A Canadian firm is pushing out its first-ever stretched and armoured Mercedes-Benz G63 SUV limousine, and is already working on another one, which will be based on a newer model.
The Toronto-based company, INKAS Armoured Vehicle Manufacturing, created this line for the G63 executive limo this past summer. The vehicles built are bullet- and- grenade-proof on the outside and luxurious on the inside. According to Philip Daskal, the vice-president of INKAS, the line was built due to the growing demand for vehicles of this nature.
The SUV was built entirely in Canada and features a 60-inch stretch in the middle of the vehicle. The armour is tough enough to withstand two simultaneous grenade blasts or 7.6mm-calibre 308 Winchester bullets.
The new type of bullet-proof glass used here is more transparent than that of most rivals. It also has a special solution, unique to INKAS, that allows the window to be rolled down.
Interior features include captain’s chairs that have massage, heating and cooling functions, as well as a safe, a bar and a TV built into the driver-passenger partition.
This model is expected to debut this month, but INKAS is working on another armoured limousine, based on the newer-generation G-Class Mercedes-Benz SUV.
INKAS does not only put its armour on luxury vehicles, but regular ones as well – such as the Toyota Camry.
The Toyota Camry is equipped with blast protection in the floor, AK-47-proof glass, a fire suppression system, run-flat tires and a six-figure price tag. According to Daskal, INKAS sells a few hundred of these a year thanks to the car’s ability to blend in with daily traffic.
The company, INKAS Armoured Vehicles was developed by a former Russian police officer, David Khazanski, who moved to Canada in 1990. Today, INKAS thrives mostly where social society is failing, earning contracts in places such as Nigeria and Colombia. The company employs 150 people that build 55 vehicles a month, ranging from the Camry to 16-passenger troop carriers.
