Called the S-Guard, Mercedes’ wheeled fortress features a body impregnated with an undisclosed “special, reinforced” steel. To ensure the car is impervious in the event of a firefight engineers have layered steel plates one over the other to eliminate vulnerable areas, including the vehicle’s undercarriage. Accompanying its armored shell the S-Guard is packed with aramid fibers to arrest splintering projectiles and comes with thick, polycarbonate-coated glass.
Though its rugged construction underpins the S-Guard ideal, the auto still retains all of Mercedes’ timeless sophistication. Sporting an onboard air ionizer and fragrancer alongside a touch screen telephone and fully reclining seats, an S-Guard passenger will feel as though they are in the lap of luxury rather than a mobile stronghold.
For the time being Mercedes hasn’t disclosed the price of its most secure vehicle. However its base model, the S600, starts around $166,000. With all its additional security features I suspect the S-Guard will run just north of $250k.
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