The world's most expensive motorhome is up for sale - with a price tag of £1.9million.
Austrian company Marchi Mobile is behind the 40ft long palace on wheels, called the eleMMent palazzo, which comes complete with a pop-up roof terrace measuring 215 sq ft, underfloor heating and a bar.
The space-age vehicle has a huge master bedroom with 40-inch TV, an en suite bathroom, separate toilet, lounge and driver's cab complete with bunk bed.
The EleMMent can be fitted with mobile internet, a working fireplace, streaming video surveillance and satellite TV, and boasts a glow-in-the-dark finish to improve night safety.
But the most impressive touch is the machine's "sky lounge" which opens at the touch of a button and features underfloor heating and a bar.
Marchi Mobile says the 510bhp engine will give the 20 tonne eleMMent palazzo a top speed of 93mph while being capable of a relatively high 13mpg, its efficiency for such a heavy vehiclepartly down to its aerodynamic design.
It will set the buyer back £1.9million and boast an area which expands to 430 sq ft, making it twice as expensive per square foot as the most lavish properties in London's exclusive Hampstead postcode.
That's just the starting price.



据英国《每日邮报》10月18日报道，全球最贵房车正等待买主：标价190万英镑。

由奥地利房车公司马奇移动制造的这辆豪华房车，名为"元素"，车身长40英尺，配有215平方英尺的伸展式屋顶露台，地暖设施以及一间酒吧。
这辆极为现代的房车内部包括一间能容纳40英寸大屏幕彩电的超大主卧、一间配置齐全的浴室、独立卫生间、休息室以及装有双层床的驾驶室。

"元素"可装配无线网络，壁炉，监控录像和卫星电视，其车身外部还涂有荧光颜料以保证夜间的安全行驶。

但是该车令人印象最深刻的莫过于它的"天空休息室"了，只要按下一个按钮便可开启，同时还配备地暖设施和酒吧。

马奇移动公司说"元素"重达20吨，每公里耗油量13加仑。510马力的引擎能使其最高时速达到93公里。对于这样的重型车辆来说能达到如此的效能在一定程度要归功于其空气动力学的设计。

该车面积可以扩大到430平方英尺，定价为190万英镑。每平方英尺的价格将是伦敦汉普斯特（伦敦地价最高地段）高级地段价格的两倍。

这还只是起拍价而已。

• expensive [ik´spensiv] a.费钱的，昂贵的 (初中英语单词)
• working [´wə:kiŋ] a.工人的；劳动的 (初中英语单词)
• button [´bʌtn] n.钮扣 vt.扣上(扣子) (初中英语单词)
• capable [´keipəbəl] a.有能力；能干的 (初中英语单词)
• partly [´pɑ:tli] ad.部分地；不完全地 (初中英语单词)
• terrace [´terəs] n.梯田 vt.使成梯田 (高中英语单词)
• toilet [´tɔilit] n.梳妆(台)；卫生间 (高中英语单词)
• fireplace [´faiəpleis] n.壁炉，炉灶 (高中英语单词)
• impressive [im´presiv] a.给人深刻印象的 (高中英语单词)
• relatively [´relətivli] ad.比较地；相对地 (高中英语单词)
• efficiency [i´fiʃənsi] n.效力；效率；有能力 (高中英语单词)
• exclusive [ik´sklu:siv] a.独有的；集中的 (高中英语单词)
• vehicle [´vi:ikəl] n.车辆；媒介物 (英语四级单词)
• bathroom [´bɑ:θrum, -ru:m] n.浴室；盥洗室 (英语四级单词)
• lounge [laundʒ] n.懒洋洋的姿势；闲逛 (英语四级单词)
• lavish [´læviʃ] a.慷慨的；浪费的 (英语四级单词)
• satellite [´sætəlait] n.(人造)卫星；随从 (英语六级单词)