Norwegian gearheads on the right Way

Dang, those Peugeot 405s sure had their heyday in Norway during the late '80s and early '90s. Even the Norwegian police hopped on the bandwagon with some variants of these, marking the first proper wheels the cops had to chase down crooks. I've scribbled before about the Peugeot 504, claiming it was a darn good police car, but truth be told, it couldn't hold a candle to the Peugeot 405 (and not to mention the Mercedes-Benz C-Class that rolled in later). The police version of the Peugeot 405 was a spitting image of the Peugeot 405 Mi16, a real powerhouse back in the day. The Peugeot 405 kept cruising the streets of Norway until 1995 and hung around in the rest of the Western world until 1997. Over in Iran, they're still churning them out, but with a facelifted version called the Peugeot 405 Pars . Now, let me tell you a wild tale from the roads of Drammen heading up to Tverken. After a drive already packed with peculiar encounters, me, pops, and my brother, along w...

Lobster 'bout 2006 model. Even though they went belly-up in 2010 after tryin' to sell to China, they're still bein' made over in China. Fast forward to the Humvee version around 2025, still rocking that '80s look with a few modern tweaks here and there.  This monster of a vehicle was cooked up by the former military division of AM General back in the early 1980s. AM General, originally part of the bankrupt American Motors Corporation (AMC). When Renault snagged up AMC Motors in 1982, about three years after AM General started cooking up the Hummer concept in 1979, they couldn't take over the Hummer concept due to U.S. law prohibiting foreign companies from acquiring military divisions. Hammer as a prototype from the 70s/80s. It looks like vehicles from around World War II. From 1982 to 1984, the Americans kept fine-tuning this war machine. In 1985, the first models rolled off the production line, mostly destined for war and all built as military hardware. Arnold...