• MSN
  • Hotmail
  • More
    • Autos
    • My MSN
    • Video
    • Careers & Jobs
    • Personals
    • Weather
    • Delish
    • Quotes
    • White Pages
    • Games
    • Real Estate
    • Wonderwall
    • Horoscopes
    • Shopping
    • Yellow Pages
    • Local Edition
    • Traffic
    • Feedback
    • Maps & Directions
    • Travel
    • Full MSN Index
  • Bing
  • NBCNews.com
  • TODAY
  • Nightly News
  • Rock Center
  • Meet the Press
  • Dateline
  • msnbc
  • Breaking News
  • Newsvine
  • Home
  • US
  • World
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Travel
  • Local
  • Weather
Advertise | AdChoices
  • Recommended: Little girl clutches flag during her father's funeral at Arlington
  • Recommended: The Week in Pictures: May 9 - 16
  • Recommended: Border security improvements create new deadly route for illegal immigrants
  • Recommended: Life-saving surgery for baby with swollen head brings parents joy, relief

Conversations sparked by photojournalism. Follow us on Twitter to keep up-to-date.

  • ↓ About this blog
  • ↓ Archives
    • Icons Email E-mail updates
    • Icons Twitter Follow on Twitter
    • Icons Feed Subscribe to RSS
  • 7
    days
    ago

    Angry Maserati owner hires men to smash up his $420,000 supercar

    AFP - Getty Images

    Men using sledgehammers on a Maserati car outside the Qingdao International Convention Center in Qingdao, Shandong province, on May 14, 2013.

    AFP - Getty Images

    A wealthy Chinese Maserati owner hired four sledgehammer-wielding men to smash up his $420,000 supercar in protest at poor customer service, Agence France-Presse reports.

    The owner staged the dramatic intervention outside a convention center in Qingdao where a major auto show was being held. Local newspapers reported that his dispute with a Maserati dealership began when he took the car in for repairs and was charged for a new spare part even though a used part had been fitted.

    In 2011, the city saw a similar stunt when the owner of a Lamborghini ordered the destruction of his vehicle after a service failed to get it running smoothly.

    AFP - Getty Images

    Crowds looking at the badly damaged Maserati.

    Follow @NBCNewsPictures

    44 comments

    The ultimate example of "cutting off your nose to spite your face"....wealthy people are not exempt from stupidity.

    Show more
    Explore related topics: china, asia, car, world-news, transport, consumer-rights, maserati
  • 5
    May
    2013
    11:03pm, EDT

    No tow zone? Demolition project carries on around car after owner can't be reached

    Reuters

    A resident walks past a car parked amid debris at a site demolished as part of a street widening project in Taiyuan, China, May 6. The site used to be the parking lot of a local company. The owner of the car could not be reached for over 10 days, so workers were told to carry on demolition operations around the car, according to local media.

    Related: 

     

    • Grave interruption: Building around a tomb in China 
    • House in the middle of the highway finally torn down

    6 comments

    Godzilla eat all the tow trucks for lunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Show more
    Explore related topics: china, car, demolition
  • 4
    Apr
    2013
    11:06am, EDT

    Oliver Berg / DPA via AP

    Flying Ford Fiesta lands in Germany

    Workers help guide artist HA Schult's sculpture "Fluegelauto," a golden winged Ford Fiesta, onto the roof of the City Museum in Cologne, Germany, on Thursday. The sculpture was restored at the Ford car plant in Cologne before being reinstalled on the museum's roof. In the background is the Cologne Cathedral.

    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Japan town demands underwear for Michelangelo's David
    • That's more like it! Much-mocked pope statue gets a makeover
    • Christopher Columbus welcomes visitors to new New York City digs


    1 comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: germany, ford, art, car, statue, automobile, cologne
  • 31
    Jan
    2013
    2:34pm, EST

    Mile-long pile-up in Detroit kills three

    Paul Sancya / AP

    A car is jammed between two trucks after a mile-long pile-up on Interstate 75 in Detroit on Jan. 31.

    By Kari Huus and Nadine Comerford, NBC News

    A massive chain-reaction crash on an interstate highway in Detroit on Thursday killed three people, including two children, and left at least 40 injured, local authorities said. That was the first of three major pileups reported on icy Michigan roads Thursday amid blinding snow squalls.  Read the full story

    Paul Sancya / AP

    Vehicles are at a standstill after a multi-vehicle accident in Detroit on Jan. 31.

