This stunning buggy is, very sadly, not real. I was crushingly disappointed although I should probably have realised that a turbine powered desert buggy would probably be illegal in every country except Somalia. I had initially thought it might be a modern reinterpretation of Steve McQueen’s famous Baja Boot buggy.
Marek Denko, the buggy’s designer, was inspired by the Mad Max trilogy and the post-Nuclear War game Fallout. It took him 3 weeks to create, it isn’t hard to see why it took so long, the level of detail is truly extraordinary.
I guess it’ll remain a collection of well placed pixels until the time comes that we all have 3D printers. When that happens I’m loading the Desert Rose Buggy into the printing queue and then hitting Baja with a vengeance.
The pictures are all high-res so you can click for the large version, check out more of Marek Denko’s work here.
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The Cunningham C3 The Cunningham C3 was to be the only non-racing car ever built by Briggs Cunningham and his team, and it only came about due to a last minute rule change to enter the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1953. This new rule called for all entered cars to have a production run…
All surviving examples of the Lancia Stratos are special, but the Björn Waldegård Lancia Stratos stands in a league of its own. This documentary by Patina features David Hanman telling the story of his discovery of the original Björn Waldegård Lancia Stratos in Italy a number of years ago. He describes the difficulties of having…
A Flat 6 Love Affair was written by regular Silodrome contributing writer Marc Goldbaum. When it comes to Porsche there are more than a few enthusiasts. Bart Kuykens, however, happens to be one in the sea of Porschephiles who brazenly stands among the greats. Bart, in his actions, takes the obsession and passion to another…
The bright orange Land Rover Stage 1 V8 you see here was rescued from junkyard status by Ricardo and the team at Cool N’ Vintage, a Portuguese garage that’s become famous for saving and restoring Land Rovers to better-than-new condition. The Land Rover Stage 1 V8 The Land Rover Stage 1 V8 is a prized favorite among…
The Nardi Classic Steering Wheel is a design that’s immediately recognizable to anyone with an interest in vintage motoring, Nardi wheels have been used extensively in Ferraris dating back to the 1950s, they’ve also graced the steering columns of cars from Lancia, Audi, Maserati, Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, Jaguar, Lotus, TVR, McLaren, Volkswagen, Abarth, and BMW….
This 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake was a one-off build with a 600+ hp Ford GT40 Mk II 427 V8 – the same engine that had won against the best in the world at the 24 Hours of Le Mans the year before. Goodyear Thunderbolt The car was built as part of a Goodyear marketing stunt for…
