22 October 2009 - 12:00
Death-proof Phantom
Oh, the inhumanity! The terrible inhumanity! Etcetera! We understand companies that provide armour-plating for cars need to test their services, but why do they need to test it on an actual Rolls-Royce Phantom?
Don’t get us wrong. We’re truly impressed by the work that German firm Mutec has done to this Phantom. Not that we’re experts on the world of bullets and Large Explosions, but some of the things they’re doing to that poor Phantom seem downright dangerous, and there it is, absorbing all the bullets and Large Explosions with nothing more than an aristocratic shrug.
But once again, why? Why do you need to destroy – OK, slightly destroy – a £300,000 Roller to prove the effectiveness of your vehicle armour? What’s wrong with a nice Daewoo Matiz?
That said, how cool would it be to roll up to a posh cocktail party in a Phantom dotted with bullet holes and scorch marks?
“What, this? Oh, nothing. Just a bit of a scuffle with the local militia. Harmless fun, really. I could murder a Martini, though…”
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Makes me sad these bombs...
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It' pure torture to watch.... : (
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It' pure torture to watch.... : (
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It' pure torture to watch.... : (
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Imagine this car being rated by NCAP. It wouldn't be crash tested... it would just crash the test.
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:D they speak bavarian in the vid you should've called it 'bavarian company...' anyway i think it would be some great fun to do dat
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insiders told me that the next test will be a sprint race between an armoured Phantom and a tank on a mine-cladded, bullet-raining, missile-scorching quarter mile track
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This is curl and shameful do this on a phatom
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The person who hoever did this should be shot
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That's what we need in Afghanistan ...
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lol it cracked me up when the thing didn't even nudge after those bombs went off :p any other car would be in outerspace by that :D
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I wonder what happens when you pop a .50cal trough the engine though... not even military vehicles can stop a .50cal ... :)
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thats pure torture
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it may be pure toture but it was good to watch
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torture* my bad
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we should test bullet proof vest and helmet using these guys as dummies, now thats pay back. BOOM!!
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Ok, honestly I feel no pain when I see a new car blown up, so that video was seriously badass. I want to take that thing now, rub off all the markings from the testing then just like put some steel wheels on it cut the exhaust and drive it hehehehe.
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I notice they didn't shoot the edges of the windows. The edges are weaker. Sissy-boys.
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I notice they didn't shoot the edges of the windows. The edges are weaker. Sissy-boys.
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Wuy didn't they use one of Simon Cowells rollers... with him in it.
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They should've driven it away to really prove themselves. But I agree - nothing's cooler than showing up in a bomb-proof Roller littered with heavy weapons damage. It's probably cooler not to care than to polish it endlessly. Or just careless.
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I bet the millionaires and billionares are smiling and thinking... 'hmmm, now I can piss off anyone, even the militia, without worrying about my life in that Rolls'. Still feel sad about the car 'blowing' up?
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up next: the swimming pool test. and the the ordeal no car can ever survive; trial by 6 year old. lol
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thats quite impressive, i'd a thought since rollers are such barges anyway that you wouldn't need all that protection :P.
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AlKim commented on this article
22 October 2009
And how much weight has all this blast-proofing added? Also, I believe the Phantom is already such a quiet and comfortable place to be in you would hardly notice the anti-tank mine that just went off underneath.
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