posted on February 13, 2005 11:41:26 PM new
New Bad Boy Truck
Sun Feb 13, 2:32 PM ET
By KRISTEN HAYS, AP Business Writer
JASPER, Texas - For some drivers, even a Hummer may not be enough. At a curb weight of more than 3.5 tons, the Humvee-inspired Hummer H1 is no skinny guy who gets sand kicked in his face. But the Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck, a dressed-up military vehicle more than twice as heavy, is being billed as bigger, badder and more bodacious.
For a base price of $225,000 — nearly twice the Hummer H1 wagon's base price of $117,508 — consumers can get a basic version of the 10-foot-tall Bad Boy that can drive through five feet of water, climb a 60-degree grade, tow six tons and keep rolling even with a quarter-sized hole in the tire's sidewall.
"There's a certain group of people who color outside the box," Ayres said, and if they want to escape a city targeted by terrorists with dirty bombs or biological agents, "this is the truck for them."
Possible Bad Boy customers include ranchers, sports enthusiasts and possibly CEOs who need to travel through unfriendly areas.
posted on February 14, 2005 11:13:27 AM new
I don't get it. Are these vehicles for the soldiers in Iraq, or are these for civilians that need protection from your average dirty bomb, biological agents or maybe a few terrorists?
posted on February 14, 2005 11:23:37 AM new
The $750,000. model sounds nice, my wife would never get to me with all those on-board safeguards. My only concern is how many feet to gallon this unit is capable of obtaining.
posted on February 14, 2005 11:33:27 AM new
LoL Hillbilly! I guess you could group wives in with terrorists. Maybe even come out with an ultra-armoured anti-PMS model.
