{"id":146627,"date":"2024-08-07T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T10:30:00","slug":"golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf GTI AK47-Edition: for those who need a quick getaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ballistic glass<\/h2>\n<p>South African firm SVI Engineering has transformed a Golf 8 GTI into a bulletproof fortress on wheels.<br \/>\nThe hot hatch is equipped with B4+ armor and windows made of ballistic glass.<br \/>\nThese windows can withstand four shots from an AK47 within a 30-centimeter square.<br \/>\nThe driver&#8217;s window can still open halfway, which comes in handy when you need some fresh air after a thrilling escape.   <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/VI-AK47-Golf-GTI-1-1-1140x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182796\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Armored steel<\/h2>\n<p>The company abandoned composites and opted for high-quality armored steel.<br \/>\nThe Golf GTI is equipped with 3.5mm of armored steel, which is incorporated into the doors, pillars and roof.<br \/>\nEven the wheel arches are armored to protect vital powertrain components.  <\/p>\n<p>The protection does not stop at the windows and body.<br \/>\nThis Golf is also well armored in the back thanks to a sturdy bulkhead wall, which means the tailgate does not need additional armor.<br \/>\nThere is also a rearview camera that gives a continuous view of the baddies chasing you.    <\/p>\n<p>Of course, all this protection does add some weight &#8211; about 340 pounds to be exact.<br \/>\nSo the engineers at SVI adjusted the suspension so that this Golf still retains its sporty handling.   <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/VI-AK47-Golf-GTI-2-1140x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182799\"><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ballistic glass South African company SVI Engineering has transformed a Golf 8 GTI into a bulletproof fortress on wheels. The&hellip;","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":146607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Golf GTI AK47-Edition: for those who need a quick getaway - All cars news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Golf GTI AK47-Edition: for those who need a quick getaway - All cars news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ballistic glass South African company SVI Engineering has transformed a Golf 8 GTI into a bulletproof fortress on wheels. The hot hatch is equipped with B4+ armor and windows made of ballistic glass. These windows can withstand four shots from an AK47 within a 30-centimeter square. The driver&#039;s window can still open halfway, which is handy [...].\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"All cars news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-07T10:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/VI-AK47-Golf-GTI-1-1-1140x684.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Golf GTI AK47-Edition: for those who need a quick getaway\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-07T10:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-07T10:30:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"car news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/\",\"name\":\"Golf GTI AK47-Edition: for those who need a quick getaway - All cars news\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-07T10:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-07T10:30:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Golf GTI AK47-Edition: for those who need a quick getaway\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"All cars news\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"All cars news\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CMYK-AllCarNews_LANDSCAPE_300px-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CMYK-AllCarNews_LANDSCAPE_300px-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"All cars news\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Golf GTI AK47-Edition: for those who need a quick getaway - All cars news","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Golf GTI AK47-Edition: for those who need a quick getaway - All cars news","og_description":"Ballistic glass South African company SVI Engineering has transformed a Golf 8 GTI into a bulletproof fortress on wheels. The hot hatch is equipped with B4+ armor and windows made of ballistic glass. These windows can withstand four shots from an AK47 within a 30-centimeter square. The driver's window can still open halfway, which is handy [...].","og_url":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/","og_site_name":"All cars news","article_published_time":"2024-08-07T10:30:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/VI-AK47-Golf-GTI-1-1-1140x684.jpg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Golf GTI AK47-Edition: for those who need a quick getaway","datePublished":"2024-08-07T10:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-07T10:30:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/"},"wordCount":201,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["car news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/","url":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/","name":"Golf GTI AK47-Edition: for those who need a quick getaway - All cars news","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-08-07T10:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-07T10:30:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/golf-gti-ak47-edition-for-those-who-need-a-quick-getaway\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Golf GTI AK47-Edition: for those who need a quick getaway"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/","name":"All cars news","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#organization","name":"All cars news","url":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CMYK-AllCarNews_LANDSCAPE_300px-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CMYK-AllCarNews_LANDSCAPE_300px-1.png","width":300,"height":100,"caption":"All cars news"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}