A Chinese Man Builds an Eco-Friendly Hummer from Scratch for $630

Chinese regulators may have had little affection for the Hummer brand when they shunned the deal between General Motors and Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co., Ltd. in early 2010, but there's at least one man in the world's most populous country that has a lot love left for the maker of the H1.

His name is Qu Zhibo and he is from the city of Zhigong in China's Hainan province. For three years, Zhibo worked on a special project to develop the most eco-friendly Hummer you will ever lay eyes upon.

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1999 Honda Civic Coupe "Converted to a 2011 BMW M3"

We know what some of you may be thinking upon viewing the pictures, and to answer your first question, no, this is not Acura's upcoming ILX luxury compact model that is slated to debut in Detroit in January. Instead, it's one of those bizarre creations we occasionally find over at the crazy world of Craigslist.

Much like the Saab 900S Convertible turned into a Cadillac of some sorts that we showed you last week, this 1999 Honda Civic Coupe is supposed to resemble a BMW.

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Attention, Serious Buyers Only: 1995 Cadillac 900S Convertible

From the 1980s right through to the beginning of the 21st century, General Motors tried its best to simplify the art of badge engineering as a cheap and easy way to expand its offerings and increase its profits.

Apparently, some of GM's enthusiasm for badge-trickery managed to rub off on certain consumers like the owner of this 1995 Saab who artfully transformed the open-top model into the Cadillac 900S Convertible in a way that a 1990s GM exec would say, "why didn't I think of that?"

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BMW 325i Convertible E30 wants to be an 8-Series when it Grows Up [PHOTO GALLERY BMW 325i]

While there's only a single digit gap between the E30 and E31 codenames, in reality, these two BMW models couldn't be more different from each other. The E30, a.k.a. the 1983-1991 3-Series, represented the firm's entry-level family car in the 1980s, while the E31, more widely known as the 8-Series, was the brand's flagship GT coupe in the 1990s.
But one German owner had the bright idea of taking a 1989 325i Convertible (albeit with pre-1987 tail lamps) and fusing the front end of an 850i Coupe on its nose. Of course, there was a slight problem with the width of the 8-Series fascia that was solved by…removing one of the BMW kidney grilles.
Aside from the bespoke front end, it also gets puffed up wheel arches to fit the wider tires, a different rear bumper and a Momo steering wheel.
The modded 325i Convertible comes equipped with the standard 2.5-liter inline-six producing 170-horses and is said to have clocked just 99,750km (62k miles).
Even if do you find the...825i's looks alluring, the €6,990 (US$9,900) price tag on Autohaus Bryjak is less than tempting as it is a bit too close for comfort to the lower-end prices (~€10k) for a real, early 1990s 8-Series model in Germany.

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It Came From eBay Hell: Mercury Cougar Based Bugatti Veyron Replica

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. Of all the cars I’ve featured in “It Came From eBay Hell”, this one takes the cake. It’s a 2002 Mercury Cougar with 120,000 miles (193,120 kilometres) on the clock, though that’s not what makes it special. No, what makes it special is the composite and fibreglass Bugatti Veyron body draped over it.
That’s right: it’s a Cougatti Vercuryon! Not only does this modern masterpiece come with (Walmart™ Brand) 20-inch rims, two-tone paint and leather everything, it also comes with all the stuff that made the Mercury Cougar the modern classic it is today

2007 Jaguar XK140 OTS Replica - Classic Car For Sale (Click Here)

Description:

Nostalgia Cars UK Ltd
Have Great Pleasure in Offering For Sale
This Stunning Jaguar XK140 Replica

This is a factory built car completed in April of 2008.

Beautifully finished in a dark pearlescent blue, with cream leather interior with contrast dark blue piping, dark blue wool carpet & beautifully patterned burr walnut dash containing magnolia faced Smiths dials with chrome bezels & is also fitted with a centre consol & armrest.

Weather equipment in dark blue mohair, including hood, side screens & storage bag, hood cover, & tonneau cover. It is powered by a 285bhp Jaguar fuel injected 3.6L AJ6 engine. Driven through a four speed automatic gearbox with J gate selector. 72 Spoke tubeless chrome wire wheels & Jaguar spinners.
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This car has covered around 7000 miles since build completion in April of 2008. It has a host of factory fitted extras including the following.

Upgrade to AJ6 Engine
Contrast leather piping
Chrome wire wheels
Centre console
Magnolia faced dials
Contrast leather piping
Electronic power steering ( adjustable or can be disabled for normal driving & used for parking or town driving)
Stainless steel boot rack
Stereo system
Tracker devise
Chrome spot lights.
Tonneau cover

A newly commissioned car built to this specification would cost over £58,000.00 at current list price fitted with the extras listed.

We are able to offer this car with a factory warranty of 12 months on all major mechanical items & six months on ancillary items. It has just received a factory service & has road tax until April 2010 & as this was a factory build it is not due for its first MOT until April 2011.

I hope this is of interest to you, if so & you would like to view & test drive this fabulous car please do let us know as soon as possible.

2007 Jaguar XK140 OTS Replica - Classic Car For Sale (Click Here)

Description:

Nostalgia Cars UK Ltd
Have Great Pleasure in Offering For Sale
This Stunning Jaguar XK140 Replica

This is a factory built car completed in April of 2008.

Beautifully finished in a dark pearlescent blue, with cream leather interior with contrast dark blue piping, dark blue wool carpet & beautifully patterned burr walnut dash containing magnolia faced Smiths dials with chrome bezels & is also fitted with a centre consol & armrest.

Weather equipment in dark blue mohair, including hood, side screens & storage bag, hood cover, & tonneau cover. It is powered by a 285bhp Jaguar fuel injected 3.6L AJ6 engine. Driven through a four speed automatic gearbox with J gate selector. 72 Spoke tubeless chrome wire wheels & Jaguar spinners.
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This car has covered around 7000 miles since build completion in April of 2008. It has a host of factory fitted extras including the following.

Upgrade to AJ6 Engine
Contrast leather piping
Chrome wire wheels
Centre console
Magnolia faced dials
Contrast leather piping
Electronic power steering ( adjustable or can be disabled for normal driving & used for parking or town driving)
Stainless steel boot rack
Stereo system
Tracker devise
Chrome spot lights.
Tonneau cover

A newly commissioned car built to this specification would cost over £58,000.00 at current list price fitted with the extras listed.

We are able to offer this car with a factory warranty of 12 months on all major mechanical items & six months on ancillary items. It has just received a factory service & has road tax until April 2010 & as this was a factory build it is not due for its first MOT until April 2011.

I hope this is of interest to you, if so & you would like to view & test drive this fabulous car please do let us know as soon as possible.