A car-mad sheikh has built the world’s biggest Hummer H1, with stairs, a toilet with a sink and a guest space with a 360-degree view spread out over two storeys.
The behemoth vehicle boasts a height of 21.6ft (6.6m), a length of 46ft (14m) and a width of 20ft (6m), and it is fully drivable. Dubbed the Hummer H1 X3, the incredible monster truck was commissioned by Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan – also known as Rainbow Sheikh – a billionaire member of the Emirati royal family, and the equivalent of the mayor of Abu-Dhabi.
It will take pride of place in his Sharjah Off Road History Museum in the UAE, where the sheikh holds the Guinness World record for largest collection of 4×4 vehicles, at 718 models. Members of the public were left picking up their jaws from the floor when the X3 was driven to the Sharjah Off Road History Museum on public roads.
A small army of workers helped guide and manoeurve the giant contraption down the long highways of the United Arab Emirates on its journey to the Sharjah Off Road History Museum, which was slow going at a top speed of just 20 mile per hour. Built on the frame of U.S Army LARC-LX steel-hulled amphibious cargo vehicle, it runs with four diesel engines – one for each wheel.
The museum boast it is ‘three times bigger than a normal Hummer H1 by scale and 27 times by volume.’ The gargantuan interior is spread over two floors, both of which are still being worked on, but they are slated to contain a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom.
Although it will live in the museum as a attraction for tourists and sightseers. The first floor currently has stairs, a toilet and a sink and wooden flooring. The second features a majlis (a private place where house guests and friends are received and entertained) with a 360-degree view.
The steering cabin – what would be the driver’s seat – is also found on the second floor. The X3 will be the latest addition to the Sharjah Off Road History Museum, which is situated 30km north of Dubai. The mueseum is an attraction based on the extravagant Sheikh’s love of all-terrain vehicles, with the X3 the crown jewel.
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