Schumacher

Jurgen Schrempp, head of DaimlerChrysler has had his £500,000 armour-plated limousine stolen. In what must be a PR nightmare for the company, parent of Mercedes-Benz, the Mercedes S600 Guard, which weighs in at 3.5 tonnes and is considered one of the most secure vehicles in the range, was stolen while Herr Schrempp visited a business meeting in Stuttgart. The car is armour plated and can withstand attack from guns, landmines and can even be driven when the tyres have been shot out.


The theft is thought to have been undertaken by a specialist gang steeling such cars to contract for wealthy businessmen in either Russia or Eastern Europe. The Chairman of fellow-giant Deutsche Bank, Alfred Herrhausen, was murdered in November 1989 after terrorists from the Red Army Faction exploded a bomb next to his armoured Mercedes S-class near Frankfurt.


-Schumacher

gsm1

They'll have to chop it up and sell the parts because they certainly won't be able to sell on such a unique car.

Alas

Thats spooky - I was just offered one of these down the pub for £50 and a bag of Cheese & Onion
Alas