RE: Armoured Range Rover

[petrol_noggin]

dcb said:

petrol_noggin said:

A non armoured model will happily chug it down at a rate of 8MPG, and I expect this one to also have the standard 100 litre capacity.

FFS.

Nearly 100 quid for a tank of fuel.

In my day it was four bob a gallon and there were
no speed limits on the M1.

Actually £109.50 has been my record, a few times I've had to fill, pay then fill the rest and pay again due to a limiter at the petrol station Ive honed it now however, and can achieve 20mpg at 60 mph.

[900T-R]

A remark about the article itself - sod a honking big picture of a Rangie that looks like every other one on the road - it's the thickness of the glass and most of all those 'aftermarket buttons" (labeled 'EJECT'? ) that we want to see!

[jumpingloci]

Yeah, sorry about the lack of images guys.

I'm trying to get hold of some more as none of the ones I took on the day came out. Needless to say, the glass must be an inch or more thick and apart from the two buttons, the interior is a mirror image of a stangard Rangie. A very cool vehicle and the best thing about it is the fact that in terms of looks and the way it drives, you would never tell it apart from the standard model.

Also, I forgot to say thanks to brake specialists, Alcon, who provided the test vehicle. Cheers guys

[burtjp]

robdickinson said:

Wonder how the fire brigade's jaws of life would cope if you ran into something tougher than your armoured rangie...

like a tree after the momentum of 4 tonnes has thrown you off the road

[School boy]

It would be cool to have those brakes and that suspension on a standard range rover.

[bigd1877]

The level 6B armoured landcruiser will withstand more of a blast then the Range Rover.
A mate wrote off 3 range rovers in Baghdad last year just by pushing other vehicles out the way. I was blown up 3 times by a roadside bomb (IED's on route Mobile for people in the know)in a landcruiser and I'm still here great wagons and cost less too at $140,000 each.

But the Range Rover does look great

[rgubbioli]

Agree that in places like the UK this is pretty useless, but where I come from (Sao Paulo, Brazil) this is the ultimate car. For anything remotely fancy (and I mean BMW series and above) over there it needs to be bullet proof otherwise you seriously risk your life to drugged up criminals.

Of course, the option I have used so far (and much cheaper) is to but the cheapest car (Fiat Uno, they still do them over there) and blend in with the zillions other ones on the road.

[3doorpete]

I know it's an old post revival, but anyone know what company actually does the armouring on these??

Cheers

[Sharief]

I think Land Rover do it themselves. www.landrover.com/gb/en/Vehicles/New_Range_Rover/Armoured_Sales.htm

[fto2tuscan]

Sharief said:

I think Land Rover do it themselves. www.landrover.com/gb/en/Vehicles/New_Range_Rover/Armoured_Sales.htm

Nope, they have a company based in Britanny that do the armouring there. The testing is carried out there and by QinetiQ. Someone mentioned previously that this was a feature in Lusso Mag at the start of September... but here's that link again: www.lussoluxury.com/content.asp/read-109092006153225/Life-Support.html

[S80RTE]

sjg said:

article said:

Weighing in at four tonnes

I'm guessing it's classed as a HGV then, as it's over 3,500kg. So people with a regular car licence can't drive it.

Interestingly, it's cheaper to tax - a "private HGV" is charged a flat rate of £165 rather than the £210 you'd be charged otherwise.

Edited by sjg on Friday 22 September 19:37

Not sure about now but when i passed my test 20 years ago we were allowed to drive up to 7,500kg after turning 21

[Titanium lover]

fto2tuscan said:

Sharief said:

I think Land Rover do it themselves. http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/Vehicles/New_Range_...

Nope, they have a company based in Britanny that do the armouring there. The testing is carried out there and by QinetiQ. Someone mentioned previously that this was a feature in Lusso Mag at the start of September... but here's that link again: http://www.lussoluxury.com/content.asp/read-109092...

Most MOD vehicles are now 'sorted" in the UK. But a good assassin will check the specs of a target car and know its 'clean "areas. A well known Drug dealer in the 90's was shot in a Armored mercedes .The assassin knew the spec of the car and how to "gain entry"

[Rich_W]

bigd1877 said:

A mate wrote off 3 range rovers in Baghdad last year just by pushing other vehicles out the way.

And people wonder why the indiginous population hate the "liberation" actions sanctioned by our governments.

[LeeThePeople]

Swampy wont be throwing anything at it, he's dead iirc

[GKP]

[Titanium lover]

Rich_W said:

bigd1877 said:

A mate wrote off 3 range rovers in Baghdad last year just by pushing other vehicles out the way.

And people wonder why the indiginous population hate the "liberation" actions sanctioned by our governments.

Most good security units there tend to use more 'local" type vehicles

[gtidriver]

I watched on discovery channel a documentry about armored cars and im sure the windscreen has a explosive charge in the side of it and when set off blows out the windscreen to aide escape in emergencies.Then again i could be wrong..

[raharley]

failing to see how an armoured rangie is any better than a normal one after an rpg has been fired at a wheel.

[mitch78]

sjg said:

article said:

Weighing in at four tonnes

I'm guessing it's classed as a HGV then, as it's over 3,500kg. So people with a regular car licence can't drive it.

No, as it quite clearly isn't a goods vehicle, just a very heavy 4 passenger car.

[EDLT]

mitch78 said:

sjg said:

article said:

Weighing in at four tonnes

I'm guessing it's classed as a HGV then, as it's over 3,500kg. So people with a regular car licence can't drive it.

No, as it quite clearly isn't a goods vehicle, just a very heavy 4 passenger car.

The DVLA won't see it like that, its too sensible.