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Old 09-25-13, 10:13 PM
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Why won't it be sold in North America? I know I don't have the money right now, but if I did I wouldn't mind having that for winter driving.
If I ever had kids, this is what I'd want to pick them up from school in
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Default $1.35M buys a Mercedes G63 6x6 that's bulletproof

$1.35M buys a Mercedes G63 6x6 that's bulletproof


Unstoppable. That's what comes to mind when images of the Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6 cross our screen, as it's usually annihilating some barren stretch of desert. In reality, though, the über-G-Wagen isn't all that unstoppable - it may have six-wheel drive, but it's a car, more or less like any other.

That's why Texas Armoring has essentially made the monstrous Mercedes impervious to bullets, up to the kind of rounds one would find in an AK-47, M16 or other military-derived boom-boom stick. Yes, a trip to Texas Armoring will stop a 7.62x63-millimeter (also known as a .30-06 Springfield) bullet in its tracks. Sounds just about perfect if you plan on driving around the scenic vistas that make up the world's conflict hotspots.

Unlike the Brabus variant shown at Frankfurt, though, Texas Armoring doesn't do anything to the engine, and while there's no shortage of love for the AMG powerplant, adding what Auto Bild suspects is nearly a half-ton of weight without upping the power will probably hurt its performance. We wonder if we could get an armored Brabus?

Aftermarket tunes aside, the armor package for the 6x6 bumps the price up past seven figures, to $1.35 million. But really, after Texas Armoring has its way with it, this thing has more in common with a tank than a car. $1.35 million doesn't seem like such a bad deal, all things considered.
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/30/m...6-bulletproof/
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Default Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6 is somewhere on American soil right now

Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6 is somewhere on American soil right now



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Old 02-04-14, 05:59 PM
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It will be appearing on Top Gear this season. Hamster driving it over some sand dunes.
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baddest MB ever?
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Originally Posted by JessePS
It will be appearing on Top Gear this season. Hamster driving it over some sand dunes.
excellent, thanks for the heads up
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
$1.35M buys a Mercedes G63 6x6 that's bulletproof




http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/30/m...6-bulletproof/

now that's the ultimate zombie proof beast. walking dead, are you reading this?
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Old 05-06-14, 06:12 PM
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oops hahahaha
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That Mercedes is dug in pretty deep, do you think that Land Cruiser will be able to pull it down that hill?
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It's missing a 50 cal mounted machine gun. LoL.
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Originally Posted by dapimpee
It's missing a 50 cal mounted machine gun. LoL.
Agreed.

Or better yet, a Gatling Gun



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I'm sure they could have dug it out + with a combination of air suspension and self inflating tires they could have done it, just would have taken longer
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For those in SoCal, Weistec in Santa Ana imports and tunes these beasts. They had a grey one in the shop when I was there last month.
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