If you're in the market for a bulletproof vehicle, I'd think you'd want it to look low-key. But Rezvani Motors, a California-based manufacturer of such vehicles, begs to differ. The company contracted ex-Lamborghini transportation designer Samir Sadikhov to design their Rezvani Tank, an intimidating-looking off-road vehicle that comes in both a base model ($175,000) and a bulletproof Military Edition ($259,000).
Here are Sadikhov's concept sketches and renderings:
Here's the real deal rolled out by Rezvani:
Aesthetically, they're as if the FJ Cruiser had an older brother who did eight years as a Navy SEAL. And the aggressive, unapologetically muscular geometry hides an absurd amount of features, from protective to technological to antipersonnel:
- Bullet proof glass and body armor
- Underside explosive protection
- Smoke Screen
- Military Runflat Tires
- Thermal Night Vision System
- Reinforced suspension
- Electromagnetic Pulse Protection
- Ram Bumpers
- Optional explosive device detection
- Optional continuous video recording
- Electrified Door Handles
- Siren and Horn Options
- Strobe Lights
- Blinding Lights
- Intercom System
- Magnetic Dead Bolts
- Gas masks
- First Aid kit
- Hypothermia kit
- Pepper Spray Dispenser
I didn't know electrified door handles was a thing! Sounds like something I'd forget to turn off, and would pay the price for later.
Sadhikov, by the way, has interesting range for a transportation designer: He's currently a Senior Designer for Hyundai's Genesis brand at their design studio in Frankfurt.
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This vehicle was heavily featured in the Chris Pratt action series "The Terminal List". It got me quite curious about it when I first saw it there. Rezvani even made a feature reel highlighting it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNMCBGciuSg
Looks like a Junior designer decorated the hell out of that thing.