] - A looming war in Iraq is bad news for most automakers
] -- unless the car you are trying to sell can withstand
] armor-piercing bullets, grenade blasts and gas attacks.
]
] In a sealed room at the back of BMW's stand at the Geneva
] auto show, potential buyers are shown around what looks
] like a standard 7-series executive saloon,
] distinguishable only to the trained eye by its toughened
] glass and wider tires.
]
] The car is the latest offering in the exclusive but
] growing high security market, whose customers are mostly
] government officials, high-ranking industrialists and pop
] stars.
]
] German security officials have rated the car "B6/B7,"
] meaning the vehicle can withstand fire from weapons as
] powerful as an M16 or Kalashnikov AK47 rifle.