The Emirati royal also holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of 4x4 vehicles.
Car enthusiasts would know that a Hummer is by no means a “small car”. The Hummer H1 has a length of 184.5 inches, is 77 inches tall and 86.5 inches wide. However, a Dubai billionaire has taken the saying “the bigger the better” a bit too far and got a customised Hummer H1 that is three times the size of the regular model.
Sheikh Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, also known as the ‘Rainbow Sheikh of Dubai’, is well known for his vast car collection. The Emirati royal also holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of 4×4 vehicles. His collection stands at 718.
An old video of the Dubai sheikh’s giant Hummer towering over regular-sized vehicles on the road is going viral again after it was posted on Twitter. The sheikh’s Hummer H1 X3, as it is called, measures about 46 feet long, 21.6 feet tall and 19 feet wide. The car is fully driveable thanks to diesel engines on each wheel, which also means it has four-wheel-drive.
It was specially commissioned by the sheikh, who is a member of the Emirati royal family with a personal net worth of over US$20 billion.
Watch the video below:
Dubai Rainbow Sheikh’s giant Hummer H1 “X3” is three times bigger than a regular Hummer H1 SUV (14 meters long, 6 meters wide, and 5.8 meters high). The Hummer is also fully drivable
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“On the one hand that looks ridiculous, but on the other hand I absolutely want to take it for a drive!” commented a user. “As an h1 owner I can tell you the maintenance cost on that has got to be astronomical,” said another. “I love how these Arabs spend their money,” wrote a third.
While the modified Hummer’s exterior is a scaled-up version of the original, the car’s interior actually resembles a small house and is spread over two floors. The car apparently even has a living room and toilet as well as the steering cabin on the second floor.
Sheikh Hamad has reportedly around 3,000 vehicles in his personal collection. He got his nickname – the Rainbow Sheikh – because he once commissioned an entire fleet of Mercedes S-class in every colour of the rainbow.
The sheikh also has various car museums, one of which is in Sharjah and is dedicated to off-road vehicles. It houses the giant Hummer H1, the world’s largest running Jeep, the world’s biggest SUV and many more.