This is the world's most expensive SUV - but with three bottles of the world's most expensive vodka included in the price tag, it actually appears to be a bargain.
The £1million Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition has gold-plated windows, pure tungsten exhausts, and the speed gauges are encrusted in diamonds. The seats are not for the squeamish. They are made of one of the softest materials around - leather from a whale's penis.
And, just to send the bling factor right through the roof, this SUV also comes complete with an exterior bulletproof Kevlar coating. But that's nothing compared to the vodka that comes with it.
The car company has thrown three bottles of Russo-Baltique, the vodka brand it created this year to mark its100th anniversary, Motor Authority reported.
Last year, a bottle retailed for £790,000. It is not a meant to be drunk, the company's website explains - instead it should be displayed as art. That's because the bling of the bottle frankly puts the SUV to shame.
According to the Dartz company's website, the flask, a replica of the radiator guard used for the Russo-Baltique cars, is made from gold coins minted between 1908 and 1912. This is around the time the company manufactured its first car.
The flask cap is made from white and yellow gold and contains a diamond-encrusted replica of the Russian Imperial Eagle. And finally, the bottle itself is made of bulletproof glass 30cm thick - just in case. The car - and vodka - were produced especially for the mega-exclusive Top Marques luxury motor show in Monaco next year.
The car is made by the company that produced armoured vehicles for Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Tsar Nicolas. The seats are indeed of 'real whale penis leather,' says a spokesperson for Dartz Kombat.
'It is inspired by the original playboy Aristotle Onassis' yacht Christina O, which had bar stool seats made from sperm whale foreskin.
'Some people have called us crazy because of this, but we think we must make a luxury car till the end.'
Weighing four tons and powered by a V8 engine capable of 450 horse power, the Pombron's maker also claim the car is 'rocket grenade proof'.
'In the past our customers have included Lenin and his revolutionary partner Trotsky,' explains the Dartz spokesperson.
'In fact we are launching a version of this new model in 2012, just for Latin America.
'This will commemorate the fact that Trotsky was killed in Mexico with an ice pick in 1940.
'As such, the Latin version will come with a gold ice axe to mark this fact.'
Keeping the exact details of the car secret, the Pombron's makers say the SUV will be unveiled to Prince Albert of Monaco at the Top Marques opening in April of next year.
Sumber : The Daily Mail
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Indonesia : President Picks new Cabinet
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Trade Minister Mari Pangestu, two economists who have raised the profile of Indonesia, a Group of 20 (G20) member, kept their posts.
Another technocrat, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, will head a new, presidential delivery unit to drive reform of the civil service, the judiciary and push through infrastructure projects.
The new unit, which some analysts say could be modelled on former British prime minister Tony Blair’s delivery unit, or the “West Wing” in Washington, could help improve coordination between the various ministries and resolve many of the bottlenecks holding back economic growth.
Yudhoyono, a reformist ex-general who was sworn in for a second, five-year term on Tuesday, announced a cabinet containing few surprises as most future ministers had been seen visiting the president in recent days to be interviewed for their jobs.
Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, is forecast to expand between 4 and 4.5 percent this year, and has lagged its larger rivals, China and India, for years in terms of growth and its ability to attract investment.
Clearing up corruption, red tape
Investors frequently cite corruption, red tape, legal uncertainty and shoddy infrastructure as the main deterrents to investment. Yudhoyono has promised to address these areas in his second term in order to turn Indonesia into a more attractive investment destination.
“Annual economic growth could hit 6 percent in the next five years but if the government has new policies in place such as ones regarding infrastructure, growth could even be higher,” said Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, economist at Danareksa in Jakarta.
Analysts had welcomed the selection of key technocrats but expressed disappointment at some of the political selections, particularly of Darwin Saleh, the new energy and mining minister, who is relatively unknown and appears to have little experience of this important sector.
Fauzi Ichsan, senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank in Jakarta, said the credibility of Indrawati, Pangestu and Vice President Boediono should calm any market nerves.
“Their credibility should help ease worries over the capability of the new faces in the economic team,” said Ichsan.
Hatta Rajasa, one of the president’s trusted aides, was appointed Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy, while M.S. Hidayat, who heads the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will be Industry Minister.
Gita Wirjawan, a former banker at JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, will head the Investment Co-ordinating Board with a mandate to attract more investment.
Sumber : Reuters
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