Yipao: Colombia’s Bizarre Jeep Parade
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2015
The Jeep is Colombia’s most iconic mode of transportation, especially in the coffee growing regions where farming is an integral part of lif...
Showing posts with the label Automobiles
The Rooftop Racetrack of Fiat’s Lingotto Factory
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2015
The Lingotto building in Turin, Italy, is a massive half-kilometer long reinforced concrete structure, five stories tall, that once housed t...
A Used Car Vending Machine in Nashville
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 18, 2015
Online used car retailer Carvana , that has revolutionized how people buy cars, is back with another innovation — the world’s first coin ope...
Old Car City: The World's Largest Classic Car Junkyard
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2015
If you drive 50 miles north of Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia, along Interstate-75 and then turn right for U.S. Route 411 towards Cha...
‘Trans Am Totem’ And ‘Spindle’: The Art of Stacking Cars
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 10, 2015
At a traffic median in the busy urban intersection of Quebec Street and Milross Avenue, near False Creek, in Vancouver, stands a 10-meters h...
M-185: The Only US Highway Where Motor Vehicles Are Banned
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 28, 2015
Highway M-185 in the U.S. state of Michigan, is the safest road in America because it is the only state highway in the nation where motor ve...
World’s Biggest Tire Graveyard in Sulabiya, Kuwait
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2015
An average automobile tire can travel around 30,000 kilometers before they need to be replaced. Tires that have reached the end of their li...
Yom Kippur, The Day When Israel Goes Car Free
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2014
For twenty-four hours each year, all cars goes off the road all over Israel in celebration of Yom Kippur, also known as Day of Atonement - t...
Bangkok’s Multi-Colored Taxis
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2014
Unlike the rest of the world, where taxis are usually yellow and black, Bangkok’s taxis come in a full range of colors. There are pink taxis...
Chatillon Car Graveyard in Belgium
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2012
Right in the middle of a small forest near Chatillon, a little village in Southern Belgium, is a graveyard of abandoned and beautiful rusty ...
Vert-A-Pac: An Unusual Way to Transport Automobiles
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 4, 2012
Until the early 1960s, automobiles that were moved by rail were carried in boxcars. These were 50 feet long with double-wide doors. Inside w...
V8 Car Themed Hotel in Stuttgart, Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2012
Located in Stuttgart, Germany - a German international hub for car dealers - the V8 Hotel is a paradise for car enthusiasts. The hotel featu...
Volkswagen’s Car Towers at Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2012
The Autostadt is a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, with a prime focus on automobiles. It featu...
Chicken Buses of Guatemala
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 14, 2012
What happens to yellow school buses retired from commission in the United States? They start a new colorful life as Chicken Buses in Guatema...
The Double-Decker Trams of Hong Kong
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 19, 2012
Double-decker trams were once popular in the United Kingdom and some European cities, like Berlin. Throughout the British Empire countries i...
Magic Roundabout in Swindon: The Most Confusing Traffic Junction
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 22, 2012
The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England, constructed in 1972, is the most brilliant and at the same time, the most confusing roundabout eve...
Detroit Riprap: Abandoned Cars as Erosion Control
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 19, 2012
Throughout Montana, the U.S and beyond, there are rusted cars scattered along the banks and bottoms of rivers that are remnants of a time wh...
The Transparent Pontiac
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 2, 2011
For its upcoming auction at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan in late July, RM Auctions will offer a most unusual Pontiac – a transparent dis...
Carhenge: The Stonehenge of Vintage American Cars
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 7, 2010
Carhenge is a curious replica of England’s Stonehenge constructed of old American cars, located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska on the ...
Dekotora: The Ridiculously Decorated Trucks of Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 26, 2010
The Dekotora or Decotora an abbreviation for "Decoration Truck", is a kind of loud and flashy decorated truck most commonly found ...
