• Here's a seven-tonner with a difference — it's the
Page 28
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
longest car in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, taking up a whopping 22m of road space. Stick that one up your red routes, Mr Rifkind.
Luxury fittings include a jacuzzi (as modelled here on a chilly winter's day by a Maria Whittaker lookalike); a bar with space for 20 people, three telephones, a television, video and solar deck. The nifty runabout based on a Cadillac Eldorado, sits on 18 wheels. It was designed by Finn Heikki Reijonen in 1982.
However, as a getaway car the Caddy has one serious drawback — its length exceeds 18.3m, so the police would require notification every time it moves; a bit of a nuisance if you're just popping down to the garden centre for a packet of slug pellets. • On your marks, get, set, go! Throughout February readers who have a 'Master' car service at any Tyreservices outlet can pick up a Model 1934 Ford 'A' Stake Truck in Tyreservices' livery. Tyreservices says that collectors are already shelling out up to £10 for this rarity-to-come.