Not all car modifications are just swapping parts out for performance parts or rebuilding classic cars with modern technology. Sometimes people make changes that remind me of the classic quote from the movie, Jurassic Park.

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.


Someone has taken an Audi S1 and replaced the wheels. Not with better wheels but with a set of treads, transforming this vehicle into some kind of Sports Utility Tank.

The 227hp generated by the EA888-powered hot hatch combined with the Quattro all-wheel-drive allow the Audi to speed down the sandy beaches with ease, as seen in the video below. I'd love to see how well this thing handles snowy environments.

This is by no means a cheap procedure. The most common price estimates we've seen were around $20,000. That's a lot of money to spend to make your car into the MOST all-terrain of vehicles. How street legal this is is not clear, so, for now, we recommend doing proper research into this idea before investing for yourself.