At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, BMW has setup a "secret room" where some of their high-profile customers were allowed to see the BMW 760i Loftier Security vehicle. Due to the extensive changes made to the production vehicle, BMW has renamed the security 7er to F03. Recently, the Security Vehicle were transferred under the command of M Division and therefore our recent interview with Dr. Kay Segler, BMW Yard dominate, took place in this hugger-mugger room as well. Our sister-magazine BimmerToday took the time to photograph the car from up-close.

The BMW 760i High Security and the BMW 750i High Security are the commencement models in the earth to be certified to BRV 2009 and both vehicles meet the requirements of the new ballistic protection level VR7. Due to their highly constructive protective armor, the non-transparent body areas of the BMW 760Li High Security and the BMW 750Li High Security come across the requirements of the ballistic protection level VR9.

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Both models have an electronically limited height speed of 210 km/h. The newly adult V12 unit of the BMW 760i Loftier Security outputs 544 hp at an engine speed of v,250 rpm. Elevation torque of 750 Nm comes at 1,500 rpm. The 6.0-liter 12-cylinder engine is matted to the ZF eight-speed automated transmission, taking the BMW 760i High Security from zero to 100 km/h in as niggling as 6.two seconds.

Specific chassis components are perfectly adapted to the increase in weight due to the sedans' armor plating. Hence, reinforced suspension, dampers and break strut pinnacle mountings are part of the model-specific component range. This approach ensures finely-tuned vehicle performance characteristics that cannot be achieved by retrofitted armor plating.

Reinforced vehicle-specific armour plating made from special steel equally well every bit newly adult condom glazing protect the rider compartment in particular from attacks of all kinds. The rider compartment is protected by armour plating of the doors, the roof, the pillars, the front footwell and the separation wall between rider and luggage compartments. The steel panels, which were manufactured by means of a special technique, fit the body contours perfectly. The model-specific gap sealing ensures that critical areas such as door cut and body joint lines are safely sealed.

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The sedans' undercarriage is armored by special plating which was developed with a particular focus on maximum explosion protection. Some other new development is the sedans' ii.4" (half dozen cm) safety glazing. Due to its innovative construction, the multi-layer laminated drinking glass cover provides a unique level of resistance. The window panes are covered with a polycarbonate layer on the inside in order to foreclose shattered drinking glass particles from penetrating the interior.

The stopping distances of the heavy 760i High Security vehicles are significantly longer than in normal sedans.

About of the BMW 7 Serial High Security customers come from the Middle East or Russia. Customers in the United states of america are nonetheless to be named.