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Monster Jam is totally rad

To our 6-year-old selves, monster trucks really were the biggest, baddest things on four wheels, mechanized, city-block-sized demon machines that ate sedans and belched fire. The reality is that the trucks aren't that big when you get right up next to them -- certainly not the Caterpillar 797-sized car-obliterators we imagined years ago. They're probably around 12 feet high at most; given current trends, they'll be eclipsed by heavy-duty pickups in a design cycle or two.

Audi E1 e-tron city concept in Berlin +video

Audi E1 e-Tron in the Potsdamer Platz Did Clive Sinclair get in to bed with Audi? Are the progeny of Fend Flitzer lurking in the bowels of Audi Towers? We ask because the latest Audi e-Tron Concept (the Audi E1, perhaps?) which rolled out of the back of a van in the Potsdamer Platz looks for all the world like the result of a mating between a Messerschmitt and a Sinclair C5.

Custom cars with an extreme sports theme at SEMA 2013

The annual Speciality Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Car Show is one of the world's biggest events for modified motors. In short, if you want to check out the most weird, wonderful and wacky cars in the world, head for SEMA. And naturally, the event is held in Las Vegas.