A Message You Don’t Usually Get
It’s not every day you get a personal message from a company CEO, but if it’s from a company called Dartz Motorz (yes, with Zs), we couldn’t help but pay attention. Leonard Yankelovich has turned this once-obscure Latvian marque into a name recognized far beyond the automotive world, partly because Sacha Baron Cohen put the brand’s gold-plated Prombron SUVs in The Dictator. That cameo cemented Dartz’s place in the internet’s collective memory, linking its armored excess with Hollywood satire.
Now the company says its first American-built model is close. The Prombron Black Stallion CLV will not only mark Dartz’s arrival as a US manufacturer, but it also reinforces its connection to its Russo-Baltic heritage – a lineage the company traces through RBVZ and the workshops that once produced trains, armored vehicles, and early aircraft. This legacy lives on today in the brand’s “Spirit of Victors” identity, represented by a winged Art Deco skull that sits at the heart of the Dartz coat of arms.
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A First Look at the Black Stallion CLV
The teaser images we received show a vehicle front unlike anything else on the road. Dartz calls it the Picassian Sliced Art Deco Grill, a layered metal sculpture that forms a contoured face across the front of the CLV. The pattern is built around the Spirit of Victors emblem, merging the profiles of aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky and rally racer André Nágel into a single Art Deco-inspired mask. It’s a tribute, an identity marker, and a design flex all at the same time.
In the close-up photos, each slice stacks into a deep geometric styling. From a distance, the grille looks closer to architectural metalwork than automotive styling. One of the images shows the face behind vertical bars, giving the impression that the grille is alive inside the vehicle. It’s the kind of design that makes sense coming from a company that has never been shy about spectacle.
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What’s Coming Next
According to Dartz Motorz, the Black Stallion CLV for the US will ride on the GMT 825 frame called WarBones – used by the Hummer H2 and previous Prombron SUVs – plus an AMG-sourced engine. Two editions, Black Platinum and Black Aladeen, will be offered, with the possibility of Gold for buyers who want something louder. Armor protection will remain optional, tailored for clients who want either real ballistic capability or the look of it.
Yankelovich still describes what his company builds as “opulence,” not luxury. With Dartz setting up US assembly and teasing more models for American customers, whatever the company plans to produce in the US, we’re sure it’s going to be as crazy as its previous creations, which sometimes use whale penises.
Here’s a preview of what to expect from Dartz when it arrives in America.
