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Chrysler to offer $555,000 Tomahawk
Reuters / September 30, 2003
DETROIT (Reuters) -- For the "idling" rich, the Chrysler group said Tuesday that it had put a $555,000 price on collector editions of an outlandish four-wheel motorcycle.
As many as 10 of the chrome-draped Dodge Tomahawks, with 500-hp V-10 engines and theoretical top speeds of 300 mph, will be built on demand for customers willing to put deposits on them, Chrysler spokesman David Elshoff told Reuters.
One of the 1,500-pound Tomahawks already is being built for sale through the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog, said Elshoff, who added that all would be exact copies of the Art Deco-inspired Tomahawk concept that grabbed the spotlight at the Detroit auto show in January.
The problem, apart from the hog wild cost, is that the Tomahawks won't be fully drivable, and are not intended for use on public roads or highways.
"You couldn't license it for the street," Elshoff said, referring to various U.S. safety and regulatory problems.
"We would consider them more rolling sculptures, or loud sculptures, than we would motor vehicles," he said of the V-10's ear-splitting roar.
Elshoff said a handful of people already had expressed interest in snapping up one of the 10 Tomahawks.
The target consumer is "someone with disposable millions," he said.
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Chrysler to offer $555,000 Tomahawk
Reuters / September 30, 2003
DETROIT (Reuters) -- For the "idling" rich, the Chrysler group said Tuesday that it had put a $555,000 price on collector editions of an outlandish four-wheel motorcycle.
As many as 10 of the chrome-draped Dodge Tomahawks, with 500-hp V-10 engines and theoretical top speeds of 300 mph, will be built on demand for customers willing to put deposits on them, Chrysler spokesman David Elshoff told Reuters.
One of the 1,500-pound Tomahawks already is being built for sale through the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog, said Elshoff, who added that all would be exact copies of the Art Deco-inspired Tomahawk concept that grabbed the spotlight at the Detroit auto show in January.
The problem, apart from the hog wild cost, is that the Tomahawks won't be fully drivable, and are not intended for use on public roads or highways.
"You couldn't license it for the street," Elshoff said, referring to various U.S. safety and regulatory problems.
"We would consider them more rolling sculptures, or loud sculptures, than we would motor vehicles," he said of the V-10's ear-splitting roar.
Elshoff said a handful of people already had expressed interest in snapping up one of the 10 Tomahawks.
The target consumer is "someone with disposable millions," he said.
