Posted on 09/02/2009 11:55:28 PM PDT by SolidWood
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has invented a sleek James Bond-style car, which Libya says is the safest vehicle on earth.
The car was unveiled on the 30th anniversary of the revolution which propelled the Libyan leader to power.
The Saroukh el-Jamahiriya (Libyan rocket) a five-passenger saloon in a metallic Libyan revolutionary green with tinted windows, was launched at a special summit of the Organisation of African Unity organised by Colonel Gaddafi.
The car has the aerodynamic lines of conventional models but the front and rear ends are rocket-shaped.
The interior is replete with air bags, an inbuilt electronic defence system, and a collapsible bumper which protects passengers in head-on collisions.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Correct.
They are probably talking in "Libyan years" (the safest years on Earth). I'm not sure, but I think that it's something like 'dog years'...
Are those metals iron-on?
I was about to go looking for that pic.
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