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.