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Remember When Gunmaker Kalashnikov And Putin Tried To Take On Elon Musk And Tesla?
It’s the year 2018. COVID-19 isn’t a thing. The American-made Tesla Model 3 is leading the global electric vehicle sales market. The world seems relatively normal.
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Lada Niva: Dead In Europe
The Lada Niva has long been a favourite here at Gizmodo. Despite being born into the Soviet Union where cars weren’t just basic, they were boring, the Niva managed to impress us as both capable and full of character. The little 4×4 kept impressing buyers long after the Iron Curtain fell, at least until this…
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Watch This Man Drive His Car On Wheels Made Of Chains
It’s been over a week since we’ve brought you shenanigans from one of the Jalop-est channels on YouTube, Garage 54. So, to quench your thirst for goofy wrenching, here are the Russian Automotive “Scientists” driving a Lada with wheels made of chains. Yes, the team welded each individual link together into the shape of a…
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These Guys Did Their Damn Best To Kill A Lada Engine With Sunflower Seed Oil, Pepsi, Milk, Eggs And Salt
It sounds like the ingredient list for the weirdest cake in the entire world when you think about it: sunflower seed oil, sugar, Pepsi, milk, salt, citric acid and eggs. And also some dish soap for good measure. But no cake was made; instead, a Lada engine was murdered.