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No, but you’re close. This fucking bulldozer-like Hellchild of a machine is the work of Kai Grundt, a Canadian Metalworker who threw a V8 engine in a snow-blowing machine. Why the excess power? Well it snows quite a bit in Canada and like any sane person, Kai didn’t feel like throwing his back out and shoveling for hours.

So what you really want to know is how many horses this thing has: Four hundred twelve at 6,200 RPM. No word on the amount of torque. To keep his neighbors happy, Kai used a special routing technique to dampen the sound before it exits the machine. Be sure to check out Popular Science’s full write-up on Kai’s machine.

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Take the fun of a snowmobile and put it on a snowboard. That’s the idea here. If you love going up to the mountains in the winter and carving up the trails, you’ll fall in love with this $2000 toy from Hammacher Schlemmer. It features a 6.5 horsepower engine that can carry riders up to 250 pounds at up to 18 MPH. That’s pretty damn fast for a snowboard. There’s spiked footplates that allow you to keep your grip and a steering mechanism as well. All in all, it looks like the most fun you’ve had all winter, essentially. Just be sure you stay warm.

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If you thought the Ferrari Enzo was fast and exotic, wait till you see what Lamborghini is working on. This new model, supposedly named the ‘Jota’, will feature a monstrous V-12 engine delivering at least 700 horsepower to all four wheels. With one huge exhaust pipe, crazy bored out wheels and curves that would make Queen Latifah jealous. It will also borrow some parts of the body and such from the Lambo Reventon.

I want to believe, but until I see it on Top Gear, the Enzo is still the champ in my mind.

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