In what might be the most bizarre cross-cultural phenomenon we've ever experienced, a Japanese adult video game publisher has combined his love of attractive women, exotic Italian cars, and eroge into ultra-exclusive itasha -- the Japanese fad of painting cars with comic and video game characters.

In honor of Halloween, we'd like to salute some of the most frightening cars ever built by asking WWBBPD? (What Would Bobby "Boris" Pickett Drive?) Some are terrifying in the rear view mirror, others make Christine look like a good pick for a daily driver. Pick your favorite and let us know the car story you barely lived to tell.

1979 AMC Eagle: The Island of Dr. Moreau

Don't even think about trying to outrun the cops in Lazio, Italy, unless you can do 204 mph because the boys in blue are rollin' in a 560-horsepower Lamborghini Gallardo that'll do 203.

The Italian automaker today handed Antonio Manganelli, head of the Italian State Police, the keys to a Gallardo LP560 "Polizia" model that makes the Dodge Charger and Carbon E7 police cars look like a Crown Vic on its last legs. No word where Manganelli is now, but somehow we suspect the 30 officers personally trained by Lamborghini's test drivers will be waiting quite awhile for their turn behind the wheel.

We spend a lot of time surfing Flickr looking for photos to illustrate our posts, and once in awhile we find something that makes us say, "WTF?" Something like this, for example.

This art car looks like an explosion in bad taste. From beads and baubles to dolls and deities, this things got it all, at least twice. There's even a fountain in the back seat. We have no idea what the creator of this art car is trying to say, so we're going to let you tell us. That's right, it's time for another of our world-famous, always-entertaining Autopia WTF? photo caption contests.

A scrap metal dealer from Zhejiang Province, China, has fulfilled a childhood dream and won a place in our hearts by building a bunch of  Transformers-like pseudo-bots out of junked cars.