Rent An Armoured Range Rover

Hertz is now offering an armoured Range Rover for daily rental.
Whether this reflects real security worries or is just the latest fad amongst people with more money than sense remains to be seen. The car, which would cost £185,000 to buy, features under-body and floor protection, multi-laminate armoured glass, an anti-tamper exhaust, a fuel-supply override switch, in-vehicle oxygen supply, an intercom system, run-flat tyres and a self-sealing fuel tank.

Rental will cost £1,000 per day and the vehicle is available from the Marble Arch office in London. Rather amusingly, Hertz says that a minimum 72 hours notice is required “to enable comprehensive checks to be made into potential customers”. Presumably, they need to check that the car is being rented to deter crime rather than perpetrate it - an armoured Range Rover would make the ultimate ram-raid vehicle.

(this article was taken from motoring.reuters.co.uk)

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