This was a fun project to do.
I was lucky enough to find a shopping cart just down the street from my house. Soon after finding it I went and got dimensions from it. Then i created it and textured it in 3ds Max. This took roughly around 6 hours completely. With the way i modeled it, this can be converted from low poly to high poly with the push of a button. The textures are mostly all procedural.

Project Specs
Date Created: 6/5/2008
Programs Used: 3ds Max, Photoshop
Texture Maps: Procedural & Diffuse
Texture Maps Resolution: 1024 x 1024