Luxury Electric Car for Kids Comes With 4-Wheel Drive, Sound System

Luxury Electric Car for Kids Comes With 4-Wheel Drive, Sound System

Posted by maghestra on Thursday, March 20, 2014 0

The Henes Broon F Series is the sporty option in this luxury kids-car lineup. Photos by Henes Co., Ltd.

The Henes Broon F Series is the sporty option in this luxury kids-car lineup.Photos by Henes Co., Ltd. The Broon M Series has your preschooler's sedan needs covered. The fully loaded version of each car costs around $800. Photos by Henes Co., Ltd.

The Broon M Series has your preschooler's sedan needs covered. The fully loaded version of each car costs around $800.Photos by Henes Co., Ltd. The Broon T Series is an SUV -- minus the gas-guzzling, because these cars are electric and four feet long. Photos by Henes Co., Ltd.

The Broon T Series is an SUV -- minus the gas-guzzling, because these cars are electric and four feet long.Photos by Henes Co., Ltd. The Broon cars have a modular design that allows different bodies to be placed on the same high-end chassis. Photos by Henes Co., Ltd.

The Broon cars have a modular design that allows different bodies to be placed on the same high-end chassis.Photos by Henes Co., Ltd. The Broon's highest-end models include a 7-inch Android tablet that doubles as the car's dashboard and infotainment system. Photos by Henes Co., Ltd.

The Broon's highest-end models include a 7-inch Android tablet that doubles as the car's dashboard and infotainment system.Photos by Henes Co., Ltd. The glossy, 90-page brochure for the Henes Broon cars is equally impressive and extends the luxury-car experience to the shopping end of the equation. Photos by Tim Moynihan

The glossy, 90-page brochure for the Henes Broon cars is equally impressive and extends the luxury-car experience to the shopping end of the equation.Photos by Tim Moynihan A peek inside the Henes Broon brochure. This is the M series sedan. You could read the Broon brochure for a few minutes before realizing that these are kids' cars. Photos by Tim Moynihan/WIRED

A peek inside the Henes Broon brochure. This is the M series sedan. You could read the Broon brochure for a few minutes before realizing that these are kids' cars.Photos by Tim Moynihan/WIRED

If your lemonade stand has strong sales this summer, you might be able to buy a new scooter. But that kid who owns a chain of neighborhood lemonade stands from Elm St. to Main? The kid who pops his Garanimals polo-shirt collar? That kid rolls in a third-generation Henes Broon.

The Broon is an electric luxury car for kids, and its high-end features go far beyond its absurdly slick exterior. Inside and out, these 4-foot-long vehicles are more like miniature cars than toys.

We’re talking independent suspension systems, disc brakes, differential steering regulated by aluminum-alloy gear trains, and four-wheel drive on the fully loaded versions (yes, there are tiered configuration options for each model). They also have a hood, trunk, and doors that open as they would on a full-size car, as well as functional headlights, turn signals, brake lights, and tail lights.

Those luxe features extend to the main cabin, where the Broon cars are available with a swank leather seat, an MP3 player with stereo speakers, and a removable 7-inch Android tablet that doubles as the car’s dashboard and infotainment center. There’s also a “simulation mode” available via the tablet that teaches kids how to drive and lets them race digital cars onscreen. The cars come with a Bluetooth remote so that parents can prevent youngsters from pulling a Jack Kerouac or Thelma and Louise.

If you don’t like one of the three existing body styles — the F series is the sports car, the T series is like an open-top Hummer, and the M series is a sedan — the Broon series offers an ingenious solution: The car chassis has a modular design that allows for different bodies to snap right on top of it in parts. Henes is working with major car companies — Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and Jaguar among others — on licensing mini-sized versions of their rides.

Even flipping through the Broon series’ 90-page glossy catalog simulates the experience of buying a real high-end car. Don’t expect a lot of horsepower though: Each car tops out at about 10mph, which can be adjusted down to about 5mph if parents want to curb their little speed freaks.

Prices haven’t been finalized for the cars yet, but a Henes representative at Toy Fair in New York told me the fully loaded versions of the F series, T series, and M series will go for around $800. There are entry-level options of each car that don’t include the leather seat, the 7-inch tablet, the independent suspension system, four-wheel drive, and other features.

Your move, Shriners.

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