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BUY A TRUCK AND GET A FREE AK-47

Nations Trucks in Florida has introduced the scheme of a complimentary Soviet-style AK-47 assault rifle with every purchase to help it through the sluggish US economic recovery, 'The Daily Telegraph' online reported. The dealership has more than doubled sales since the offer was announced last week, according to Nick Ginetta, the general sales manager. A poster in Nations' office window proclaims "FREE AK-47" above a large illustration of the gun, which is by far the biggest-selling assault rifle of all time.

STEP ON THE GRASS!

More than a dozen Canadian companies have joined hands to produce a "green" car made of marijuana. To be run on electricity, the prototype design of the car - called Kestrel - was unveiled at the Electric Mobility Show in Vancouver in September. The four-seater has a bio-composite body made of hemp - which is the name for the cannabis (bhang) plant. It runs on batteries with 4.5 to 17.3 kilowatt hours of energy. The car reached a top speed of 90 kilometres per hour. It can run 40 to 160 kilometres before needing to be recharged, depending on the type of battery. The first 20 cars will be delivered next year.

0-100 IN A PEG OR TWO...

A peg of scotch whisky can reduce carbon emission as scientists in Scotland have developed a biofuel from the by-products of whisky which can be used to power cars. Edinburgh Napier University has filed a patent for the biofuel which has been created in two years by the university's Biofuel Research Centre. The university now plans to create a "spin-out" company to take the fuel to the market, according to Daily Mail. According to the researchers, two by-products from the whisky production process - "pot ale", the liquid from the copper stills, and "draff", the spent grains - are used to produce butanol which can be used as fuel. Martin Tangney, who is leading the research and is director of the Biofuel Research Centre, said, "This is a more environmentally sustainable option and potentially offers new revenue on the back of one Scotland's biggest industries. We've worked with some of the country's leading whisky producers to develop the process."

Bugatti Veyron a piece of junk

Ron Dennis, the outspoken chairman of Mclaren Automotive, has branded the Bugatti Veyron a "complete piece of junk", and claimed that the £1.3m hypercar needed ten attempts to beat the Mclaren F1 in a drag race staged by Top Gear in Abu Dhabi. Dennis savaged the world's fastest car in an interview with Arabian Business. His comments followed the unveiling of Mclaren's own supercar, the MP4-12C, in the UK last month. Dennis sacrificed his place at the head of the brand's prestigious F1 team to concentrate on making the new supercar a success. He told the magazine that: "The Bugatti Veyron is a complete piece of junk. I think it is. I believe I can look at a range of women and I can see beauty in most of them, but I can look at a Bugatti and I think it is pig ugly. When we did the race in Abu Dhabi, we beat it off the line so many times that the film crew was getting frustrated because the outcome was supposed to be for the Bugatti to win.