The Karlmann King Is The Stealth SUV You'll Always See Coming

If Batman ever builds an SUV, it might end up looking something like this. You’re looking at the Karlmann King, a V10-powered leviathan with optional bulletproofing, and the most expensive SUV in the world.

Designed, as you might have guessed from the apparent lack of taste employed in the styling, by a Chinese company, this £1.56 million giant is a global hybrid thanks to an American base and a build team based in Europe. It was apparently penned to create the look of a ‘stealth’ SUV, which has to be the biggest oxymoron we’ve heard in a while.

Based on a Ford F-550 with that truck’s 6.8-litre V10, the kerb weight with the optional armour plating jumps to six tonnes. Without, it’s a practically kart-weight 4.5 tonnes. With a claimed 395bhp and an unspecified but presumably galactic amount of torque, it can only reach 87mph flat-out, but at least no one’s likely to cut you up in traffic.

The interiors. Well, you really have to see them to believe them. We’ve crammed eight into one frame below, and be warned, you may need to sit down for this. There’s an LED-dotted roof trim, like you get in Rolls-Royces, wood panelling and a crazy amount of leather.

On-board features include a coffee machine, neon lighting – because as the Queen will tell you, neon lighting is pure class – a flat-screen TV, a Playstation 4 and a fridge. There’s a huge, huge list of options to choose from, and that’s before you even start on your colour scheme.

IAT, the Chinese firm behind the Karlmann King, is reportedly building less than a dozen of these monsters. We’d imagine they’ll sell well in the Middle East. If you’re looking for more Batman-friendly merch, try this for size.

Source: Auto Express