Having already showed its prowess by armouring Toyota Land Cruisers and Hiluxs, Ford Ranges, Volkswagen Amaroks and astir recently, the Nissan Patrol, Armoured conveyance manufacturer, SVI Engineering, has acceptable its sights connected the Mercedes-Benz V-Class buyers volition beryllium capable to bid from September this year.

Level of protection

A associated task with the three-pointed star, the B4 bundle adds astir 400 kg to the V-Class’ 2 145 kg kerb mass, and comprises 21 mm ballistics glass, customized armoured alloy plates integrated into the extortion pillars and lightweight Kevlar panels.

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Able to withstand attacks from handguns up to and including a .44 Magnum, the bundle tin beryllium substantiated further by an optional PA strategy and B4 upgrades to the level and roof.

Aesthetically and internally, the armoured V-Class remains unchanged and arsenic a effect of being based connected the top-spec V300d, derives information from the 2.0-litre OM 654 turbodiesel motor that pumps-out 174kW/500Nm routed to the rear wheels done the 9G Tronic automatic transmission.

Mercedes-Benz approves

“We instrumentality large pleasance successful announcing the availability of this peculiar B4 conversion of the V-Class, successful collaboration with SVI Engineering,” Mercedes-Benz Vans South Africa Head of Product and Marketing, Marinus Venter, said.

“The B4-armoured V-Class retains the luxurious spaciousness and show of the archetypal vehicle, but with the added payment of ballistic protection. We spot that this added information volition supply our customers with much bid of caput connected the road”.

SVI CEO Jaco de Kock added, “Over the past fewer years, we’ve noticed an uptick successful request for armoured luxury radical movers. There’s nary amended illustration of this genre of conveyance than the V-Class, truthful we were delighted to spouse with Mercedes-Benz Vans South Africa to marque this OEM-backed conversion a reality”.

Price

Priced from R960 750, which excludes the V300d itself, the B4 bundle carries SVI’s modular one-year/50 000 km warranty successful summation to the seven-year/140 000 km attraction program each V-Class’ person arsenic standard.

Retailing from R1 754 412, the V300d scope spans 3 derivatives, Avantgarde, AMG Line and Exclusive with the mid-range variant carrying a sticker of R1 843 022 and the second a starting terms of R2 042 471.

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