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georgl · 04-24-2006, 03:02 PM

"better than the factory armored car?"
No, that would be extremly unlikely:

1. MB has decades of experience with amored cars, maybe even more than every other company still working.

2. The factory armored cars become armored with the knowledge of the construction (they always have the armored version in mind while constructing the ordinary car)

3. They become armored in an very early stage of production, while these external companys need to take complete cars and need to disassemble them.

There are so many things that can go wrong with a armored car, it starts with optical distortions, overloading chassis, bodys and even door joints...
Another big problem are "weak zones" which are very often not properly armored with cheaper solutions.

The only reasons for those companys are solutions, which are to dangerous or not matching philosophy and therefore are not avaible at factory.
And of course: the price...

The cheapest armor (B4) for the E-Class costs ~60.000€ that are more than 70.000$! For the armor alone - you still need to pay the car ;-)

All the german politicians drive factory armored cars - think of it...

04-24-2006, 03:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
georgl Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: The Centigon Armored Mercedes S-Class Limousine "better than the factory armored car?" No, that would be extremly unlikely: 1. MB has decades of experience with amored cars, maybe even more than every other company still working. 2. The factory armored cars become armored with the knowledge of the construction (they always have the armored version in mind while constructing the ordinary car) 3. They become armored in an very early stage of production, while these external companys need to take complete cars and need to disassemble them. There are so many things that can go wrong with a armored car, it starts with optical distortions, overloading chassis, bodys and even door joints... Another big problem are "weak zones" which are very often not properly armored with cheaper solutions. The only reasons for those companys are solutions, which are to dangerous or not matching philosophy and therefore are not avaible at factory. And of course: the price... The cheapest armor (B4) for the E-Class costs ~60.000€ that are more than 70.000$! For the armor alone - you still need to pay the car ;-) All the german politicians drive factory armored cars - think of it...