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Range Rover Sentinel is Land Rover SVO's Idea of an Armored SUV, We Already Feel Safer

For those of you thinking the Range Rover can't go higher than the Autobiography version, we kindly invite you to read more about the Range Rover Sentinel created by Land Rover's SVO division.
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The first thing you need to know about the Sentinel is that it's based on the top-spec Range Rover Autobiography, but was spiced with ballistic, fragmentation and blast resistance. In other words, we're dealing with an armoured SUV.

Land Rover officials call it a "mobile fortress", and for good reason. Just allow us to tell you more about the amount of protection that found its way into this Range Rover.

For starters, you should know the SVO division decided to work on the SUV's Dynamic Stability Control and Ride Stability Control systems. As a result, the Sentinel was granted with a maximum payload capacity of 650 kg (1433 lbs).

The excess weight demanded a re-tuned suspension system, so let's see what kind of hardware made the SUV heavier than it already was.

This is the moment you find the Range Rover was imbued with VR8 level certification. For some, this might just look like two letter and a number, but in the armoured-car realm, it means the SUV can now withstand 7.62 mm high-velocity, armour piercing incendiary bullets. Yup, it's a fortress alright, given then fact that its lateral protection can keep at bay as much as 15 kg TNT blasts.

The roof and the floor have not been neglected, so if the bad guys try to use DM51 grenades on you, rest assured: the Sentinel can deal with those as well without compromising the safety of those inside.

Speaking of passenger safety, the Sentinel's six-piece passenger compartment is made of super-high-strength-steel. Now, you don't have to hire Jason Statham to drive the Sentinel for you, but it goes without saying a skilled driver is compulsory.

One of the reasons is that he will have to handle the full wrath of a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 mill good for 340 horsepower.

If you feel like your life depends on it, you can order the Range Rover Sentinel armored SUV starting next month, for a sticker of €400,000. That's $446,169 at current exchange rates.

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