Tuesday 8 September 2015

Lewis Hamilton poses in 'lunatic' £370,000 Mercedes 6x6 pick-up truck

Formula One stars don't often do things by half and Lewis Hamilton is contemplating celebrating his latest win by splashing out on a new set of wheels - six of them to be precise.

Hamilton romped to his seventh win of the season at Monza in the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday and the very next day the reigning champion was pictured alongside a Mercedes G63 AMG.

The six-wheeler off-road pick-up truck, which has a military version currently in use by the Australian army, will set you back an eye-watering £370,000.

So... Thinking about getting this bad boy. What do you think? #6x6benz #mercedesbenz' the Mercedes driver wrote on Instagram as he was snapped hanging out of the front door of the monstrous truck. 

The G63 AMG, the 'lunatic monster utility vehicle' as it is described in an Autocar review, is the second-most expensive Mercedes available to purchase and the largest road legal SUV in the manufacturer's range of vehicles.

The immense double-cab pick-up, which features 37-inch wheels as standard, stands at over two metres in height, nearly six metres in length and is powered by a ferocious twin-turbocharged 5.5-litre V8 engine.

Due to its sheer size, 3775kg kerb weight, the truck only reaches speeds of around 100mph - a fair bit less that the 200mph Hamilton is used to, but it can accelerate to 60mph in less than six seconds thanks to its 536bhp.

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