BMW 7 Series Protection is ultimate fort on wheels, can thwart bullets, bombs

If you thought the BMW 7 Series is the ultimate in opulence, you may have been right all along. But sometimes, just sometimes, sheer luxury isn’t enough for a certain exclusive clientele who prioritise safety over everything else.

And for such individuals, the BMW 7 Series Protection has been officially driven out in India. The German luxury car brand claims that the 7 Series Protection retains all the grandeur and magnificence of the 7 Series but is engineered to serve one solitary purpose – to keep occupants safe from a plethora of risks.

The BMW7 Series is for the rich and famous. The BMW 7 Series Protection is for the rich, famous and high-risk individuals. It may look nearly identical to the 7 Series – an essential pre-requisite to ensure it remains inconspicuous in a convoy. But it is at its core is where the real differences are at.

Weighing in at a little over 4.5 tonnes, the BMW 7 Series Protection is a massively heavy vehicle. Each reinforced door of the vehicle, in fact, weighs 400 kilos. But for all the weight, the sedan has to be extremely agile to make quick getaways if and when required. But while the 4.4-litre V8 petrol motor under the hood helps the vehicle produce 530 hp and offer 750 Nm of torque, and while it has a top speed of 210 kmph, and while it can fire from 0 to 100 kmph in just 6.6 seconds, the BMW 7 Series Protection can also stand still and take hits on its proverbial chest.

While BMW does not expect any owner of the BMW 7 Series Protection to be anywhere except in the back seats of the vehicle, the front part of the model does offer a long list of features, including a curved display screen.

BMW 7 Series Protection: A luxury tank

Whether is is the armoured body of the BMW 7 Series Protection or the reinforced bolstering on the roof to thwart attacks from drones or special reinforcement on the underbody or the 75 mm bullet and blast-resistance armoured window glass, this here is a vehicle that claims to take it all and still be fighting fit. Even the 20-inch tyres on the model can run a distance of 30 kilometres at 80 kmph when entirely deflated – crucial if bullets are fired at these. And then there is the self-sealing fuel tank that helps prevent fuel loss in case the lid is specifically targeted and fired upon.