"Drive & Release": Teenagers Built Diesel-engine Car Out of Recycled Waste, in Samsun

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 5 March 2026)

       High school kids nicknamed it "chick magnet". 

Miraç Diril, a 10th-grade student at Samsun Technopark High School, 

along with two schoolmates, built a 7.5-horsepower car using recycled 

waste materials. Expressing pride in their project, Diril said, “We 

gradually developed and completed the vehicle over approximately 

three months. Our car has a 7.5-horsepower diesel tiller engine, and 

we are continuing to improve it.”

Students learned what NOT to do from this classic.