What is the Biggest Vehicle in the World?
Vehicles like semi-trucks and trains are pretty big, but these are bigger. Here’s a list of some of the largest vehicles in existence.
Written by Hannah DeWitt
Reviewed by Kathleen Flear
What is the biggest vehicle in the world? Well, that question has some caveats that go with it. For one, what is a vehicle? If it's anything that transports people or goods, then the winner would probably be a very long
train
or space shuttle. And what determines big? Are we talking volume, weight, or
cargo capacity
? Instead of sorting out all these details, we decided to just share some of the more fun extra-large vehicles.The Boeing-jet-turned-limo
One of the things that make limos so luxurious is the roomy interiors. The more room, the more luxury, right? That's what a couple of guys thought when they decided to convert a Boeing 727 into a limo.
The duo took the front part of this passenger jet and mounted it on top of a Mercedes bus. The result is a 24,000-pound limousine that is surprisingly street legal according to
HotCars
. Unlike other limos, this one has a full-size dance floor inside. It can hold up to 50 passengers, which will make it easy to split the $100,000 per month rental bill. The Sheik who owns most of the biggest vehicles in the world
Of all the celebrity car collections in the world, Sheik Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan may have the biggest. We don't mean biggest in terms of the number of cars, but rather the largest collection of jumbo-sized vehicles.
The Sheik is often dubbed as the Arab Chuck Norris, and his car collection only adds to his already eccentric reputation. For example, the Sheik owns a Jeep that is 4 times the scale of a regular Wrangler, measuring 21 feet in height.
But that's not all. The Sheik also owns what is known as the "Monster Mercedes". Have you ever wondered what a vintage Mercedes W126 would look like as a monster truck? Wonder no more, as the Sheik decided to make one himself.
What is the biggest vehicle in the world?
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If we want to get technical, the Bagger 288 is the biggest land vehicle by weight, as documented by HotCars. But this vehicle isn't a fancy limo or custom-made car owned by a Sheik. No, this vehicle was made exclusively for mining.
The 13,500-ton beast is a $100 million one-of-a-kind excavator made to dig up coal. At full capacity, this excavator can extract 240,000 tons of coal daily. It was produced in Germany and requires about 16.56 megawatts of power to operate at maximum capacity. The excavator is more than 700 feet long.
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