    Paul Sancya / AP

    The front of a car is under a truck after a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 75 in Detroit on Jan. 31.

    David Coates / AP

    Debris sits on the road after multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 75 in Detroit on Jan. 31.

    Follow @NBCNewsPictures

    1 comment

    gee, do you think maybe people were driving too fast and tailgating ?

    Show more
    Explore related topics: weather, car, michigan, detroit, us-news, highway, automobile, transportation
  • 14
    Jan
    2013
    1:35pm, EST

    Corvette Stingray turns heads as it returns to Chevy's lineup

    Tannen Maury / EPA

    The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is presented at a Pre-North American International Auto Show introduction in Detroit on Jan. 13. The all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray could put a much-needed halo around a company whose critics still tend to dismiss it as “Government Motors.” Read Story

    Slideshow: 2013 Detroit Motor Show

    Uli Deck / EPA

    The 2013 North American International Auto Show is considered one of the industry's most important and closely watched auto events in the world and will be open to the public on Jan. 19.

    Launch slideshow

     

    2 comments

    The Corvette Action Center has all the details and tons of photos on the 2014 C7 Corvette Stingray:

    Show more
    Explore related topics: business, car, detroit, auto-show, us-news
  • 10
    Jan
    2013
    5:41pm, EST

    Wicked wicker car wows in Nigeria

    Akintunde Akinleye / Reuters

    People look at the interior of a car covered with woven raffia palm cane parked along a road in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria, on Jan. 10.

    A car covered with woven raffia palm cane is parked in front of an artisan's workshop in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria, on Jan. 10. The car appears to be a form of mobile advertising for the artisan's services.

    Akintunde Akinleye / Reuters

    Artisan Ojo Obaniyi, 40, weaves a cover with raffia palm cane for a wheel plate at his workshop in Ibadan.

    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Mumbai taxi drivers bid farewell to an icon of the road
    • An Aston Martin you can afford, but just can't fit in
    • Homemade Lamborghini replica draws admiring glances from Chinese drivers

    Follow @NBCNewsPictures

    Comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: nigeria, car, africa, world-news, cane, wicker
  • 16
    Oct
    2012
    7:45am, EDT

    Mumbai taxi drivers bid farewell to an icon of the road

    Vivek Prakash / Reuters

    Drivers and mechanics of Premier Padmini taxis gather together at a workshop in Mumbai, India on October 4, 2012. The Premier Padmini was manufactured in India by Premier Automobiles from 1964 to 2000 and is based on the design of Fiat's 1100-series cars from the 1960s. The vehicle quickly became the iconic workhorse in Mumbai's fleet of black and yellow taxis until economic liberalisation in the 1990s allowed different makes and models to be produced in India.

    Vivek Prakash / Reuters

    A driver demonstrates the use of a manually operated fare meter on October 12, 2012.

    The Premier Padmini, the iconic workhorse in Mumbai's fleet of black and yellow cabs for nearly 50 years, faces an imminent demise. With the introduction of a government order banning taxis over 25 years old, the number of Padminis has begun to dwindle and, in a few years, they will be gone from the Indian city's streets altogether.   

    Reuters photographer Vivek Prakash, once a taxi driver himself (though in the relatively sedate streets of Brisbane, Australia), set out to pay an affectionate tribute to the car he calls "the grand old dame of Mumbai's streets":

    Power steering? Who needs it. Nothing a bit of elbow grease can’t fix. Air conditioning? Forget about it! You live in a sultry humid city, you should learn to love it. Electric windows? I don’t think so, use the handle to roll it down. Suspension? What suspension? Just remember you’ll feel every little bump on your way home tonight.

    Here in Mumbai we love to hate the Padmini. They are uncomfortable, hot, steamy, and funny smelling. But when they’re gone, we’ll miss them.

    Read more at Reuters' Photographers Blog.

    Vivek Prakash / Reuters

    A driver waits for customers in front of an apartment building in Mumbai's suburbs on October 3, 2012.

    Vivek Prakash / Reuters

    Customers sit in the cramped back seat of a Premier Padmini taxi during rush hour in Mumbai on October 4, 2012.

    Vivek Prakash / Reuters

    A taxi driver looks out of his Premier Padmini while stuck in traffic in a slum in Mumbai on October 3, 2012.

    Vivek Prakash / Reuters

    A driver waits for customers on Marine Drive in Mumbai on October 2, 2012.

    Vivek Prakash / Reuters

    A de-registered Premier Padmini taxi is pictured covered in dust with love hearts etched on its windows in a scrapyard in Mumbai on October 2, 2012.

    Vivek Prakash / Reuters

    A taxi driver sleeps on the boot of his Premier Padmini at a taxi park in Mumbai on October 4, 2012.

    Follow @NBCNewsPictures

    •Sign up for the NBCNews.com Photos Newsletter

     

    Comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: travel, india, car, taxi, south-asia, world-news, transport, featured, mumbai, padmini
  • 28
    Sep
    2012
    8:49am, EDT

    Adrian Dennis / AFP - Getty Images

    An Aston Martin you can afford, but just can't fit in

    A Christie's employee poses next to a 1/3 scale replica Aston Martin DB5 used in the film "Skyfall" during the press preview of "50 years of James Bond - The Auction" at Christie's auction house in London on Sept. 28. The model is expected to fetch 30,000 - 40,000 GBP (46,000 - 60,000 USD). To celebrate the 50th anniversary of James Bond on film, Christie's is holding an auction of Bond memorabilia from the archives of EON Productions.

    Related links:

    • Homemade Lamborghini replica draws admiring glances from Chinese drivers
    • Zany Swiss man installs wood-burning stove in car
    • End of the road: Russia says goodbye to its beloved Lada

    Comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: car, auction, bond, cars, james-bond, aston-martin, christies
  • 31
    Aug
    2012
    8:24am, EDT

    Homemade Lamborghini replica draws admiring glances from Chinese drivers

    Xihao / Reuters

    People look at a homemade replica of a Lamborghini Reventon as they drive past it in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China on August 30, 2012.

    Xihao / Reuters

    A friend of Wang Jian sits in Wang's homemade Lamborghini replica on August 31, 2012.

    Wang Jian, a Chinese farmer who worked at a garage for more than a decade, built himself a replica of a Lamborghini Reventon using parts from a second-hand Nissan and a Santana, Reuters reports.

    The self-made roadster cost Wang around 60,000 RMB ($9,450) and can reach a maximum speed of 160mph, according to local media reports.

    With a list price of $1.6 million, the Lamborghini Reventon was named one of the world's most expensive cars by Supercars.org.

    A man in China says his homemade replica of a Lamborghini 2007 Reventon that cost under $10,000 to build, "Drives like a dream." NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

    Related content:

    • One unsatisfied owner: poor service leads Lamborghini driver on destructive path
    • Utah man wins Lamborghini, crashes it hours later
    • Gone in less than 60 seconds: 11 luxury sports cars wrecked in expensive pileup
    • Even the crashes are stylish - Million-dollar wreck in Monaco.

    Xihao / Reuters

    Wang's car stands out in regular traffic.

    Follow @NBCNewsPictures

    •Sign up for the NBCNews.com Photos Newsletter

     

     

    92 comments

    I think this is Brilliant!!! You arrogant stuck up waste of human air scumbags in here commenting as if your sorry a**es could do any better are complete losers!! You have a guy thats a mechanic in China, where is wage is probably equivalent to $50 - 70/day that uses his own ingenuity and self de …

    Show more
    Explore related topics: china, asia, car, lamborghini, world-news, supercar
  • 10
    Jul
    2012
    6:09am, EDT

    Danish Siddiqui / Reuters

    Take a look inside a treasure trove of used car parts

    Abdul Samad, 13, carries a part of a used car engine inside an automobile workshop in Mumbai, India, on July 10, 2012. An Indian automobile industry body on Tuesday slightly lowered its car sales growth forecast for the year ending next March, as higher costs and slower economic expansion impinge on demand.

    1 comment

    I guess they are not categorized ....

    Show more
    Explore related topics: india, car, south-asia, child-labor, world-news, workshop, mumbai
  • 8
    Jul
    2012
    1:58pm, EDT

    Hitting the road on car-free day in Jakarta

    Beawiharta / Reuters

    People ride bicycles during Car Free Day at the main street in Jakarta on Sunday.

    Beawiharta / Reuters

    Karate athletes push a child seated in a stroller as they run during Car Free Day in Jakarta on Sunday. Since May, Jakarta has increased the frequency of car-free days from twice a month to every Sunday in a bid to bring down the level of carbon emissions in the heavily polluted metropolis, Governor Fauzi Bowo said last month, local media reported. On Sunday, all motorized vehicles will be barred from entering two of the capital's busiest streets, Jalan Sudirman and Jalan Thamrin, from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. on car-free days.

