Weird cars from around the world

This motorised shoe is part of a ladies series of creations by Indian car designer Sudhakar Yadav, created to mark International Womens Day and the car can run at a maximum speed of 45km/h. Photo: Krishnendu Halder/Reuters.
This motorised shoe is part of a ladies series of creations by Indian car designer Sudhakar Yadav, created to mark International Womens Day and the car can run at a maximum speed of 45km/h. Photo: Krishnendu Halder/Reuters.
A woman and her son drive through central Beijing in their bubble-shaped electric tricycle. Photo: David Gray/Reuters.
Liu Fulong, from China, created his own adorable electric vehicle out of wood. Not out to break any speed records, it has a top speed of 30km/h and can travel up to 20km on a single charge. Photo: Reuters/China Daily.
Retired engineer Yuan Jingying spent five years making this 12.5-metre-long helicopter-shaped vehicle and he hopes to one day use it to drive his mother around China. Photo: Reuters/China Daily.
Carden? This Vancouver creation is part of an urban transformation project in which cars have their engines replaced by a small garden. Photo: Andy Clark/Reuters.
Artist Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn created this sinister-looking two-wheeler from recycled materials. Photo: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters.
Is this the complete opposite of a hearse? A sperm bank created these bikes to transport donor sperm in liquid nitrogen cooled vacuum containers. Photo: Anthony Bolante/Reuters.
Warning: playing pool while you drive may be hazardous to your health. This is the creation of car designer Sudhakar Yadav and it has a 150cc engine that is game for a top speed of 45km/h. Photo: Krishnendu Halder/Reuters.
35-year-old Chinese farmer Liu Shijie made this home-made armoured vehicle from steel plates and pieces of a dismantled tractor. Photo: Reuters/Stringer.
This Nigerian creation is covered in woven raffia palm cane. Photo: Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters.
Avid Volkswagen fan Momir Bojic spent two years creating this Beetle from over 50 000 separate pieces of oak. Dado Ruvic/Reuters.
It cost this Chinese farmer the equivalent of just R10 000 to create this 2-metre-long, 1 metre-wide Lamborghini model as a toy for his grandson. It has five sets of batteries and can travel as far as 60 km when charged. Reuters/China Daily.
Fancy your own homemade F1 car? Bosnian Miso Kuzmanovic spent the equivalent of R400 000 creating this Porsche-powered road ripper. Photo: Dado Ruvic/Reuters.

Published May 8, 2015

Fancy a high heel on wheels? Or how about a sperm on wheels, wicker bakkie or mobile pool table? Standing out comes naturally for the creators of these strange automotive contraptions, brought together in this complication from the Reuters pictures archive.