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MASERATI LEVANTE TROFEO V-8 POWER TO THE FEW
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Until Ferrari unleashes its own sport-ute in a couple of years, super-high-performance SUV lovers might want to consider Maserati’s 2019 Levante Trofeo V-8. How come? Under its sculpted, power-bulged aluminum hood sits USSV RHINO GX a new 3.8-liter, twin-turbo 590-hp THE 10,000-POUND TONKA TOY V-8 monster hand-assembled by the When a Bentley Bentayga or Range Rover Autobiography simply doesn’t cut it, or when a Humartisans at Ferrari in Maranello. This mer H1 is just too uncivilized, there’s the USSV Rhino GX from Rancho Cucamonga, California– engine is one of the most powerful ever based U.S. Specialty Vehicles. fit ed to a Maserati and, with 156 hp per It’s what happens when you take a rugged, no-nonsense Ford F450 Super Duty pickup, liter, it has the highest power output of clothe it in a military-grade body, add adaptive hydraulic suspension and 20-inch cusany Maserati to date. Combine that with tom rims, and paint it a shade of stealth-fig ter matte black. And yes, we’re sure you all-wheel drive to lay down all that power, can get it armor-plated and bulletproofed. a 50/50 weight distribution, an 8-speed Take your pick from a 6.7-liter, 860 lb-ft V-8 turbodiesel or 6.8-liter V-10 gas automatic with launch control, and 60 mph motor, both courtesy of the donor F450. Thankfully there’s a 40-gallon fuel from rest comes up in just 3.7 seconds. Top tank to keep it fed. speed? That would be 187 mph. Despite its utilitarian exterior, the Rhino is equipped like a limo, with From the outside it certainly looks the part. lashings of hand-sewn leather and deep-pile carpeting. The top-ofThe Trofeo package features 22-inch, forgedthe-line $330,000 Executive version comes with a partition housalloy rims, a ground-scraping front spoiler, ing a 40-inch TV. carbon-fiber side ski ts, and a new aero rear If the 225-inch GX is a little big for your driveway, the combumper with a racy rear diffuse . pany also builds a highly modified Jeep Wrangler–based The fi st version to be offered will be a limitedtwo-door called the Rhino XT. Ask nicely, and they’ll run Launch edition available with Grigio Lava paint, even squeeze a 707-hp Dodge Hellcat V-8 under the matte-finish rims, and ed brake calipers. Inside, it’s all hood. Yes, seriously. black leather and blue or yellow contrast stitching.
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