Dartz

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Dartz Motorz
Headquarters Riga, Latvia
Products Dartz Prombron
Owner Leonard F. Yankelovich
Parent DARTZ GRUPA OÜ
Website DartzMotorz.com
Dartz Kombat

Dartz Motorz Company (Latvian: Dartz Motorz Uzņēmums; Russian: Dartz Моторз Kомпании) is a privately held Latvian-based company, subsidiary of Estonian corporation Dartz Grupa OÜ, that designs, manufactures, and sells high performance armored vehicles.[1][2][3] Having constituted itself from a renovated former Russo-Balt factory in Riga, Latvia,[4][5] the company recently attained notoriety with its current model, the Prombron, partly because it was originally available in upholstered leather made from the foreskins of whale penises.[6] The Prombron came in nine distinct models: the Iron Diamond, Iron Xtal, Monaco Red Diamond Edition, Black Dragon, Black Russian, Gold Russian, Aladeen, White Horse, and the Monako.[7] However, since September 2014 the product line consists of PrombronBlack Shark[8] and Prombron Black Snake.[9] The Prombron is then available in either the Saloon (sedan) or the Pullman (wagon), which can then be customized into a standard based, short based, or long based versions.[10] Prombrons are also available in several armoring levels, from B2 to B7, with the B7 designed to withstand attacks from rocket propelled grenades, and land mines.[11][12] In terms of performance the Prombron is equipped with an AMG V8 Engine, or an AMG V12 Engine,[8] which provides the vehicle with a healthy top speed of 250 km/h (160 mph).

In 2010, Red Sea Distribution announced that the T-98 Kombat would be available in North America for a list price starting at $225,000.[13][14] However, just two years later the T-98 Kombat was phased out, and the Prombron was released.

The Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition was shown at the 2010 Top Marques in Monaco,[15] with an expected price of €1,000,000 ($1.25 million), it would become the world's most expensive SUV ever sold.[16] Features included white gold - ruby embedded badges as well as a gold-plated, bullet-proof windows, an exhaust system made out of tungsten, diamond - ruby encrusted gauges, a Kevlar exterior coating, and leather made out of whale penises, although the latter was dropped.[17] The Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition also comes with three bottles of the world's most expensive vodka, RussoBaltique.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Investor Relations / Dartz World / Dartz Motorz - From A Royal Coach House To The Hollywood Sky Dartz Is Always The Brightest Star". Dartz.us. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  2. ↑ "Contact Us / Dartz World / Dartz Motorz - From A Royal Coach House To The Hollywood Sky Dartz Is Always The Brightest Star". Dartz.us. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  3. ↑ "Dartz Motorz Company / Dartz World / Dartz Motorz - From A Royal Coach House To The Hollywood Sky Dartz Is Always The Brightest Star". Dartz.us. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  4. ↑ "Factory Tour / Dartz Motorz Company / Dartz World / Dartz Motorz - From A Royal Coach House To The Hollywood Sky Dartz Is Always The Brightest Star". Dartz.us. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  5. ↑ "History /". Dartzkombat.com. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  6. ↑ Foreskin Removal: Dartz Prombron drops the whale penis autoblog.com
  7. ↑ "Models / Dartz Motorz - From A Royal Coach House To The Hollywood Sky Dartz Is Always The Brightest Star". Dartz.us. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  8. 1 2 http://www.dartzgrupa.com/us/black-shark
  9. ↑ http://www.dartzgrupa.com/us/black-snake
  10. ↑ "PROMBRON' - general info, body styles, main car models / MODELS / DARTZ MOTORZ - From a ROYAL COACH HOUSE to the HOLLYWOOD SKY DARTZ is always the BRIGHTEST STAR". Dartz.us. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  11. ↑ "Fit for a 'Dictator': World's most expensive armored SUV goes on sale... and it can be yours for $500,000 | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  12. ↑ "Dartz Kombat High Mobility Armoring Personel Vehicle / Military /". Dartzkombat.com. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  13. ↑ Red Sea Distribution official Website
  14. ↑ Ramsey, Jonothan, zenvo-st1 gets a US distributor and a price October 2010, autoblog.com
  15. ↑ "Road Test: Dartz Prombron Wagon". :. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  16. ↑ tom. "World's Most Expensive SUVs". Most-expensive.net. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  17. ↑ "Exclusive: Dartz Monaco Red Diamond Edition". :. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  18. ↑ Blackburn, Richard. "The 4WD with seats made of whale penis". Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 15 May 2011.

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