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Soaring gas prices? Perfect timing for those impervious to market fluctuations--and eager to show it--to snap up the Unimog. The ultimate in suvs, the $84,000 behemoth gets 10 m.p.g. and scoffs at quaint notions like a recession or an energy crisis. Indeed, when DaimlerChrysler began showcasing it last fall in the U.S. through its Freightliner division (until this year the Mog has been available only in Europe and Asia), the Sierra Club dubbed it "Daimlersaurus Wrecks." But, hey, it's more intimidating than the Hummer and more versatile. Each truck can be customized from its bare chassis...
...your SUV? Relief is at hand in the eight-ton, 9-ft.-tall MaxiMog Global Expedition Vehicle, designed by Bran Ferren, and now featured in the high-tech "Workspheres" exhibit at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. Crafted of stainless steel on a modified Mercedes-Benz Unimog truck chassis, the MaxiMog has a 360-h.p. engine. The vehicle is street-legal in the U.S. and Europe, yet it can ford a 6-ft.-deep stream and climb a 45[degree] slope. For a mere $500,000 to $800,000, you can order a customized Maximog from Unicat Fahrzuegbau...
...elegant Mercedes, the company's truck and bus sales account for 41% of revenues and seem to have the greatest potential for growth. Daimler produces twelve basic trucks in more than 100 different styles, including a highly successful utility vehicle with a science-fiction name and capabilities: the Unimog. This ungainly, versatile product is one of Daimler's biggest sellers; it can be used to cut roses, bore shafts, or climb 70° slopes, is the transportation for the first motorized west-to-east expedition across the wide part of Africa, now underway. To sell its buses, which...
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