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Global Expedition Vehicle

Ultimate Off-Road Rig / Party Bus
Posted March 26 2009 01:22 PM by Mike McGlothlin 
Filed under: What's New, Just the big trucks

Meet the Safari Expedition model GXV Unimog. This thing’s awesome! I’ll never have one, but it’s simply awesome…

      


GXV kitchen

Lets start with its Diesel Power. It’s powered by a water-cooled, turbocharged, intercooled 6.4L Mercedes-Benz 6 cylinder (probably making 210 hp) and coupled with a fully synchronized transmission (brand unknown), 16 forward gears, 12 reverse. It’s built on a Unimog U-500 chassis. And, it just happens to have Unimog portal axles for optimum ground clearance and gear reduction. Selectable front and rear inter-axle differential lock should also help this beast go pretty much anywhere.

It’s 26-feet long, has a 154-inch wheelbase, and has a 31½-foot turning radius.

It’s also no slouch. Top speed is 70 mph on the highway… And since it’ll do 70 mph, I think Diesel Power should be allowed to travel cross-country in it, avoiding highways wherever possible, of course.

      

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