Who can remember today that jeeps were once created and used for their intended purpose, that is, in off-road conditions, for riding in mountains and valleys. Today, it is a luxury item, and you can’t call it anything else. No wonder the world's most expensive cars are SUVs. And which of them are the most expensive of the expensive? And what is the first three in the top?
The brainchild of Darts
This scary-looking car monster is not accessible to everyone. His name is Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition, and it Today, the world's most expensive SUV. And most importantly - "Made in Russia"! The Darts company in 2013 made a peculiar hybrid of the Russian Combat and the American Hummer. The car is armored, it can withstand shooting from a machine gun and even from a grenade launcher. Bulletproof glass has a thickness of seven centimeters, and gold was added to the glass during the manufacturing process.
As for the technical characteristics of the “beast”, the power of its engine is 840 horsepower, this colossus is accelerated weighing 3.7 tons to 240 km per hour. The Rogue stereo system, decorated with gold and diamonds, the interior, of course, also affect the cost, but not the most expensive. The greatest value is the trimmed skin of the genitals of the whale. As you know, this is the most expensive material in the world, it was he who once finished the yacht of the billionaire Aristotle Onassis, and now the most expensive SUV in the world. True, information appeared on the Web that manufacturers decided to abandon such an undertaking after all, since the world community was, to put it mildly, shocked. Here is an excerpt from the company's press release: “Having received a lot of angry letters and realizing the resonance, we decided not to use whale skin. Our thoughts were not to kill whales or do anything like that. All we wanted to do was make a truly luxury car that could become the number one car in the world. We were just looking for the most expensive materials for this machine ... ”Anyway, the manufacturer set a worthy price for his brainchild - 1 million euros. The honorable duty to test it first went to Prince Alberta II of Monaco at the Top Marques Monaco Auto Show last year.
Oh yes, there is also a bar in the salon with the most expensive bottle of vodka in the world (even though it’s a Russian model!), And the key chain for its keys is the most expensive Vertu phone in the world.
Mercedes - he is also a Mercedes in Africa
Concern Mercedes-Benz does not tolerate competition. At least in mass production, he managed to get ahead of everyone and released the world's most expensive SUV Mercedes-Benz G 65 AMG. The brutal forms of this exquisite and at the same time powerful jeep have become familiar to the eye, however, it is the new model that is estimated at 275 thousand euros. How does it differ from previous modifications?
Firstly, only here is a twurboded biturbo engine with a capacity of 6 liters and a capacity of 612 liters. from. A seven-speed automatic transmission - for all existing conditions. And why not accelerate from 100 km in 5.4 seconds? And this is with a mass of 3.2 tons. An appetite of 22 liters per 100 km is mere nonsense for such a luxury. Secondly ... Although the differences are exhausted.
Not much inferior to its counterpart in power and high cost and its predecessor, the Mercedes SUV - Brabus G63 AMG 6 × 6. It costs no less than $ 457,000.
Bentley went camping
The British concern threatens in 2016 to release the world's most expensive SUV. The first Bentley EXP 9 F concept was shown back in 2012 in Geneva, but the public, to put it mildly, did not really like this monster. Now the developers are hinting that all errors have been eliminated, and the super-powerful handsome 600 liter will enter the market. pp., and even more (more is good, especially when you consider that Volkswagen already had such a powerful engine of the W12 concept and did not impress potential fans).
According to strictly metered information from the bowels of the company, now, two years before the start of production, there is a line of 2,000 customers. At the same time, it is planned to produce cars in small batches, not more than 3 thousand a year. Regarding the price, the company’s representatives are also getting dark, only it was said that the model will top the list of “The most expensive SUVs in the world”.
New records - what will they be?
There is no doubt that nobody is going to give away victory easily. Still on top of the Hummer H2, Land Rover Prado. In Togliatti, a new heavy-duty SUV with the animal name “Lynx” is being assembled. The battle of the titans continues, and who knows what brand will be tomorrow in the top most powerful and most expensive SUVs in the world. It’s time to paraphrase the classic: a car is both a luxury and a vehicle!