MEDIA ARTICLES
August Newsletter
To our valued clients and friends, While you may have not seen our name pop up in your inbox for a few months, don’t let that fool you into believing things have been quiet at Armormax. Quite the opposite is true in fact. Thank you for taking the 3 minutes or so to...
ARMORMAX DEFENDER ROADSHOW A SMASHING SUCCESS
JLR Approved luxury vehicle armourer Armormax set out on a quest early in May this year with their freshly armoured Land Rover Defender D240. The purpose of the roadshow being to educate JLR dealer staff on their product and demonstrate it to them in the flesh. While...
ARMORMAX DEFENDER ROADSHOW
Fresh off the release of their armoured versions of the Land Rover Defender, luxury vehicle armourer Armormax are taking their product on the road. On the 8th of May, they will kick off a 6 week long campaign around South Africa to showcase both their product and...
DEFENDER BY NAME AND BY NATURE
Armormax have long been renowned for their development of new armoured luxury products for South Africa, and on several occasions have set the standard globally when it comes to up-armouring new vehicles. The plethora of new models introduced to South Africa over the...
April Newsletter
To our valued clients and friends, We are massively excited to share so much product news with you! We have been working hard on many new projects and have expanded our product range significantly in the last 3 months. With the onslaught of new model launches in the...
‘It was self-defence’: Motorist acquitted after killing three hijackers
- Article by By Getrude Makhafola - Sourced from The Citizen The court said Ebrahim satisfied the requirements of self-defence. A motorist who shot three would-be hijackers in Johannesburg acted in self-defence, and is not guilty of murder, the South Gauteng High...
THE VRR-PHAA THAT STOPS THE PHA PHA PHA!
Armormax, the company well known for its luxury vehicle armouring, has just taken the wraps off its latest project- a VW Golf 8 GTI armoured to a B4 ballistic level. As with the release of the Jaguar I-Pace recently, this is the first armoured Golf 8 GTI both in South...
January Newsletter
To our valued clients and friends, Welcome back! Is it just me or does the festive season break seem to get shorter every year? It feels like just yesterday we were winding down to close- all but a faint memory now. That’s good for us because we have a bumper year...
The full-on bulletproof vehicle option, fit for James Bond
--- Article by Georgina Crouth - Sourced from the Daily Maverick No longer the preserve of security companies, the military, diplomats and the blue-light brigade, armoured vehicles are becoming increasingly popular among wealthy, politically exposed individuals,...
WORLD’S FIRST ARMOURED JAGUAR I-PACE BUILT IN SA
Armormax, the company renowned for building luxury armoured vehicles, recently handed over an armoured version of the all-electric Jaguar I-Pace to its owner. This is the first Jaguar I-Pace to be armoured globally, as well as the first all-electric luxury passenger...
November Newsletter
To our valued clients and friends, That’s 2022 pretty much done and dusted, and what a year it has been for us! Aside from us being able to increase our production capacity, we made great strides in our production efficiency and product quality. As you have no doubt...
October Newsletter
To our valued clients and friends, The year is rapidly drawing to a close again, and before we know it the Festive Season will be on our doorstep. We want to remind you that Armormax is closed over the Festive Season and hence we cannot do any vehicle maintenance...
September Newsletter
To our valued clients and friends, We kick off this month with an exciting offer! We have cut pricing on all our vehicle stock to wholesale levels in order to put greater focus on a new project of ours- the TAC6. All of these vehicles have been through our stringent...
August Newsletter
To our valued clients and friends, It’s been frantically busy here at Armormax in the last month or so. Not that we are complaining, we like it like that. We have added some new clients to our family, assisted some old ones again, expanded our production team and...
July Newsletter
To our valued clients and friends, They say that perception is in fact your own reality. This is true but in the case of armoured luxury vehicles, we really wish it wasn’t. Armormax undoubtedly has the reputation in our segment as being the leaders in armouring luxury...
Understanding Ballistic & Protection Levels
This can be a very confusing topic for anyone as there seem to be different terms and acronyms for different protection levels. Then you throw things like flat nose, full metal jacket, soft core and many other technical terms into the mix and you end up being confused...
Taking the next step
If you have even remotely considered owning an armoured car, or are even curious, then it’s you that we are talking to. We understand better than anyone that you currently find yourself in a predicament. You are in a difficult place, caught between moving forward into...
Quality: Why it matters.
You must be familiar with the expression ‘you get what you pay for’. Unpack that expression for a second because the real meaning in that really has nothing to do with money but responsibility. As in you are ultimately responsible for the decisions you make, and the...
I have the best security, I don’t need an armoured car
Let’s start here… we are by no means security experts or practitioners. We have never been CPO’s (Close Protection Officer or Bodyguard) and don’t intend to be for that matter. That said we deal with security, threats, risks and mitigating those risks through our...
Armormax Range Rover Attack
4 PM ON A RECENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARLBORO OFF-RAMP OFF THE N3… A BMW 3 series with six occupants cut in front of a Range Rover, forcing it to a halt. The attackers armed with a mix of AK47’s and handguns rushed toward the Range Rover, screaming for the driver to...