The demand for protection often gets accompanied by a need to stay inconspicuous. Land Rover Defender clients won’t find it difficult to acquire both traits, courtesy of the British marquee’s collaboration with vehicle protection specialist TRASCO. The Defender can be configured in lightweight Anti-Kidnap, or A-KIP conversion, which offers protection whilst ensuring the design isn’t distinguishable from the standard car.
Available on the 110 variant of the Defender, this conversion equips lightweight security-grade steel, glass and composite materials for clients comprising government officials and high-net-worth individuals. Clients can choose between VPAM 4 or VPAM 6 levels of ballistic protection.
These VPAM-certified ballistic elements comprise the windscreen, doors and door glass, roof and footwells. A new ballistic rear partition with a window behind the rear seats further provides enhanced protection from rear-ended attacks. The firm is also taking special requests, such as a fire suppression system for the engine. Even government-centric grille-integrated blue light sirens can be installed along with an intercom system, run-flat tires, underbody ballistic protection and a self-sealing mechanism for the fuel tank.
Allan Petty, European Sales Manager, TRASCO, said: “Our inconspicuous in-house designed and manufactured A-KIP® concept was conceived to help protect the most valuable of assets, human life. Discretion is often the best form of defence, and what we have created for Defender allows those who need additional protection to blend in with normal traffic as the vehicle is virtually indistinguishable from a standard model.”
