Cars
The Market for Bulletproof Vehicles Is Skyrocketing
It’s not just in Brazil and Nigeria. Demand in the United States is higher than ever.
An Audi armored by ArmorMax and owned by Jeff Engen, the founder of AddArmor.
Photographer: Jeff Engen
The 2020 Range Rover Sentinel, which debuted in March, contains more than a ton of ballistic steel plate and armored glass inside its body.
It can withstand a pipe bomb exploding from point-blank range and can weather rounds of bullets shot by AK-47s, AR-15s, and 9 mm pistols. Its 510-horsepower V8 engine can ford deep water, descend steep mountains, and sprint at 120 mph—an admirable feat considering that the Sentinel weighs 10,000 pounds, more than twice the weight of a regular Range Rover.