Let me tell you about a car that looks like a Hummer H1 but doesn’t have the weird WJ Jeep Grand Cherokee seats from the 1990s. One of the craziest cars we’ve ever seen, this very rare 2000 Hummer H1 T-Rex by Italian coachbuilder Coggiola, is back on the market after having been sold in 2008. When it was first shown at the 2000 Geneva Motor Show, Coggiola’s T-Rex was advertised as a fancy, stylish, go-anywhere monster. Its Hummer H1 base makes it very tough, off-road capable, and long-lasting. On the outside, though, its silly Coggiola style makes me think of Whoville. It’s strange that, with a few changes, the front end looks like it came from a WJ Grand Cherokee. The nose is definitely a Jeep, and the headlights look like they came from a WJ. Still, I love the big sidewall tires and simple steel wheels on it. The Hummer’s military-style interior has a new dashboard, center panel, seats, and headliner. The brown leather upholstery hides it. The rugs match the trim, which has a turquoise pattern that looks like a fish tank for kids. The seats are just as strange as the rest of the car. The front seats are far apart, the second row has seats that are even farther apart, and the third row has seats that are very close together. Two sunroof pieces that look like claws are built into the headliner to let in more natural light. The car has a hood that looks like a Jeep a D, a Detroit Diesel 6.5-liter V8 diesel engine, and a GM four-speed automatic gearbox. Since it’s a Hummer, it comes with four wheels and can go very far off-road. This car was last put up for sale in 2008 for €499,000, which is about $546,181 in today’s money. It’s for sale right now and says it’s in Rome, but there’s no price given. This means that if you want to know how much it costs, you have to talk to the seller and make a deal. Even though it only has 1,926 kilometers on it, a seven-figure racecar would make a Koenigsegg seem like a big-box car. It’s one of the strangest-looking cars I’ve ever seen, though, and I’m not sure who it’s meant for. Everyone should see the T-Rex’s strange stupidity, so whoever buys it will enjoy it more than the people who owned it before.
