The Skoda Superb Armoured Edition can withstand grenades and gunfire - we've driven it 💥
► Perfect for lowkey protection dutyis airborne and news in 2023? Look more closely. See how the edges of the windows seem to encroach a little more than normal into the glass area? From the outside that’s the only clue this isn’t any oldIt’s probably also the most expensive Skoda you’ve ever set eyes on. Exact costs are a trade secret – and vary with spec – but the guiding price we’ve been given for a new one of these is upwards of £150,000.
To achieve the first part of this, UTAC Special Vehicles takes a conventional Superb, strips the interior and reinforces the bodysides, roof, floorpan and bulkheads. The bodysides are particularly impressive, as they’re hot formed single-piece panels developed using 3D scanning technology to hug the contours of the base vehicle as closely as possible.
All told, the armoured Superb is 800-900kg heavier than the standard car. A total of about 2,600kg before you add people.That’s where the second part of the PAS 301 standard comes in – and probably takes up at least as much of UTAC’s time as developing the physical armouring. The goal here is to deliver a car that’s as easy to drive as that egg-like ordinary model.
In some respects, it is obvious this isn’t a standard car almost as soon as you start moving. There’s a granite-like heft and solidity to the way it passes over the road surface, delivering the kind of placid ride control you typically experience in heavy – usually luxurious – road cars.
It’s not hard to imagine how this kind of capability could be handy when evading or pursuing. Ditto the tyre retention system that enables safer stopping following deflation.This 30,000-mile-old example is a top-spec 276bhp 2.0-litre turbo petrol 4×4, and certainly doesn’t struggle to get along the road when required – helped by sharp reactions from the standard-fit seven-speed DSG transmission. And those Alcon brakes are mighty.
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