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For all of you strapping young men who have just graduated from school – congratulations! Now it is time to think, act, and most importantly, look like an adult.
So what pieces of gear will you now need to impress those around you, actively compete with your peers, and accomplish all of your future goals? Try these on for size.
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A Ferrari 250 GTO now has a rather regrettable claim to fame for being involved in the world’s most expensive car crash, after colliding with another vehicle.
The Ferrari 250 GTO, worth over £20 million, is regarded as the “Picasso” of the motoring world, according to Metro.
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A 100-year-old Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost has become the world’s most expensive Rolls-Royce ever sold at auction after fetching almost £5 million.
The Rolls-Royce, described as “one of the finest ever built”, manages 15 miles to the gallon and is capable of a “cruising” speed of 60mph, according to The Telegraph.
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Even a £2.1 million Bugatti Veyron or a $2.9 million Lamborghini seems like a relatively cheap buy compared to the $35 million price tag of a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO sold last month.
The $35 million car, designed for race car driver Stirling Moss, exchanged hands in a private sale and has become the world’s most expensive car ever sold.
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German police chiefs made a bit of a miscalculation when they invested $33 million on a new fleet of pursuit vehicles – only to find their police officers couldn’t fit into them.
Police officers found the seats in the Opel Insignia Sports Tourers were too narrow for them when wearing belts carrying their guns, batons and other equipment, according to The Local.
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It might look like a Ferrari and carry a similarly expensive price tag, but this vehicle actually runs on pedals, not an engine.
The “Fahrradi Farfall FFX” is the world’s most expensive bicycle with a price tag of £1.2 million, according to The Sun.
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The gold-plated armoured SUV featured in the soon-to-be-released comedy film The Dictator can be yours for a cool USD500,000.
Ten of the Dartz Prombron Aladeen Edition SUVs, named after Sacha Baron Cohen’s character in the film, Admiral General Aladeen, have been put up for sale to the public, according to Daily Mail.
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A Chinese farmer has taken time out of tending to cattle and crops to create a special kind of vehicle – a car powered entirely by wind, which he claims can reach speeds of around 140mph.
Tang Zhengping, from Beijing, spent three months creating the unique vehicle, at 1 metre tall and 3 metres in length, the Metro reported.
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If you’re going to go, you’ve got to do it in style! And you certainly can now thanks to custom hearse builder Biemme Special Cars, who have announced the world’s most expensive and luxurious funeral car, the Rolls-Royce Phantom Hearse B12.
Set to be officially unveiled at the Tan Expo International Funeral and Cemetery Exhibition in Bologna, Italy later this week, the car stretches a total of 276-inches (23-feet) in length, three feet longer than even the extended wheelbase version of the Phantom, AutoGuide reported.
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Fifty teams rolled out their box carts ranging from giant eyeballs and Japanese WWII fighter jets to the batmobile in Tokyo’s annual Red Bull box cart race, in the hope of winning 1 million yen.
Amid the pouring rain, the contestants pushed, pulled and pedalled their box carts around a 250-metre-long course riddled with obstacles and jumps that they had to navigate within three minutes, The Telegraph reported.
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