JCB, renowned for its yellow excavation equipment, amazed the world earlier this year with the Dieselmax oil-burning land speed record car. However, these official pictures of its new military-spec 6.7-litre High Mobility Utility Vehicle (HMUV) are the start of an even more amazing project at the firm, based in Uttoxeter, Staffs.

"It's like a Hummer, only better looking," said a spokesman. "It's really rugged and truly is a go-anywhere vehicle."

Earlier this year, JCB recruited former Land Rover managing director Matthew Taylor as its head of sales and marketing. And there are now several other key employees at JCB who originally came from the car industry, inclu­ding leading designers.

Dr Tim Leverton, who was chief engineer on the Rolls-Royce Phan­tom, is in charge of the Dieselmax project. It was conceived to show­case JCB's high-performance 4.4-litre oil-burner. That could be used in a smaller version of the HMUV which is being considered. But the spokesman said there were no plans to make roadgoing vehicles.

source: autoexpress

am mai gasit un pic...
[img]http://www.automotiveworld.com/include/getfile.asp?id=12470&isadmin=1[/img]

Cred ca tipul asta e mare fan ssang yong rodius si fiat multipla, iar dacia logan probabil i s-ar parea mai frumoasa decat un ferrari f430. Chestia asta e urata cu spume, desigur pentru un vehicul militar nu asta conteaza... dar sa spui ca e "better looking"... cred ca in afara de gunoiere nu gasesti vehicule mai urate decat asta... am vazut escavatoare mai frumoase.

L.E: nu stiu de ce dar am senzatia ca Arnold isi va dori una din asta (defapt are deja o chestie asemanatoare, tot masina militara)...

masinuta asta e sublima!!!! :coolspeak:

mda, m-as duce cu ea la bamboo sa netezesc ceva fitze de p-acolo. Ma uitam pe blogu italienilor si esra prezentat:"masina de dus copii la scola" cum e sa te duci cu una d'asta la birou s-o parchezi langa masina sport a sefului...

Halba - e industrial design - nu vezi ca seamana cu un casetofono-aspirator? e rugged, tuff si sa stii ca boul ala avea dreptate dar numai pentru ca nu e foarte greu sa desenezi ceva mai ok decat un h2

O are ar merge la coletarie???