🚗 Automotive May 8, 2026 · Caleb Jacobs

Disturbingly Long 16-Wheel-Drive Semi-Truck Looks Like a Centipede

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Disturbingly Long 16-Wheel-Drive Semi-Truck Looks Like a Centipede
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The Volkswagen Beetle isn’t the only car that looks like a bug, but fortunately, most designers have stopped short of anthromorphizing creepy and crawly critters. Form and functionality must rub up against each other occasionally, though. Such is the case with this 16-wheel-drive Tatra Phoenix semi truck, whose eight axles give it the appearance of a hundred-legged centipede.



It certainly doesn’t help that the cab lacks a long hood. Instead, since it sits over the engine, the truc

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