The armoured X5 looks a lot like the old one, and any other model, but then that's exactly the point...
Every main character needs a sidekick, a buddy to help out when duty calls. That’s the role played by this new X5 Protection VR6, a car BMW says is ‘ideally suited to the role of support vehicle alongside the new protection vehicles based. The bomb shelter-spec saloons are there to shuffle at-risk dignitaries wherever they must, with the muscle provided by the big and burly SUVs. Quite the convoy they look set to make, too.
Much of the X5’s safety kit is recognisable from the saloons. High-strength steel is ‘harmoniously integrated’ around the doors, roof, sides and bulkhead; there’s an armoured partition for the boot and aluminium splinter guard underneath, so it’s pretty tough. The clever self-sealing fuel tank features as well. Those after maximum security can opt for ‘extended underbody armouring’ on top of ‘additional armouring for the roof’.
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