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We aren't sure who built this or why – we're not even sure what it's called (we think it's "Chainlink") – but we're quite sure it's brilliant. Perhaps the new champion of wheel travel, the off-roading beast has around seven feet of articulation at each wheel, up and down.

Controlling all that climbing and dipping is a Rube Goldberg gear network: 5.38 gears and centrally-mounted ARB air locker, chain gears at the swingarm pivots, and chains inside the swingarms to work Hummer hubs at each wheel. But just follow the jump to watch it in action and you'll see what we mean. It's spectacular. Hat tip to Mike S!

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2008 BMW M5 6-speed
Silverstone II/Indianapolis Red/Aluminum
Enhanced Audio, 20-way seats with Active Backrest, iPod, Comfort Access, Shades

Ummmm... Not that impressive. They took off-the-shelf chains, stuck an off-the-shelf swing arm/Hummer hub at each corner, drove it around, and that's news somehow?

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Ashley

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Always naysaying Ashley.

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2008 BMW M5 6-speed
Silverstone II/Indianapolis Red/Aluminum
Enhanced Audio, 20-way seats with Active Backrest, iPod, Comfort Access, Shades

For a whole 2 seconds I thought you were being a dick...then I remembered, haha

Edit: fuck, what am i doing up at 2:30am?

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Dan

Or you could build something cool...

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Heller Dope - When the **** is doper than Hellen Keller; it's Heller Dope

This thing is pretty wicked. I'd use one every morning to run down 95 on the center barrier and laugh at all the common folk in their non chainsaw cars.

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Ashley

I think it's cool and everything but... "we're quite sure," "brilliant," "hat tip to"... when did Autoblog become British?