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UNICAT: Land Yachts for Saudi Princes

| среда, 30 сентября 2009 г.

UNICAT builds awesome RVs. I’ll let the pictures and the video do most of the talking, but just consider:

For $600,000 you get a badass exterior that makes you look like the Jawas from Star Wars, a queen-size bed, a working galley, and a bathroom inside the big box behind the cab, any number of terrain-appropriate extras like a dirt bike, to a quad, to a Zodiac inflatable boat. Since it’s classified as an RV, you don’t need a special license to drive the thing, either.
Check out the video after the jump.

They have a true GPS system too, not like those little Tom Tom’s in your company car, this is the stuff the government uses. Plus, it’s navigation system can also perform dead reckoning. That’s the cool part: Say you’re in a crazy world war with aliens and all the GPS satellites get destroyed or rendered unusable, well dead reckoning is the process of using your last known location together with your speed, direction (via compass), and elapsed time to calculate exactly where you are, no matter the state of the satellites. It’s good to know it’s there, in case of aliens.

Anyway, check out the unsettlingly good looking Veronica Belmont from Mahalo Daily inspecting one of the UNICAT RVs and talking to UNICAT CEO Avi Meyers. She can inspect my UNICAT anytime. I apologize, that was totally inappropriate. I’d like to Avi her Meyers. You know what I mean? Eh?
But seriously, I want to have sex with Veronica Belmont.



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Unimog-Based RV Killed By Emissions Law, Only Two Post-Apocalyptic Land Rafts Left! [Unimog U500]

| понедельник, 31 августа 2009 г.

The world’s toughest RV, built onto a Unimog U500 chassis by Global Expedition Vehicles, is being discontinued. But, there’s two left, so well-heeled survival enthusiasts had better hurry. We’re just relieved to see we can still get airbrushed graphics on the sides; no RV should be without them.

Both of GXV’s remaining Unimog stock are powered by 6.4 turbo diesels powering all four wheels through a 16-gear transmission. That powerplant give the Unimog legendary go-anywhere ability — it can run on anything from Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel to ditch water — but is ironically responsible for killing US imports. New US emissions regulations require the fitment of both a particulate filter and a catalytic converter. Not only would that cat kill the ‘Mog’s drink anything ability, but would also require the fitment of a five-foot long canister, something there simply isn’t space for. As a result, the official importer, Freightliner, has pulled the Unimog from the US market, killing these RV conversions.

The Unimog makes a particularly capable platform for an RV due not only for its off-road ability, but also its peerless quality and on-road refinement. GXV takes both attributes and accentuates them fitting marine-spec components that will never corrode and triplicate electrics in 12v, 120v and 230v. Combine both with a solar panel-recharged 510 Ah gel battery and you can understand why these vehicles are so popular with the global adventure set: they can rely on them to work in any condition, something that can literally be life saving.

Fans of go-anywhere RVs needn’t despair however, should you fail to grab one of the two remaining vehicles, GXV has plans to base its future range on the Military-spec Western Star 4900 SA, a vehicle that comes in 4x4 or 6x6 versions and can be outfitted with any Military upgrade including snorkels or even Unimog tires (giving it 20-inches of ground clearance. That vehicle comes stock with 450 HP and the ability to haul anything from logs to a battle tank or, in the near future, the baddest extreme survival RV ever made. [GXV via Squob]



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