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The original HUMMER H1 was far from the prettiest truck on the market. But then, beauty wasn't part of the design brief, as it was originally developed for military use before Operation Desert Storm and Arnold Schwarzenegger propelled it into celebrity. At the 2000 Geneva Motor Show, Italian design house Coggiola unveiled its idea for a more "stylish" take on the ultimate utility vehicle. The T-Rex you see here was the result. Powered by the H1's 6.5-liter turbodiesel, it measures a very HUMMER-like 17.7 feet long and 7 feet tall, dwarfing everything else on the road this side of a semi.
The one-of-a-kind concept vehicle is now up for auction on eBay in Italy with a €500,000 asking price. The buyer is pretty well guaranteed never to see another one on the road, but that's the closest we'd want to see the word "pretty" in the same sentence as this Italian-American tough guy.
[Source: eBay.it via CarScoop]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Mr. Oak @ Apr 24th 2008 3:39PM
No Comment.
EJ25RUN @ Apr 25th 2008 12:34AM
I got 1
Thanx guys for posting this. I remember reading about it in Car and Driver all those years ago. It was a good idea i think. Hold on let me explain.
Im not saying the socor mom needs one cause.....she doesn't.
But imagine like a Saudi Prince going through the desert in an are a Mercedes cant. He rides in comfort in the back while the dunes like like little sand mounds. Good idea for thos that can make use of it. That's all.
mk @ Apr 24th 2008 3:43PM
"That's a HUGE B!+c#!"
And I am certainly not talking about the attractive female in the back seat, a half mile behind the driver.
harribert @ Apr 24th 2008 3:44PM
To borrow a phrase from James May: This thing is ostentatious and ghastly.
Its all tat and glitter with no real style. As a matter of fact it reminds me of more than a few cheesy early-90's EV concepts...running on an H1 platform.
3seriesisking @ Apr 24th 2008 3:47PM
Kill it quick!
Snark @ Apr 24th 2008 3:54PM
Definitely Italian, but more in the Jersey guido mode, not the high-class Modenese mode.
Nate Schneiders @ Apr 24th 2008 3:55PM
That is the ugliest 99-04 Grand Cherokee I have ever seen.
havoc @ Apr 24th 2008 4:04PM
omg, what an ugly, ridiculous pos.
looks like someone found a use for left over grand cherokee and wrangler parts, not to mention all that wonderful early 90s mustang turquoise.
Will @ Apr 24th 2008 4:49PM
Yes, the front end appears to have originally been a Grang Cherokee that somehow absorbed a Wrangler, like an amoeba.
Rocketboy @ Apr 24th 2008 4:09PM
Wow.. just wow... Are you sure that the seller isn't actually trying to find out how much it would cost for someone to take it off of their hands?
Either way, something that big SHOULD look military/industrial/overly boxy. Something that round just does not look right.
JZeke @ Apr 24th 2008 4:11PM
Im guessing they had good intentions in making a more stylish H1, I personally can see the potential...
but the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and this is likely the fastest way to get to the 7th level of it all.
PauloBecker @ Apr 24th 2008 4:33PM
"Italian design house Coggiola unveiled its idea for a more "stylish" take on the ultimate utility vehicle."
FAIL
havoc @ Apr 24th 2008 5:07PM
EPIC fail
evilspoons @ Apr 24th 2008 4:40PM
It looks like the bastard child of a previous-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee and some sort of TVR sports car... then inflated like a balloon.
I wouldn't drive it if it were FREE, much less pay nearly a million bucks for the bloody thing.
SPG @ Apr 24th 2008 4:48PM
For the novelty factor alone I like it.
For the fact it's got a econo-compact paint color, watered down Grand Cherokee looks, and is just silly it gave me a good laugh.
Thanks for posting this Autoblog.
P.S. I'd rather a Laforza.
Will @ Apr 24th 2008 4:50PM
Grand, that is.
JaysonAych @ Apr 24th 2008 4:56PM
If you proudly tout a design that's blatantly borrowing from a Jeep Grand Cherokee at the front, an Isuzu Rodeo at the rear with TVR taillamps, and slapping it together randomly in the hopes that it works, I think it takes a lot of cojones to consider yourself an "Italian design house." I've seen more original styling from Chinese car companies.
Robert @ Apr 24th 2008 5:00PM
Add this to the "What the hell were they thinking" file.
Hank @ Apr 24th 2008 5:17PM
I guarantee this is the next ride of the Sultan of Brunei.
brian @ Apr 24th 2008 5:18PM
looks like a big ugly Laredo.