Toyota Land Cruiser is one of the most popular SUVs on the planet and has been around for decades.
Have you ever wondered why VVIPs like PM Modi use Toyota Land Cruiser as the preferred choice to make an armoured vehicle? Well, we shall attempt to answer that question in depth in this blog. An SUV like Land Cruiser needs no introduction. It has been around since World War 2. At that time, it was used in the war. But with time, Toyota thought that it could launch the Land Cruiser, due to its ruggedness and reliability, for the mass market too. That is what gave birth to the Land Cruiser for the masses in the mid-1950s in the USA. In a few years, it emerged as the best-selling Toyota in the country. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Armoured Toyota Land Cruiser
This video has been uploaded by Biturbo Media on YouTube. The YouTuber explains that the Land Cruiser is the most commonly used vehicle to be converted into an armoured car by celebrities from across the world. This includes the likes of top politicians like PM Modi, as well as top stars like Salman Khan. There are various steps to convert any regular car into an armoured vehicle. This incorporates things like adding ballistic-grade steel to the body, ballistic glass made from leaded glass and polycarbonate glass. robust bumpers and tyres that can travel some distance even after being punctured and re-built mechanisms including mechanical components and engine upgrades to carry the added load.
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It must be understood that while all these are added accessories, the car on which these modifications are done must have a strong foundation, to begin with. The Land Cruiser is known for being a tough SUV since time immemorial. In fact, that was the reason for its inception during the war days. On top of that, it is widely regarded as one of the most reliable SUVs on the planet. Its engines and components are designed to last for decades which is why people have done a million miles in these.
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What We Think
We know that insane durability is associated with Toyota cars in general, and Land Cruiser SUV in particular. In fact, that can also be ascertained from the fact that the prices of the used Land Cruisers are almost as high as their initial asking price. The current-gen model boasts a waiting period of an unbelievable 4 years. Therefore, the fact that these engines and cars are so reliable is the main reason to choose the Land Cruiser over any other car to be converted into an armoured car for the VVIPs. In recent times, Toyota has even worked a lot on its interiors and creature comforts to pamper the stars. We can’t think of any other car that is better suited for this job.
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