A Croatian driver and his two passengers cheated death when an airplane landed right on top their car. Mario Kamber and his two companions escaped with minor injuries when the light aircraft made an emergency landing on a dual carriageway in Sinj in southern Croatia, hitting the top of his car as it came down.

A gray Volkswagen Golf once owned by Pope Benedict XVI is up for sale on e-Bay, with the current highest bid at $202,750. Proceeds from the auction will go to Habitat for Humanity Great Britain. The Pope's private secretary bought the car from a dealer in Siegen in 1999 and sold it back to the dealer in 2004. In 2005 a young German student bought the car unaware of its previous owner, but later found out and sold it on eBay to the online casino Golden Palace for $245,000.

A car thief thought he could get away after stealing a Volkswagen in Moscow, Russia when the vehicle ran out of gasoline. Two passing police officers even offered their assistance by pushing the vehicle to the side of the road so the suspect could wait for a towing service. However, Alexei Ashurin was arrested immediately when the police officers noticed that the vehicle's lock was broken and a screwdriver was sticking out of its ignition.

Citizens of Barkingside, Essex in England are criticizing a parking officer for issuing a ticket on a car which had been involved in a major car accident. The officer first slapped $190 fine against a Volkswagen Golf car within hours of the accident. However, the car, which stayed at the scene of the incident because it was no longer serviceable, was fined the next day by the same parking warden.

A rundown car described as the "biggest pile of crap on Ebay" finds fame on the Internet by generating 34,000 hits and selling for about $549. The surprising popularity of the entry prompted the owner to turn it into an event for charity. The owner is Jason McCluskey, 31, a chef from Portsmouth on the southern English coast. He had listed his beat up 1985 Volkswagen Polo for sale starting at 12 cents for "a bit of light-hearted humor".