Most Badass Custom Humvee Ever Looks Ready to Drive 6 Wheels Over Enemy Lines at F1 Speeds

Take the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, for instance. A product of defense contractor AM General, the vehicle became known in military circles and well beyond them as the Humvee thanks to the contraction of its full name (HMMWV), and set out to protect the soldiers of the world in their most difficult hours.

The Humvee first went into military service in 1983, and since then it made its presence felt in the battles of the Persian Gulf War, the Somali Civil War, the war on terrorism, the war on drugs, and the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

The vehicle was so effective at its job that civilians started dreaming of owning and driving them too. Since that wasn't exactly possible, the Hummer was born in the stables of the same AM General. The SUV was to be the civilian version of the Humvee, and for a while starting with 1992 it enjoyed the success its makers were hoping for.

The Hummer was eventually killed, not in small part on account of its tendency to consume fuel like there was no tomorrow. As a sort of a slap on AM General's face, It was revived closer to our time by General Motors under the GMC brand as an… electric SUV.

On its front the Humvee lives on, and it will probably continue to do so until the middle of this century. America's military has begun replacing it, though, with something fancy called Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV).

Both versions of the SUV have been over the years the focus of custom garages from around the world, which tried their hand at reinterpreting the iconic vehicles the best they could. The most badass, insane, spectacular of the entire bunch of custom Humvees and Hummers ever made must be the one you're looking at right now.

The base vehicle was made by the AM General factory in 2009, and by the looks of it (the registration number of the SUV's ID) it served with the U.S. Marine Corps. We have no info on where it served or for how long, but chances are the ones who initially drove it will recognize it no more.

The heavily modified Humvee is the work of a custom crew called Danton Arts Kustoms. These guys are not American, but French, something one isn't able to tell from the rugged way they like to do things.

The project is so extreme I don't even know where to start. From the front, the vehicle looks almost like an average Hummer, but the lowered stance, the reworked grille and front bumper, and the seriousness of the hood immediately tell you this thing is a lot more than meets the eye.

Once you move to one side, no matter which one, your jaw immediately drops. This contraption does not have four wheels, like we're used to from Humvees, but six, with two at the front and four at the rear. The only one of its kind, we're told.

Just two-thirds of the original Humvee body is still there, re-made in aluminum and painted in a color meant to remind us of the vehicle's military lineage, as the rear section, extending far beyond what the base SUV was capable of, is fully exposed to the elements.

The lack of body panels at the rear makes the wheels on each side look particularly aggressive and kind of give off a Formula 1 vibe. And that's the same vibe we get when looking at the wing at the back. We're told it was made from a modified aircraft wing, and it's so massive it needs special struts to hold it upright.

All the six wheels of the Humvee (sized 20 inches at the front and 24 inches at the rear) are attached to a custom-built chassis spin under the power of the engine. The powerplant is still in its natural position, up front, but now comes as a 6.2-liter Hellcat, supercharged and tied to a 4L80E automatic transmission. The power levels on it seem just right for a build of this caliber: 717 horsepower.

Although it looks like a bad boy designed to drive fast over enemy lines, one that couldn't care less about creature comforts and high-tech gizmos, that's not the case here. Just think about the fact the Humvee's engine, lights, horn and turn signals can be remotely controlled via a smartphone.

There is a chance you have seen this metal creature before, but this is the first time, as far as we know, that it's up for grabs. Auction house Barrett-Jackson has it listed for sale during the Scottsdale event currently taking place in Arizona.

The Humvee is listed with no reserve and at the time of writing still hasn't crossed the block. We'll come back to the story as soon as it does, because we're dying to know just how impressed buyers were with it.

Update: sold for $825,000.