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      08-12-2009, 11:10 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by xDrive50i View Post
Also notice how there are different speakers used in the rear doors compared the the regular 7series models!

I find it also interesting that the windows are not tinted....

Still, it is interesting that they made a security version of the 7...
They also offered the previous generation in a security edition.

I agree on the tinted windows.

Unlike U.S. security editions (Ford & GM) this car is engineered from the ground up. It's not kevlar and rolled steel added on after it comes off the production line. Careful attention is paid to the driving dynamics. It's ashamed to fight off an attack only to roll the vehicle egressing because it's too heavy. I wonder when they are going to offer a counter measure that negates remotely actuated bombs?

Mercedes has been in the "risk management" field a good deal longer than BMW. They also have a heavy equipment manufacturing capacity they can draw from. They have been protecting African and South American dictators from coups since the 1960's.
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