The biggest cars in the world

Nowadays, on the streets of cities, you can increasingly find miniature cars: compact hatchbacks and small class sedans. The popularity of such cars is due to their efficiency. However, the craving for everything big has not yet disappeared and many people prefer to buy really big cars. Therefore, let's talk about the largest cars.

The biggest SUVs

SUVs are very popular both in the USA and in Russia. They are ideal for traveling long distances, capable of holding a large amount of payload, in addition, they are comfortable in their own right.

One of the largest off-road pickups is Ford F-250 Super Chief.

Its parameters are:

• 6,73 meters long;
• 2 meters high;
• 2,32 in width.

For Europe, these are outrageous dimensions.

Although this is a pickup truck, there is enough space in the cabin for rear passengers, they can even safely stretch their legs during the trip. For convenience, a bar counter is provided between the seats, and in general the interior is very luxurious for a pickup truck - the seats are covered with brown genuine leather.

It would seem that with such dimensions, an SUV should consume an unmeasured amount of diesel fuel, but the developers implemented an economical solution - a 3-fuel engine that runs on gasoline, gasoline-ethanol mixture or hydrogen.

The engine itself also deserves attention - a 6.8-liter ten-cylinder with a capacity of 310 horses. There is also a more powerful version with two 250 hp diesel engines. each, though due to exorbitant appetites - 16 liters per hundred outside the city - it sold very poorly.

Switching from petrol to ethanol can be done without stopping the vehicle. But to switch to hydrogen, you need to stop and turn on the mechanical supercharger.

Super Chief was just a concept. The updated Ford-150, as well as the Ford 250 Super Duty and King Ranch built on the basis of the Super Chief, entered mass production on the same platform. The price of a Ford 250 Super Duty pickup truck in the US starts at $31.

Hummer H1 Alpha

American off-road vehicles Hummer H1 proved their viability during the military operation "Desert Storm". Alpha is an updated version of the famous military jeep, it only looks absolutely identical, but if you look under the hood, the changes are noticeable to the naked eye.

Dimensions:

• 4668 mm - length;
• 2200 - height;
• 2010 - width.

The ground clearance has been increased from 40 centimeters to 46, that is, almost like that of the Belarus MTZ-82 tractor. The weight of the car is 3,7 tons.

Since the army version, released back in 1992, was taken as the basis, the interior had to be adapted for the civilian population. In a word, they made it very comfortable, but the cockpit is really amazing - driving such a car you feel like you are at the helm of a tank.

The 6,6-liter engine produces 300 horsepower, the transmission is a 5-speed Allison automatic. It is worth saying that the dynamics have been significantly improved: acceleration to 100 km / h takes 10 seconds, and not 22, as in previous versions.

There is also a transfer case, center differentials with full locking - that is, a full-fledged all-wheel drive SUV. Although the dimensions affect - it is not always possible to drive through the narrow city streets, and even more so to park somewhere in the central regions.

It is impossible not to mention other SUVs that amaze with their size:

• Toyota Tundra - a version with an increased wheelbase, an extended platform and a double cab reached a length of 6266 mm, a wheelbase of 4180 mm;
• Toyota Sequoia - a full-size SUV in the latest generation, its length was 5179 mm, wheelbase - 3 meters;
• Chevrolet Suburban - body length of the latest version is 5570 mm, wheelbase - 3302;
• Cadillac Escalade - an extended EXT version has a body length of 5639 mm and a wheelbase of 3302 mm.

The largest sedans in the world

The powerful of this world - deputies, ministers, ordinary billionaires, which are becoming more and more every day - prefer to emphasize their status with representative sedans.

The largest sedan is considered Maybach 57/62. It was created in 2002 and updated in 2010.

Impressive dimensions:

• length - 6165 millimeters;
• height - 1575 mm;
• wheelbase - 3828 mm;
• width - 1982 mm.

This whopper weighs two tons 800 kilograms.

This executive sedan is designed for 5 people, it has the most revolutionary air suspension. The 62 version comes with a powerful 12-liter 6,9-cylinder engine that produces 612 horsepower at its peak. Up to a hundred accelerates in 5 seconds. The maximum speed exceeds 300 kilometers per hour, although it is limited to 250 km/h.

You will have to pay a substantial amount of almost 500 thousand euros for such a car.

If the Maybach was developed by the German concern Daimler-Chrysler, then the British Rolls-Royce is also not far behind, its Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended Wheelbase can also take pride of place among the largest executive sedans.

The length of its body exceeds 6 meters - 6084 mm. This car is driven by a low-speed engine with a volume of 6,7 liters and a power of 460 horses. The extended Phantom will accelerate to “weave” in six seconds.

You will have to pay about 380 thousand euros for such a Rolls-Royce.

Bentley Mulsanne 2010 ranked third among the largest sedans. Its length is 5562 mm and the wheelbase is 3266 mm. Bentley weighs 2685 kilograms.

The 8-liter 6,75-cylinder unit produces 512 hp at the peak of its capabilities, but due to its low revving, the almost three-ton five-seater sedan accelerates to 5,3 km / h in 300 seconds. And the maximum mark on the speedometer is XNUMX kilometers per hour.

It is interesting to put the famous Soviet executive sedans on a par with such limousines, which were used by the general secretaries of the CPSU Central Committee. The very first ZIS-110 (almost completely copied from the American Packards) was huge: 6 meters long with a wheelbase of 3760 mm. This car was produced in the 50s and 60s.

And here's a more modern one ZIL-4104 could compete with the models listed above in all respects - its length was 6339 millimeters. The engine here stood with a volume of 7,7 liters and a capacity of 315 horsepower.

Other modifications appeared on the basis of the ZIL-4104, some of which can still be seen at parades on Red Square. The only pity is that they are produced literally in single copies.

ZIL's competitor was the GAZ plant, which produced the famous GAZ-14 seagulls. These were also six-meter Soviet limousines, powered by specially designed ZMZ-14 engines. Their volume was 5,5 liters, power 220 hp, acceleration to one hundred kilometers per hour - 15 seconds.

Neither ZILs nor Chaikas differed in efficiency - the average consumption in the urban cycle was about 25-30 liters per hundred kilometers, on the highway - 15-20. Although the leaders of the great oil power could afford such expenses (a liter of A-95 "Extra" cost 1 ruble in Soviet times, and they naturally paid not out of their own pocket).

Of course, when talking about the largest cars in the world, most of us think of mining dump trucks like BELAZ or luxury limousines. If you are interested in this topic, our website Vodi.su has an article about the most-most cars in the world.

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