The largely secret armor is designed to provide protection against machine guns and small explosive devices. BMW took the opportunity of the G7 summit in Schloss Elmau, Bavaria, to present its latest sedan, because the all-electric BMW i7 will actually only be on the market in seven months. However, as BMW emphasizes, the new tank versions have not yet been used, but the normal i7. As Bimmertoday writes, BMW did without an armored version of the previous model of the 7 series in order to present a new fully electric model directly.
Externally, the VIP vehicles do not differ very much from the unarmoured variant. Manufactured in the Dingolfing plant, the armor and other secret modifications are applied by hand. It is not known exactly what protection class the armored BMW i7 achieves. However, since the smaller X5 Protection VR6 can withstand machine gun fire and a lateral explosive charge with up to 15 kg of TNT, the G73 should have at least as much armor.
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This article was written by Christian Lutz
The original of this article “BMW launches the first purely electric tank limousine” comes from EFAHRER.com.
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