I love how the dual sliding doors let you get a pretty decent look, however brief, at the engine setup. I also love that it’s still got the soccer-mom sticker on the back.

This Peugeot 206 claims to get 15,000 hp and go from zero to 120 mph in 2.1 seconds—on water! I’d love to know the quarter-mile time on this baby. Check out the video below, and watch an alternate launch here.

When I went to the Indy Hall of Fame yesterday, my camera battery died while I was only halfway through, so I went back early this morning to get shots of the cars I missed. I’ll get all my pics posted when I get back to CarDomain World Headquarters on Tuesday—sometimes even the wicked get to rest—but I thought this turbine-powered Indy car warranted it’s own blog post. With legendary driver Parnelli Jones behind the wheel, the STP Studebaker lead for 171 laps in the 1967 500, but a spun bearing in the gearbox caused it to lose steam just four laps from the checked. It was the first and last time a turbine-powered car completed in the race, as they were banned the following year. Two more pics after the jump.

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Bob Maddox initially got started playing with jet engines so he could—no joke—turn himself into a human missile while skydiving. But after a couple of jet-boosted jumps, he began to question the safety of that endeavor, and decided he might live longer if he just strapped jet engines to old cruiser bikes. If you want one of your own, Maddox will build you a jet bike—but be warned. While the engines will run on virtually any kind of fuel, and propel the humble two-wheelers to 50MPH, they’re "top-alcohol dragster loud," so riding one virtually anywhere will probably earn you a disturbing-the-peace ticket. For more info, pics and a video of Maddox riding one of his creations, head over to Wired.