Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Etc., Euro
Destroy Travel the Earth in the MAN Action Mobil Globecruiser
The Action Mobil Globecruiser is more of a superhero support vehicle than something meant for the average guy or gal. The stats: 783-cubic-inch, 530 hp six-cylinder diesel, 12-speed automatic, permanent AWD, two locking differentials, ABS, a 219-gallon fuel tank, a 154-gallon water tank, 2.4-inch thick sandwich plate fibreglass walls and doors, burglar-proof windows, insulated plumbing, and heating via water radiators. Oh, and it's got a flushing, porcelain toilet.
If you think you need a vehicle like this, either your name is "U.S. Military" or you dress up in a funny costume with rubberized six-pack abs and fight for justice while your tuxedo'ed helpmeet follows you around -- and pulverizes the Earth -- in this 31-foot colossus. And you're probably rich, because the Globecruiser costs €490,000. We think it's 42,000-pounds of straight-up cool, and a much hoped-for candidate for the Autoblog Garage.
[Source: Gizmodo]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
John R 10:04AM (10/22/2008)
Is this the RV from "Ben Ten"? What advantages would this vehicle have over, say, a train?
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Rocketboy 10:55AM (10/22/2008)
Well, the ability to drive over roads would be one.
Alex 10:57AM (10/22/2008)
... or drive over EVERYTHING!
BigMcLargeHuge 10:05AM (10/22/2008)
Looks like the mobile command center in Universal Soldier.
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SPG 12:09AM (10/23/2008)
You sir, are awesome.
Brn 10:05AM (10/22/2008)
It's funny how Europe creates this monster, yet a jab is made at the US.
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TJ 10:07AM (10/22/2008)
Don't forget the random 'kill the earth' ABGreen-style jabs.....
Allan 10:09AM (10/22/2008)
This thing looks like it could eat a couple SMART car and crap out a Hummer.
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akboss 1:39PM (10/22/2008)
HA HA HA! That was good.
P.V. 6:20PM (10/22/2008)
More like, eat a few HUMMERS, crap out a few tanks or something.
Avinash machado 10:14AM (10/22/2008)
Will make a great vehicle to participate in the Paris-Dakar rally.
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SCBG 10:23AM (10/22/2008)
Perfect for the soccer mom who thinks the body-on-frame SUV just isn't safe enough anymore based on the "everything is unsafe" television programs she watches each day.
And yes, Europe creates these monsters but the US actual drives minature monsters each and every day in mass quantities. And the reality, in my experience, is that the Euros don't care that much what we drive, they drive what works for them in their locales.
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electric car how to 10:43AM (10/22/2008)
I saw the title and picture of your article. Read your article and amazed at it and fell flat when I saw its price in Euros. So, it is only to see and read about.
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Kitko 10:47AM (10/22/2008)
Actually, it's a rip-off of the Czechoslovakia's Tatra 815 which actually successfully went around the world (map - http://gtc.zpc.cz/gmap.php ) in a modified version in the late 80s.
http://gtc.zpc.cz/index.php?cast=foto&sec=1
19 ton, 6x6 drive
V10 diesel, 15 825 cm3, 208 kW at 2 200 rpm,
Torque - 1010 Nm (738 ft. lb) at 1400 rpm
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Mattias 11:35AM (10/22/2008)
I saw this vehicle once in Koprivince in the Tatra museum and I really like it...
DasBoese 10:52PM (10/22/2008)
...what?
You know what "Rip-off" means, right?
Blatantly imitating, or outright copying a design down to its basic components.
This truck has hardly anything in common with the venerable Tatra, except that it's a cab-over truck, and has the same number of axles.
Shipey 10:53AM (10/22/2008)
GlobeBruiser?
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matt 10:55AM (10/22/2008)
I say TG does a 2008 caravan race and Clarkson can use one of these while May drives his Panda and Richard uses an ol' American Airstream towed behind Oliver.
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fixitfixitstop 11:20AM (10/22/2008)
Now THAT is how you survive the zombie assualt.
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Cellien 11:55AM (10/22/2008)
Exactly dude, exactly.
This is why I NEED it. Not because I'm a superhero, rich, or the U.S. Army, but because one day, Zombies will invade and I'll be ready while everyone else's SmartCars are picked up and dismantled by hordes of zombies. You wait and see...