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It’s been called many things, but one title Thor 24 wears proudly is the most expensive truck in the world. After all, it auctioned for the ridiculous sum of $12 million back in 2019. What’s even crazier is the garish design would probably fetch even more if it were to go on the market today, and that’s not just from inflation.
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The guy who built Thor 24, Mike Harrah, created this heavily modified Peterbilt and named it after the Norse god of thunder for obvious reasons. It’s large, in charge, and is amazingly powerful.
What you see up front are two 14.0-lier Detroit Diesel V12 engines sitting one in front of the other. Those are fed by 12 superchargers.
That might seem ridiculous, but they put out a combined 3,974-horsepower. Even better, there’s a nitrous system for when that’s not quite enough power. That’s how the semi can hit its top speed of 130 mph.
Measuring 44 feet long, Thor 24 doesn’t just look big, it’s massive. The truck tips the scale at a whopping 32,000 pounds, which is why it features four 12-foot drag parachutes to bring the big rig to a stop after it does a run at the drag strip.
From the front bumper to the rear, Thor is bristling with dramatic details. You can see chrome plating and polished aluminum surfaces everywhere, making the truck literally shine. On the back of the cab is an airbrushed portrait of Thor, the god of thunder, done in a style similar to the old Conan the Barbarian movies.
There are flames painted on the fenders, spiked chrome lug nuts on the wheels, air horns bristling on the roof, and LED lighting tucked into all kinds of nooks and crannies. The interior is just as busy with the dash populated by so many gauges and switches it looks about as complicated as a 747 cockpit.
Plus, the shifter for the manual transmission is a sword and there are axes welded onto the doors. There’s absolutely nothing subtle about Thor 24 and while the turns some people off, we expect when it hits the market again it will go for well beyond $12 million.
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