For $8 million USD you too can own a car like this. It’s gold and armor plated too!
We live in the Middle East and can’t avoid noticing the ostentatious and ungreen ways of some people over here. We’ve covered a white gold Mercedes sports coups and other luxury vehicles highlighted at the Abu Dhabi car show. And now we dig up yet another gold car, a Rolls Royce ultra luxurious EWB Phantom limousine that is not only armor-plated but contains 250 pounds of solid 18 Carat gold trim.
Rolls Phantom inside view. Louis Jadot Champagne anyone?
The special project by Stuart Hughes, which took 18 months to complete, is a cooperative effort between Stuart Hughes of Liverpool, a designer of luxury products; and Eurocash AG of Zug, Switzerland.
The car, which was built for an anonymous Middle East businessman, carried a price tag of 5 million Pounds Sterling (US $7,850,000).
DM 51 fragmentation grenade: contains 6,500 steel balls and hurled at the Rolls to make sure it’s bullet proof.
The “businessman” who ordered such a car, and is willing to pay so much for it, must be looking for more than just an outlandishly priced set of wheels. Eurocash AG, a firm that specializes in customizing luxury cars, including bullet proofing and armour plating, appears to have done their work well for this Rolls Royce.
After the armor plating was completed, the car was tested against 570 caliber 7.62 Russian bullets fired from an AK47 assault rifle and aside from numerous scratches came through unscathed. To make sure the car was really assault proof, a couple of military type DM 51 fragmentation grenades were also hurled at the Rolls.
Wealthy businessmen living in the Gulf region have been known to purchase super luxury cars, like white gold Mercedes and gold Bentley cars. But even so, the cost of this armored plated gold-trimmed tank is about as ridiculous and wasteful as it gets. No doubt, the owner wants to not only ride in style, but as safely as possible as well. We can only wish him well, and hope that some of this wealth, most likely from non-green fossil fuels, will somehow find its way to helping the environment.
More articles about extravagant Middle East cars:
Tuataras , not Hybrids Rule the Road at Dubai Car Show
Will GM’s Green Cadillac Sell in the UAE
Abu Dhabi’s White Gold Mercedes Bio Fuel; Another Dubious Green Development
White Gold Bentley Upstages Emirati Gold Mercedes; How Un-green!
Ride the Abu Dhabi Stretch Limo Superbus
Author: Maurice Picow
Maurice Picow grew up in Oklahoma City, U.S.A., where he received a B.S. Degree in Business Administration. Following graduation, Maurice embarked on a career as a real estate broker before making the decision to move to Israel. After arriving in Israel, he came involved in the insurance agency business and later in the moving and international relocation fields. Maurice became interested in writing news and commentary articles in the late 1990’s, and now writes feature articles for the The Jerusalem Post as well as being a regular contributor to Green Prophet. He has also written a non-fiction study on Islam, a two volume adventure novel, and is completing a romance novel about a forbidden love affair. Writing topics of particular interest for Green Prophet are those dealing with global warming and climate change, as well as clean technology - particularly electric cars.
