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09-15-2005, 03:55 PM
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1537344.html
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The world's largest luxury camping van, costing more than £1m, has been custom built for an oil Sheik.
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Austrian company Action Mobil built the 40ft long vehicle for use on long desert trips, with a huge 13-litre, 600hp engine - which runs at a gas-guzzling 5mph.
The Desert Challenger took one and a half years to build and includes a large lavishly furnished living room and a state-of-the-art kitchen.
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Action Mobil manager Stefan Wirth said: "The client, whose name we will not reveal, will be able to travel the desert together with his family and friends, without needing any outside support for several weeks.
"The Desert Challenger can take up to 4,000 litres of water and up to 2,500 litres of diesel fuel, and there is enough storage to take a considerable amount of food.
"The whole vehicle is entirely hand-made. It has absolutely nothing to do with camping: we used superb materials and expertise from yacht-building and aircraft-building.
"There is a special CCTV surveillance system including two large flat-screens, so that one could record every detail of the outside vicinity."
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Ananova: http://www.ananova.com/images/blank.gif£1m camper vanhttp://www.ananova.com/images/blank.gif
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The world's largest luxury camping van, costing more than £1m, has been custom built for an oil Sheik.
http://www.ananova.com/images/web/384452.jpg
Austrian company Action Mobil built the 40ft long vehicle for use on long desert trips, with a huge 13-litre, 600hp engine - which runs at a gas-guzzling 5mph.
The Desert Challenger took one and a half years to build and includes a large lavishly furnished living room and a state-of-the-art kitchen.
http://www.ananova.com/images/web/384451.jpg
Action Mobil manager Stefan Wirth said: "The client, whose name we will not reveal, will be able to travel the desert together with his family and friends, without needing any outside support for several weeks.
"The Desert Challenger can take up to 4,000 litres of water and up to 2,500 litres of diesel fuel, and there is enough storage to take a considerable amount of food.
"The whole vehicle is entirely hand-made. It has absolutely nothing to do with camping: we used superb materials and expertise from yacht-building and aircraft-building.
"There is a special CCTV surveillance system including two large flat-screens, so that one could record every detail of the outside vicinity."