It’s a dangerous world out there there are several threats from kidnappings to random acts of violence, Their real concern for real people daily these cars are designed to be used every single day by the individuals that are at risk.
Armoured cars generally refer to cars that are designed and built to withstand impact from bullets from firearms and other projectiles. To do this, several layers of specially designed and tested armour plates are carefully fitted on various car areas to offer extra protection. Also, the standard glass is replaced with special glass, generally, reinforced glass made with special polymer materials. These materials improve the glass’s resistance to bullets and other projectiles. There are generally two main classes of armoured cars:
Many of Nigeria’s elites ride in armoured vehicles, making the country among the largest markets for armoured cars in West Africa. Many prominent dealers’ showrooms sell armoured cars produced by renowned international companies, but there are local manufacturers now catering to the increasing appetite for such vehicles, According to a Twitter user whose handle is @ovieali, some armoured military vehicles were all manufactured by a Nigerian company in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state. She made a tweet about the indigenous armoured vehicles and it got various reactions including some celebrities like comedians Alibaba and Falz.
Top 3 international companies specialised in car armouring in Nigeria
1. Armormax Nigeria
This is a Nigeria-based company with the capacity to customise your passenger vehicles into armoured and bulletproof cars. The company is an offshoot of and is wholly owned by the internationally acclaimed American armouring company, International Armoring Corporation.
Armormax was founded on the basic principle of manufacturing the finest, most technologically advanced armored passenger vehicles in the world.
Armormax claims its Armormax® reduces an armoured car’s weight by as much as 60% and is the lightest military-grade armour in the industry.
The company offers the B6 armouring category in Nigeria which hands protection for your car’s radiator, fuel tanks, all windows, and the car’s body, including the underbody. The B6 category guarantees protection against different types of guns except for high-powered ballistic armour-piercing weapons like RPGs.
Contact Information
- Address: – Plot 795, Cadastral Zone C16, ldu Industrial Estate, Federal Capital Territory. Abuja
- Telephone: – +234-703-473-2038
- Email: – [email protected]
2. Proforce Limited
Proforce Limited has been in the security industry for a while and was fully incorporated in 2008 as a security services company offering defence solutions to various clients. The company specializes in the design and production of armoured vehicles and offers other defence solutions and consultancy bordering on personal protection services, Proforce is now exporting Military-grade special-purpose vehicles to other African nations
Proforce is one of the few car armouring companies in Nigeria that has the capacity, in terms of a standard factory, to customize various car models into Bulletproof cars here in Nigeria. The company says that you can bring your personal car into their facility and then they will armour it up to standard considering your peculiar requirements.
Its catalogue of privately owned cars that it has customized includes the Toyota Camry, Lexus LX570, Range Rover SUV, Mercedes Benz G-Wagon, Rolls Royce Phantom, and BMW 750LI.
Besides customizing cars to bulletproof beasts, Proforce is also famed for building Special purpose Armoured fighting vehicles for various clients including the Nigerian Army and even the UN for its military operations. Just last year, the company signed a purchase agreement with the government of Chad for the supply of 20 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected combat vehicles code-named the ARA or Thunder. Below is a list of the company’s catalogue of products, but you will have to directly contact Proforce for the bulletproof car price:
Proforce’s catalogue of products:
- Military: These include Armoured Tanks, Military Trucks, Infantry Combat Vehicles and Tactical Armoured Vehicles
- Armoured Cash-In-Transit Vehicles
- Armoured Personnel Carriers for the Nigerian Police Force
- Marine: These include armoured marine vessels and boats
- Security: These include armouring of sedans and saloon cars, SUVs, as well as the production of bulletproof vests and helmets
- Architectural Armouring
Contact Information
- Address: – 54, Balarabe Musa Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
- Telephone: – +2348023890712
- Email: – [email protected]
3. Inkas Trans Limited
Inkas Trans Limited is a joint venture effort between a Nigerian company Sapid Holdings of Nigeria and the Canadian armouring company Inkas offering some of the best-armored vehicles. The company is mainly an armoured-cars-for-sale firm offering various models of armoured vehicles, including Armored SUVs, armoured saloon cars, and sedans, armoured cash-in-Transit Vans, as well as armoured Transport Vehicles.
Inkas has its factory in Canada and so if you need to get your car armoured then you should know that the company will have to move your car to Canada and then return it here after being fully armoured.
Contact Information
- Address: – Plot 22 Elsie Femi Pearse, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
- Telephone: – + 234 703 102 5657
- Email: – [email protected]
Brand New Bulletproof Cars For Sale In Nigeria
| MODEL | PRICE |
|---|---|
| Bulletproof 2021 Cadillac Escalade | ₦170, 000,000 – ₦230,000,000 |
| Bulletproof 2018 Range Rover | ₦100, 000,000 – ₦120,000,000 |
| Bulletproof Mercedes Benz GLC 43 | ₦110, 000,000 – ₦140,000,000 |
| Bulletproof Audi RS7 | ₦135, 000,000 – ₦170,000,000 |
| Bulletproof Toyota Camry | ₦80, 000,000 – ₦100,000,000 |
| Bulletproof BMW X6 | ₦120, 000,000 – ₦150,000,000 |
| Bulletproof Volvo XC 90 | ₦160, 000,000 – ₦180,000,000 |
| Bulletproof 2016 Porsche Panamera GTS | ₦140, 000,000- ₦185,000,000 |
| Bulletproof BMW X5 | ₦125, 000,000 – ₦135,000,000 |
| Bulletproof Audi A8 | ₦130, 000, 000 – ₦160, 000,000 |
The very first modern cases of car armouring were noticed during the 1st World War when several countries added special armour plates to their military vehicles as a means of protecting their men from the more ruthless and powerful guns used by enemy forces. Decades after, armoured cars remained mainly in the military sphere except for a few exceptions, the use of bullion cars for cash or important paper transport for example. These days though, the narrative is changing as more private individuals and business executives are moving around in armoured cars.
