BMW E46 330Ci Coupe
230 hp
221 lbs-ft
6-speed manual
0-100 km/h in 6.5 s
Navigation and Bluetooth capabilities
Produced from 1999 – 2006
Some of BMW’s best years, love this styling.
There is one in my dream fleet, ideally an M.
There’s a very expensive luxury sedan segment you don’t see advertised, the Security segment.
BMW Security, Mercedes S-Guard, Audi A8 Security,
Take their largest sedan, add plating, ballistic and new windows, cameras with night vision, instantly seal the cabin for gas attacks, and keep it looking like the regular model – security through obscurity.
Read in on Autonet.ca
Masking the armour beneath factory finishings, so the car looks identical to the non-armoured model.
I’d go for the vehicle’s traffic… follow behind, laptop and antennae on the passenger seat, see what you can capture…maybe steal some passwords, or take some data and hold it for ransom, copy photos for blackmail, you get it.
Related: Wenet armoured car shopping
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Canadians dominate the auto industry – but we’re pretty quiet about it – which is why this week I’d like to do some bragging, politely.
I’m singling out Nissan, BMW, GM, Chrysler, Ford and Toyota, then the auto journalists too.
Read it online at Autonet.
The ending – last 3 paragraphs:
And then there’s the Canadian auto journalists – and I think this is indicative of our culture – we are consistently booked into one of two waves…
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All automakers have a story behind their logo, here’s some of the more colourful ones.
Read it online at Autonet (and sorry it’s so hard to see below, the newspaper didn’t print so crisp today.)
Mercedes’ 3-point star represents vehicles designed to travel by land, sea and air.
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