The Ripsaw EV2, A Tank With Plush Interior

Meet the Ripsaw EV2, the product of Howe and Howe Technologies, a family-owned business founded by twin brothers Geoff and Mike Howe. In 2000, stuck in boring jobs, the brothers decided that they should create the world’s fastest tracked vehicle.





Two hundred ninety-five thousand dollars will get you in the basic package. Each one is hand-built, and they have only one in production at a time.

The basic package is a four-ton, 18-foot long two-seater with a cabin suspended in an exoskeleton of aerospace aluminum and high-grade steel. A Duramax turbodiesel V8 from General Motors pumps out 600 horsepower, enabling a top speed of about 60mph


The Ripsaw EV2 is easy to drive, since it has a steering wheel rather than traditional tank stick controls, though navigating the 75-degree slopes it can handle takes a bit of confidence. The ride, says Howe, is “boatlike,” and surprisingly gentle thanks to the vehicle's ride- and height-adjustable nitrogen-damper suspension. The interior is industrial, with a racecar instrument cluster, some specialized gauges, a bit of bed-liner polymer and a lot of powder-coated metal. This is a get-dirty vehicle, so the one true luxury detail is the leather upholstery on the eight-way power-adjustable bucket seats.

Remember this car is not street legal, so building a garage in your rich neighbour's open land acreage of land and doing some mud bashing during the weekend with him/her may not be such a bad idea.