One of the beautiful things about being a host of Top Gear ? among other things, of course ? is the chance to get behind the wheel of some of the most insane machines on the planet. Whether it?s a high-powered go-kart or a sports car dressed as a gypsy tent, there?s no shortage of vehicles that can escape the sharp eyes ? and impeccable driving ? of Clarkson, Hammond, and May.
But of all the cars that they?ve driven in their time as Top Gear hosts, there?s a good chance that they?ve never seen anything quite like the Marauder. Built in South Africa by the Paramount Group, the Marauder is quite arguably the baddest, meanest, and gnarliest set of wheels we?ve ever seen.
The gargantuan machine was even featured in the pilot episode of Top Gear?s 17th season, where folks from the Paramount Group asked Richard Hammond to drive the vehicle in some of the most impossible stunts known to cars. There?s no shortage of cupcake stunts here; the car was driven over, around, and just about all other directions to determine whether it can live up to its name as the world?s toughest vehicle. It even went through a McDonalds drive-thru so Hammond could order a burger and survived a lion attack.
Continued after the jump.
Paramount Group Marauder originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 27 June 2011 13:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/paramount-group/2011-paramount-group-marauder-ar111864.html
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