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The Best Road Trip Movie Ever In 5...4...3...

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EDT

What happens when Liyban leader Moammar Gaddafi and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez go on a road trip across South America? The best road trip movie ever! With cameos from Jimmy Fallon, Michael Cera and Robert Mugabe!

Photo Credit: JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images

Moammar Gadhafi's Custom-Built Not-So-Rocket Car

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EDT

When you're the divinely-chosen leader of your country, like Moammar Gadhafi, you can pretty much get whatever you want. Behold the Gadhafi-designed, Italian-built Libyan "Rocket Car." And by "Rocket Car," we really mean powered by an itty-bitty V6.

In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the coup that brought him to power, Gadhafi had this vehicle custom-built to his specs. It includes Libyan products like marble, leather, and oil. The "Rocket" is only supposed to look like a rocket and is actually powered by a 3.0-liter V6. Actually, we think it looks more like a suppository.

(Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images, Spiegel.de

Gaddafi's Offspring's Ferrari Seized In Germany For Being Too Loud

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:45:00 EST

The War on Terror-izingly Loud Autos claimed another victim as German police towed away Muammar Gaddafi's son's Ferrari 430. Seif al-Arab, son of the Libyan leader, is studying something in Munich and, like most students, gets by on a mixture of Ramen Noodles, Ultimate Frisbee and Italian sports cars. Police report that the car's exhaust emitted 110.5 decibels, over the 98 decibel limit.

Somehow, Seif is going to have to get together 100 pounds or else be forced to take the bus. He also may be driving on an invalid international license. This comes at a time when Libya has taken a more open stance towards its relations with Europe, including forking over $35 million in a settlement related to the Berlin Disco Bombings. Maybe he should have had them thrown in any future offspring's automotive crimes. [Telegraph]