Ukrainian VEPR sprinkles Hummers on its Cheerios

Are your shortcomings more than a Hummer H1 or a Ford Expedition can overcome? There just might be a cure. Information on the Ukrainian-made VEPR Commander is scarce, but here's what we could find out through Google translations. The massive vehicle is 16.4 feet long, 6.5 feet tall, and weighs over 3 tons. One site claims it can carry 15 passengers, while another says 21 passengers. That probably means 15 adults or 21 pint-sized little league players. Judging by its badging, the beast is probably motivated by a 4.0 liter turbodiesel, but then, you can't judge a car's performance by its cover any more. Price? Well, again, there's some disparity. One figure we found was as low as $20,000 another said $70,000, though what currency wasn't specified.
It would appear the designers took styling cues mostly from the A-Team van, but with modern updates from the PT Cruiser, the Buick Lucerne, various Japanese full-sized SUVs and Brak.
If you can stand it, there are more photos after the jump. Notice how the VEPR dwarfs the Jeep Cherokee.
[Source: Steer.ru]




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JayP 6:33PM (1/28/2007)
Altezzas?
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Tad 6:36PM (1/28/2007)
What a joke, it's using peugeot 307 head light and rear lights!
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Michael Bakshi 6:38PM (1/28/2007)
That thing looks like it can carry only 8. Where are the pics of the backseats?
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Naca_duct 6:49PM (1/28/2007)
Born in Chernobyl... A true nuclear monser.
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Naca_duct 6:54PM (1/28/2007)
It's so ugly, looks like it was born in Chernobyl...
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idawson 6:56PM (1/28/2007)
Does the SWAT team come standard, or is that an option?
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Jason_801 6:56PM (1/28/2007)
Every time some mildly extreme 4x4 shows up, someone makes a reference to how it somehow out-Hummers a Hummer. What utter nonsense. This is just a big, jacked up 4x4 SUV, big whoop.
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ohhh, bacon 7:33PM (1/28/2007)
You have got to warn me next time you post something this horrible... I just ate.
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BOB 7:53PM (1/28/2007)
OMG!!
I am afraid I am going to start seeing these in Beverly Hills, driven by a-holes for whom the Merc G-Wagen and Range Rover Sport are not rude looking enough.
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Nate 8:21PM (1/28/2007)
I hope its mechanicals are more impressive than its styling...
also, if your gonna lift lights off of a production vehicle from another company for your ultra huge SUV, wouldn't you choose lights from something like ohhh i dont know, an SUV instead of a car?
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B-noit 8:41PM (1/28/2007)
Definitely not a 15-passenger vehicle, and forget about 21...
And BOB, I'm a little stunned that you would qualify the Range Rover Sport as "rude looking". Tastes are debatable, but come on...
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James 9:20PM (1/28/2007)
Hehe - cool!
Reminds me of the black police 4WD thing in 'Tango & Cash'
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_61187-Chevrolet-K-2500-1989.html
Also - side on, looks like those crazy Sbarro customs, the Windhound and Windhawk
http://clcalvet.club.fr/sbarro/windhound/windhoundgb.html
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Riker 10:05PM (1/28/2007)
I'm betting it's side-oriented bench seats facing each other - think military aircraft - that'd get you fifteen easy.
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Drew3k 10:17PM (1/28/2007)
I think even with sideways bench seats it could only seat 10.
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Doug R 11:16PM (1/28/2007)
It's huge! Definitely a trip. Best looking? Ahhhh no. Got to admit, the clearance and the tire size is awesome. Any socialist, environmentalist liberal is going to declare war on it just for the fear of one their precious micro-bubbles being run over and flattened while the driver of this monstrocity thought it was a speed bump.
This vehicle could be a real plus for anyone living in a very remote area needing a go anywhere, do anything with some creature comforts. Are we trying to cross a slightly shorter excursion with a monster truck? I think so!
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Jaymez 11:30PM (1/28/2007)
It's not THAT bad looking. The lights look stupid and I'm not crazy about the window design for the quarter panels. Aside from that, it looks like a fun truck. I'd want the ricer looking roof scoop removed, though.
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Mike Ishi 11:48PM (1/28/2007)
I think it has three rows of seats, each row containing 4 seats. Look at the width of it compared to the other car. So that's 12, and if there are only two seats in the front then it can sit 10.
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v8 12:02AM (1/29/2007)
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Big jim 1:49AM (1/29/2007)
They screwed up the rear roof
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Rusty 2:25AM (1/29/2007)
Coming to a rap video soon
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