If you're not familiar with Latvian tuner Dartz,
you should be. Where else will you get a corporate tagline like,
"Bulletproof opulence trusted by billionaires, tzars, superstars,
generals and dictators since 1869?" Last time we heard from the Baltic
maker of amazing was with the Prombron White Horse
in 2014, which was only for the Chinese market. CEO Leonard Yankelovich
and his crew return to the darkness they prefer with this, the Prombron
Black Stallion, which is for everyone; the boss said it will appear in a
studio-backed motion picture, making the Black Stallion the second
entry that we know of in Dartz's movie car division after Sacha Baron
Cohen's "The Dictator." Jalopnik said the truck's name pays respects to a Sikorsky helicopter, likely the Stallion heavy-lift lineup in Sea, Super, and King versions.
Yankelovich told Jalopnik he couldn't reveal the name of the
movie we'll get to see this onyx ingot in, nor could he reveal the
vehicle platform the Black Stallion is based on. Whereas Dartz's
standard creations are built on Mercedes-Benz GLS chassis', it doesn't take much to figure out that we're dealing with Hummer H2
bones here. A since-removed picture of the Black Stallion's interior
could hammer home the point, but the hulking two-box shape that defined
the early 2000s can't be missed.
Frankly, we're totally cool with
this build. Perhaps that's because it's so restrained compared to Dartz
traditional aesthetic, even though the Black Stallion's still a bit
much. Mixing it up with the angular carbon fiber and steel, we're told
there's alligator skin, stingray skin, and genuine wood trim inside. The
recurring motif of a skull in a leather pilot's cap and goggles leads
us to believe the movie character who drives this will love non-stop
action and have a tendency to leave a trail of explosions. We can't wait
to see it.
