We don’t know what else we were expecting from a company that once bragged about dressing its outrageous SUVs in “whale penis” leather and which provided a ride for Sacha Cohen’s character in The Dictator movie, but Russia’s Dartz never ceases to amaze us and we quote from their latest release: “Result of sex between MRAP and Mercedes G? DARTZ DrIvE HARD 6×6 G. World first ‘funky’ armored car.”
This “funky” armored car is a special creation based on Mercedes-Benz’s wild G63 AMG 6×6 and inspired by the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAP) used in the Die Hard 5 movie.
It can be had in full armor (B8 level), in which case, the price is set at a ridiculous €2.4 million (about $3.3 million) or without any protection for the low cost of around €1.4 million (equal to $1.9 million)
If you choose the armored version that adds more than a tonne of weight and approaches the 5,000kg (11,000 pound) mark, you might also want to get the powertrain upgrade that boosts the G63 AMG’s 5.5-liter turbo V8 engine from 544hp to an insane 1,019hp.
By John Halas
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