http://somalinet.com/news/world/English/2696 the pic is kinda pickup truck.
(SomaliNet) Liberia has witnessed the making of its first car. Liberia has reached this level as a result of the effort of Edward Carter, a Liberian Mechanical Engineer.
I say, put down the guns and become industrialized nations.
brief history:
The first vehicle to move under its own power for which there is a record was designed by Nicholas Joseph Cugnot and constructed by M. Brezin in 1769. A replica of this vehicle is on display at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, in Paris. I believe that the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D. C. also has a large (half size ?) scale model. A second unit was built in 1770 which weighed 8000 pounds and had a top speed on 2 miles per hour and on the cobble stone streets of Paris this was probably as fast as anyone wanted to go it. The picture shows the first model on its first drive around Paris were it hit and knocked down a stone wall. It also had a tendency to tip over frontwards unless it was conterweighted with a canon in the rear. the purpose of the vehicle was to haul canons around town.