    Beawiharta / Reuters

    People ride bicycles during Car Free Day at the main street in Jakarta.

    See more images of Indonesia in PhotoBlog.

    •Sign up for the msnbc.com Photos Newsletter

    Follow @msnbc_pictures

    Comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: indonesia, car, traffic, world-news, bicycle, jakarta
  • 29
    May
    2012
    3:05pm, EDT

    Premature detonation leaves would-be suicide bombers' car a twisted roadside mess

    Noorullah Shirzada / AFP - Getty Images

    An Afghan policeman examines the remains of a car in which five suspected suicide attackers were travelling and which allegedly exploded before they reached their target, on the outskirts of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul on Tuesday. Two of the suspected suicide attackers were killed and three wounded.

    Rahmat Gul / AP

    An Afghan policeman examines the remains of a damaged vehicle after a suicide attack in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.

    By John Brecher

    I wonder if they had any sense that this was about to happen, or if one moment they were just driving and then Boom. 

    See more images from Afghanistan in PhotoBlog.

    •Sign up for the msnbc.com Photos Newsletter

    Follow @msnbc_pictures

    Comment

    Show more
    Explore related topics: afghanistan, bomb, car, suicide, world-news
Older posts

Browse

  • world-news,
  • us-news,
  • featured,
  • sports,
  • weather,
  • protest,
  • politics,
  • asia,
  • india,
  • china,
  • europe,
  • space,
  • religion,
  • afghanistan,
  • middle-east,
  • environment,
  • travel,
  • london,
  • germany,
  • military,
  • animal-tracks,
  • tech-science,
  • jwoods,
  • japan,
  • fire,
  • south-asia,
  • conflict,
  • israel,
  • new-york,
  • russia,
  • pakistan,
  • cosmic-log,
  • snow,
  • egypt,
  • animals,
  • images,
  • entertainment,
  • business,
  • spain,
  • england,
  • africa,
  • earthquake,
  • flood,
  • libya,
  • economy,
  • syria,
  • winter
Also
Advertise | AdChoices

John Brecher

Archives

  • 2013
    • May (98)
    • April (172)
    • March (186)
    • February (195)
    • January (251)
  • 2012
    • December (262)
    • November (281)
    • October (371)
    • September (319)
    • August (406)
    • July (387)
    • June (386)
    • May (422)
    • April (425)
    • March (458)
    • February (451)
    • January (502)
  • 2011
    • December (452)
    • November (464)
    • October (441)
    • September (409)
    • August (507)
    • July (439)
    • June (456)
    • May (443)
    • April (403)
    • March (421)
    • February (508)
    • January (651)
  • 2010
    • December (634)
    • November (360)
    • October (188)
    • September (159)
    • August (110)
    • July (89)
    • June (146)
    • May (89)
    • April (71)
    • March (46)
    • February (43)
    • January (54)
  • 2009
    • December (54)
    • November (46)
    • October (36)
    • September (40)
    • August (31)
    • July (39)
    • June (32)
    • May (57)
    • April (41)
    • March (38)
    • February (44)
    • January (45)
  • 2008
    • December (72)
    • November (38)
    • October (40)
    • September (40)
    • August (75)
    • July (36)
    • June (37)
    • May (44)
    • April (34)
    • March (52)
    • February (45)
    • January (26)
  • 2007
    • December (36)
    • November (32)
    • October (72)
    • September (60)
    • August (40)
    • July (23)
    • June (25)
    • May (31)
    • April (43)
    • March (38)
    • February (35)
    • January (47)
  • 2006
    • December (64)
    • November (77)
  • 2000
    • October (1)

Most Commented

  • Buggy hordes of cicadas sighted in Virginia ... but New York? Not yet (77)
  • Morehouse graduates, alumni brave driving rain to hear Obama's commencement address (111)
  • Before and after: Tornado cuts devastating path through Oklahoma (73)
  • Angry Maserati owner hires men to smash up his $420,000 supercar (44)
  • Peek inside Jodi Arias' jail cell (14)
  • Lava fountain, ash cloud erupt from Alaska volcano (17)
  • Aerials show path and destructive force of the Oklahoma tornado (18)

Other blogs

  • The Body Odd
  • Cosmic Log
  • Red Tape Chronicles
  • US News
  • Open Channel

NBCNews.com top stories

3147,10
© 2013 NBCNews.com
  • News photos on NBCNews.com
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Help
  • Site map
  • Careers
  • Closed captioning
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Advertise