Jag releases armoured car
New bullet-proof XJ can protect you from...?
Jaguar Armoured XJ Long Wheelbase
Costing from £199,000 and designed in concert with armoured vehicle specialist Centigon, it offers protection from firearms and blast attack, robbery, kidnap and car jacking. Jag predicted that it "will become the car of choice for heads of state, high profile business people, diplomats and celebrities throughout the world."
You're unlikely to notice the difference from the outside, and Jag won't unveil many specifics for security reasons but modifications include:
- Laminated glazing -- bullet resistant borosilicate glazing is designed to withstand a comprehensive range of hand guns and assault rifles.
- Underbody protection
- Armour -- the armoured body shell is reinforced with ballistic resistant steel and underfloor protection is provided by high-tech Kevlar fibre material. It's designed to prevent penetration of the passenger cell by shrapnel or blast fragments.
- Run flat tyres -- these allow the car to travel safely up to 30 miles at speeds of 50 mph when punctured or deflated.
- Other security features include a tamper-proof exhaust, intercom system, self sealing fuel tank, cabin with its own oxygen supply and a titanium armoured roof.
Chassis and dynamics
The chassis has been adapted to compensate for the additional weight and a potentially more aggressive driving style with reinforced springs and dampers -- though you lose the air suspension in favour of standard steel springs as a result. The car gets strengthened and tuned Bilstein B46 dampers and bespoke Eibach springs manufactured from ultra strength silicon alloy -- a combination tuned to optimise the balance between ride, comfort and body control, according to Jaguar.
A retuned variable assisted steering system with an increased pressure flow power steering pump realigns the increased mass of the armoured vehicle to the steering effort inputs of the driver. The car is also fitted with opposed six-pot Alcon mono-block brake callipers to the front of the vehicle and four-pot callipers to the rear, along with performance friction material brake pads and larger ventilated discs for improved braking performance.
Accreditation
The vehicle has undergone extensive ballistic and blast testing by the independent test agency QinetiQ -- which used to be the MOD's research agency -- and has been accredited to European standard EN 1063 levels BR5 & BR6.
Jaguar's new global aftersales support programme includes support in remote territories, including four scheduled visits per year by a Jaguar technician. Owners of the armoured XJ are offered tailored armoured driver training programmes, helping them to understand the differences in vehicle handling characteristics that such a high level of protection brings with it.
And you can always get Jaguar to add protection to your specification, as long as your credit limit will stretch to it. So when you call the car bullet-proof, you'll mean it...
Mercedes 4-matic equipped armoured cars make much more sense and will do a far better job of getting you out of the sh1t.
xander said:
YarisSi said:Apparently to ram a road block you roll slowly up to the weak point and then when in contact accelerate. That way you don't feck your own car. Its on the 4car website one of the bmw features.
just don't try that in a Yaris
...what, accelerating... :-)
>> Edited by j44esd on Thursday 24th November 14:28
anyway, about 30 miles later your tyres give up and you still get caught...£200k later, your still caught...i don't see the point
honestly, money could so easily be better spent!!
jas16 said:
run flat tyres...imagine u've just been ambushed and u've somehow managed to get out in the car, but your tyres are not in good shape. now ur being chased and im guessing that the people chasing you will have cars that do go faster than 50mph!
anyway, about 30 miles later your tyres give up and you still get caught...£200k later, your still caught...i don't see the point
honestly, money could so easily be better spent!!
I suspect that they've researched the majority of kidnapping (which is what these really sell for, especially in South America) or assasination attempts happen in built up urban areas where ambushes are easy. In that case, speed isn't really an issue as long as the car can move at all and 30 miles is long enough to get to some secure point like an embassy or something or until backup can come in.
I've heard the armored Rolls Phantom had the highest rated protection in the world. Is that still true?
see here for some basic info on the car. Most of the specs are secret.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3278341.stm
dvs_dave said:
Pres. Bush's armoured Cadillac is the toughest armoured car in the world with protection levels not far off the M1 Abrams Tank!!!
see here for some basic info on the car. Most of the specs are secret.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3278341.stm
Pop a request form in to Pipy, see if he'll get you guys in Falcon one!
That's unless you've finished it by now!?
Gentelman said:
run flat tyres...imagine u've just been ambushed and u've somehow managed to get out in the car, but your tyres are not in good shape. now ur being chased and im guessing that the people chasing you will have cars that do go faster than 50mph!
anyway, about 30 miles later your tyres give up and you still get caught...£200k later, your still caught...i don't see the point
honestly, money could so easily be better spent!!
I suspect that they've researched the majority of kidnapping (which is what these really sell for, especially in South America) or assasination attempts happen in built up urban areas where ambushes are easy. In that case, speed isn't really an issue as long as the car can move at all and 30 miles is long enough to get to some secure point like an embassy or something or until backup can come in.
I've heard the armored Rolls Phantom had the highest rated protection in the world. Is that still true?
getting a mile away is reckoned to be adequate.
Attackers don't tend to chase their target, because armed backup is normally on it's way!
The armoured Phantom is interesting.
I'm not sure there's an official one yet, but there are coachbuilders making stretched and armoured versions... but whether the chassis components would still meet BMW durability criteria after adding 2000kg of armour remains to be seen!
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