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Title: The worlds most expensive final ride
Post by: VC on March 23, 2012, 07:14:27 pm
Because you can’t take it with you, custom hearse builder Biemme Special Cars has announced the world’s most luxurious and expensive funeral car, the Rolls-Royce Phantom Hearse B12.

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Set to be officially unveiled at the Tan Expo funeral home show in Bologna, Italy, the car stretches a total of 276-inches (23-feet!) in length, three feet longer than even the extended wheelbase version of the Phantom. Unique to this car is the fact that it remains a 4-door, and even features the now rather inappropriately named “suicide” doors.

Power continues to come from a Rolls-Royce 6.75-liter V12 engine, with a self-leveling air suspension, while the car is made entirely from aluminum with over 600 assembled parts and over 650 feet of welding.

Funeral homes looking to set themselves apart will be able to order the Phantom Hearse, but they’ll have to sell a few platinum-encrusted coffins to be able to afford it. Biemme hasn’t put a final sticker price on this model, but has said it will cost more than half-a-million Euros. (Roughly $662,000).

The ride we’d certainly choose as our last, only one ominous question remains… do you really want to head into to the afterlife in a car called a “Phantom”?

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Title: Re: The worlds most expensive final ride
Post by: Poppa Dom on March 23, 2012, 07:19:08 pm
Great to put the surf boards in  :happy2:
Title: Re: The worlds most expensive final ride
Post by: DaveB@Vagbremtechnic on March 23, 2012, 07:27:46 pm
Ghostbusters new ride!
Title: Re: The worlds most expensive final ride
Post by: RENNTAG on March 23, 2012, 07:28:08 pm
^^^^ Sick but true   :laugh:
Title: Re: The worlds most expensive final ride
Post by: VC on March 23, 2012, 07:29:43 pm
...needs a sticker on the back saying "dead chicks don't say no"  :laugh:
Title: Re: The worlds most expensive final ride
Post by: RedRobin on March 23, 2012, 08:19:57 pm
Quote from: VC on March 23, 2012, 07:29:43 pm

...needs a sticker on the back saying "dead chicks don't say no"  :laugh:


....That's sick! But hilarious and brilliant!!  :signLOL: :signLOL: :signLOL: :signLOL:
Title: Re: The worlds most expensive final ride
Post by: RedRobin on March 23, 2012, 08:21:09 pm
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If that rear portion was made removable it would a very luxurious pick-up truck.
Title: Re: The worlds most expensive final ride
Post by: monte on March 23, 2012, 08:24:18 pm
Old Yorkshire saying....

"One-Way Jack......Teks yer thee-er, Dunt bring thee back"

 :laugh:
Title: Re: The worlds most expensive final ride
Post by: Hedge on March 23, 2012, 09:36:25 pm
A friend of my Dad had a hearse which he used for his plumbing business.

His famous saying was "Your sh*t is my bread and butter".  :happy2:
Title: Re: The worlds most expensive final ride
Post by: MC71 on March 24, 2012, 05:50:30 pm
Can you hire this out, need a chest freezer taking to the tip. :happy2: