If the best defense is offense, then this “fully armed” Ford F-450 must be the most aggressive as a car, and of course it is the best defensive performance-for those For anyone willing to shell out $250,000 for this car. Even though this USSV (United States Special Vehicle) Rhino GX looks bulletproof, actually wanting to be bulletproof (B6 level bulletproof) requires a considerable budget – you guessed it two Hellfire air-to-surface missiles How much is it?
Despite the aura of this special vehicle, the cockpit of this car is still not much different from the original F450 pickup when it left Ford’s Kentucky plant in Louisville. The frame, firewall, A-pillar, and B-pillar of the original F-450 have been retained and upgraded in a targeted manner. In addition, other body parts except the hood and wheel arches have been replaced with hand-made products. . Pay attention to the position of the handle of the roof rack and the lower position of the door, which can provide bodyguards with a safe place to escort the car, and can quickly cover fire in the event of an unfriendly attack. Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that the headlights of this car retain the original configuration and are the headlights of the previous generation SuperDuty. That’s right, the special vehicle will continue to use the 2016 model pickup as the basis for the build until this summer, when they’ll use the refreshed 2017 F-450.
The front suspension of this Rhino GX basically retains the original state, but it is replaced with Bilstein adjustable shock absorbers. The rear suspension is completely ditched from the factory plan, with the leaf springs replaced by a hydraulic active suspension from LiquidSpring (which supplies ambulances, buses and RVs). Both sides of the rear axle are fixed by two high and low links, and there is also a transverse link on the top. The hydraulic shock absorption can provide different load levels, so that the rear suspension has three levels of height adjustment (the front suspension is not adjustable) and different shock absorption effects.
Front and rear forged alloy wheels are also interesting, as they are now interchangeable front and rear. Perhaps this is not a big surprise, but considering that the F-450 model is equipped with a rear two-wheel setup as standard, it is indeed not easy to make such a modification. After machining and repainting, and modifying the hub of the rear axle, the rear wheel rim with a large negative value can be changed into a small negative value rim common to the front wheel.
Inside, the original factory front seats have been removed and replaced with more comfortable foam and wrapped in more luxurious hand-stitched leather materials. Not only that, but this hand-stitched leather material has been replaced in all the places where the hands can reach, except for the top lining-the top lining is made of Alcantara material. The second and third rows are customized areas. The original Sync is also crossed out from the configuration list. This car has an Alpine touch-screen multimedia system and can also control the LED ambient light. The executive version installs a large-sized TV in front of the second row as a partition to ensure the privacy of the rear row. The more advanced version directly combines the second row and the third row, only for the distinguished passengers to enjoy Ample space.
So what does it feel like to drive this big black guy? There is really a feeling of “I am the ruler”, and models such as the Ford Maverick or the Chevrolet Creator will not be taken seriously at all. The front view is excellent, but the rear view is much worse. Fortunately, there is a screen in the car that can display the view of the rear high-mounted camera. The PowerStroke diesel engine drives this 2.5-ton SUV fairly easily, and the steering doesn’t have much “spirituality” but fortunately it is precise.
Obviously, this car is not suitable for everyone. So far, there are 300 Rhino GX vehicles on the market, but only 20 have remained in the United States, and a large part of the remaining cars have been sold to the Chinese market. For George Patton. Next, USSV will launch a new car—Rhino XT—a two-door model based on the Jeep Wrangler. Perhaps this car will be named Eisenhower in the Chinese market.
