International has built the full-scale version. Here are 10 reasons why you'll want one:
1. SHOW THOSE SUPER-DUTY GUYS A REAL TRUCK
At 21.5 feet from nose to tail, 8.5 feet across, and with a nine-foot-tall roof, you ride high, wide, and handsome--in a truly industrial-strength way. With your butt six feet off the ground, you can eyeball Peterbilt drivers, treat Hummers like speed bumps, and cure road rage.
2. NAIL THE PRIMO VALET SPOT EVERY TIME
It's rarer than a Bentley Continental GT. And it won't fit in a parking garage, which means it has to stay out front. At $115,000, the CXT is $50,000 cheaper than a Continental GT, which leaves you enough to have plasma TV and the dump-bed option installed, with pocket change left over to fill up the 73-gallon diesel fuel tank.
3. IT'S TOUGHER THAN A TOYOTA--OR MOST ANYTHING
The 7.6-liter International DT466 I-6 turbodiesel weighs 1450 pounds bone dry, with each cylinder the size of a coffee can. Add the eight gallons of crankcase oil, radiator fluids, and other liquids, and you can count another 200 pounds. According to maintenance schedules, the first overhaul isn't slated until 500,000 miles.
4. YOU CAN PIMP YOUR RIDE
For a price, International will send your fresh-off-the-line CXT to a custom outfitter who'll install as many interior upgrades as you can check off the list. Moderately priced options include a CD changer/DVD player, center refrigerator, pull-flat rear bench seat (converting into a double bed), and a kickin' stereo.
5. E-Z UNLOADING IS A LOW-COST OPTION
International buys CXT's bed from Ford (it's the F-350 Crew Cab dualie unit) and attaches it to the frame, but with a 77-inch bedside height, you have to be six-foot-eight to reach inside. No problema--for $4000, you can order a hydraulic ram to make it a dump truck for easy unloading.
6. FORGET DUBS--THESE ARE HEAVY-DUTY
Those Goodyears are 41 inches tall, and each wheel and tire weighs just under 200 pounds.
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