[OESY]

A BMW security car at a Munich test center. Armored cars
can be bought, or normal sedans can be outfitted.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Wonder how bad the gas mileage is on those babies?

[goldstategop]

A fortune but hey you can't put a price on a human life. Fortunately most of us will never have to live in fear with being marked for death by our enemies. If you're rich or famous and usually both, that comes with the territory. Naturally in that event, you will want the best that money can buy.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Cicero]

Pretty good deal. First the Euros sell the Muslims weapons, rocket launchers, semtex, and cars for suicide bombers to blow themselves up in. Then they sell them the armored cars to survive these weapons. Then they laugh all the way to the bank, while puffing on their Cuban cigars.

[martin_fierro]

One of its earliest models, a 1935 behemoth, the Grand Mercedes, was better known as Emperor Hirohito's limousine. (Hitler had something like it.)

1937 Mercedes-Benz 770 K Grand Mercedes Open Tourer

[finnman69]

Now this is an armored car.

[Paleo Conservative]

Increasingly, the vehicle of choice for this adventure travel is a German luxury sedan clad like a panzer.

I bet the fuel economy on this car sucks, I'm sure Arianna Huffington and her friends will drive these, but the NYT would want ordinary people to take public transportation or drive and underpowered unairconditioned hybrid.

[gatex]

"With governments, private contractors and news organizations all clamoring for cars to protect their employees,"

For some reason, I have the distinct impression that "news organiztions" are quite vocal that average citizens, who cannot afford these armored cars, should be denied guns for self-protection.

[ctdonath2]

Be sure to check out O'Gara-Hess for the best in Bondian tricked-out armored luxury cars.

[Logophile]

Increasingly, the vehicle of choice for this adventure travel is a German luxury sedan clad like a panzer.

If I were worried enough to buy an armored car, I would choose something less conspicuous than a German luxury sedan. Perhaps a plain-vanilla minivan, SUV, or pickup truck.