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52 Drive system & chassis Safety Comfort AMGE-GuardThe E-Class Saloon with ex-factory ballistic protection continues the 80-plus year tradition of armoured vehicles at Mercedes-Benz. When it comes to your personalprotection, the E-Guard is just the one for the job.Mobile protection – the E-Guard: tested and certifiedby internationally recognised official organisations inaccordance with ballistic protection level VR4 and higher –forearmed for extreme situations. Like every Mercedes-BenzGuard model, the E-Guard has been designed specificallyfor its own operating conditions. It may look exactly like aseries-production model on the outside, but this outerskin conceals a whole network of protective components.In order to achieve the same structural rigidity, dimensionalaccuracy, corrosion protection and surface quality as forthe series-production models, the E-Guard passes throughthe same body stations on the assembly line. As a fullyfledged5-seater, the E-Guard Saloon provides all thespace and comfort you would expect. Virtually all theinnovative comfort and safety features available for thestandard-production models can be ordered. Refinementand dynamism are likewise on a par with the productionE-Class. The available engines range from a V6 diesel toa V8 petrol engine with twin turbochargers. Plus there is avast selection of individually configurable optional extrasall designed to enhance the level of protection offered bythe E-Guard.One of the ballistic tests involves checking the E-Guard forresistance to projectile penetration. And it goes withoutsaying that the car also has to pass all the usual Mercedesquality and safety tests as well as display full everydaypracticality. What’s more, all the safety components –such as the electronic control systems, the brakes, thechassis and the suspension – have been adapted to takeinto account the vehicle’s heavier weight. The E-Guardis therefore an impressive combination of protection andcomfort, as one would expect from a Mercedes.