Kira Van at Sema

[Victorian]

This thing is huge and looks totally over the top with some crazy craftsmanship.... Looks like they reused part of the original MaxiMog trailer I helped build in Germany.

 

[LocoCoyote]

This thing is a technological masterpiece and has some very cool ideas....but is utterly impractical as a actual overland vehicle.

 

[Haf-E]

Now its clear why they ran out of room this year and had to cancel on people coming with vehicles - The KiraVan took up all of the space!

 

[fog cutter]

she must have gotten all 'A's on her report card!

 

[nick disjunkt]

It looks like he borrowed my idea of re-purposing Vetus engine vents. I used them as in and out convection vents for cooling the back of the fridge.

http://www.vetus.com/ventilation/air-suction-vents.html

 

[Victorian]

Wondering what's behind that vent now? When we build it, I believe it was just a spot to hide the waterlines and such.

 

[MLu]

Are my eyes deceiving me, or does the pop-up roof have a roof-top tent? Finally something that deserves an ExPo sticker.

 

[Pilat]

Are my eyes deceiving me, or does the pop-up roof have a roof-top tent? Finally something that deserves an ExPo sticker.

No, it does have that. A perfect shoe-in for the sticker. You're absolutely right.

Did you also notice that swing-out entrance? You have to lift the roof to open the door. Makes it somewhat of a project if you forget something in there after you have packed it all down and are in the unimog.

 

[Victorian]

No, it does have that. A perfect shoe-in for the sticker. You're absolutely right.

Did you also notice that swing-out entrance? You have to lift the roof to open the door. Makes it somewhat of a project if you forget something in there after you have packed it all down and are in the unimog.

There is one more step! 1. lift the roof 2. open the swing out 3. raise the glass roof at the entrance

 

[Pilat]

There is one more step! 1. lift the roof 2. open the swing out 3. raise the glass roof at the entrance

LOL, how could I have missed that!

What a stupid vehicle it is. I mean, I get building something that is OTT, as it can sometimes be inspiring, just to see what is possible. But that opening is just stupid to me.

 

[Chazz Layne]

LOL, how could I have missed that!

What a stupid vehicle it is. I mean, I get building something that is OTT, as it can sometimes be inspiring, just to see what is possible. But that opening is just stupid to me.

Good security when it's locked up in storage, try prying that thing open.

 

[Pilat]

Yeah, it would be quite the heist to get into that

 

[WininUtah]

I was leaving Sema and walked by this, wish I'd had time to really look it over. Like others my big ?? is where does it fit off-road?

 

[Mat Mobile]

What's that front compartment for? And it has a lift top?!?

Edit: I figured it out. It's the Electro-Optical compartment.

This isn't an expedition vehicle. It's an expedition mobile laboratory!

http://kiravan.net/

 

[Chazz Layne]

That would make a sweet mobile command center...if it had room for a Discovery in the back.