hoping to reduce the noise and bring the max sailing speed up to 25 Mph. Would you sail in Xiong's boat car?
Santiago de Chile, Jun 30 (EFE), (CAMERA: Jose Caviedes) .- In Paine, a small town south of Santiago de Chile, children run to the street to see Lightning McQueen and Mate, from the Pixar movie Cars.
Volkswagen is the world's largest carmaker. Business Insider reports the company returned to profit in the third quarter. This is thanks to surging demand for luxury cars such as Porsche and Audi in western Europe and China. VW's chief financial officer, Frank Witter, warned that "the coronavirus remains a central problem." VW said it's full-year 2020 profit would be "severely lower" than in 2019. The profits would still be in "positive territory" after a second-quarter loss of 1.7 billion euros ($1.99 billion). A series of cost-cutting measures launched earlier this year helped VW's performance during the third quarter.
Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Dec 5 (EFE - EPA) .- The Government of Ivory Coast is studying how to modernize the automotive industry and professionalize mechanic activity to reduce anarchic repair in garages.(CAMERA: Legnan Koula)FOOTAGE OF MECHANICS WORKING IN IVORY COAST
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