The Gurkha - When a Hummer won't do

These vehicles are designed for use in war zones. If you feel you need one perhaps you should examine what's going on in your life.

"It can stop a bullet from an AK-47, shrug off a roadside bomb, and it makes a Hummer look like a chick car. The $200,000 (U.S.) Gurkha is coming to a road near you , thanks to a King City-based company that is finding itself in demand because of the global war on terror. 'They are pretty awesome machines,' says William Whyte, owner of Armet Armored Vehicles Inc., the company that builds the Gurkha. 'We've been stopped on roads with people taking pictures and wanting to know what they are.' The Gurkha can go more than 150 kilometres per hour , plenty fast for a military vehicle , and is the highest level of protection you can get next to sitting in a tank, Whyte says. It certainly looks fierce enough.
The squat 8,620 kilogram vehicle looks every bit the ticked-off hedgehog, bristling with testosterone and armour plating."