Toronto-made armoured vehicle attracts the rich and powerful - Design ENGINEERING
TORONTO — A black tank-like truck cruises downtown Toronto, prompting stunned pedestrians to whip out their smartphones to provide proof of what they’ve seen. What they’ve seen is the Conquest Knight XV. It is a rare beast. It takes about six months to build a Knight XV, and Conquest Vehicles actually machine their own parts out of stainless steel and aluminum. The opulent armoured Knight XV (which stands for “extreme vehicle”) is a magnet for attention everywhere it rolls. The Canadian Press saw proof on a recent ride through downtown Toronto. One man, overcome with excitement, drives beside the truck screaming “that is the best f–king truck I’ve ever f–king seen. “I thought it was the new Batmobile,” another onlooker, Sean Culham, says as the truck sits outside a posh downtown hotel. Maizlin, the company’s former president, went to a friend (a silent partner, he says) with the idea of building a military-style truck for the consumer market back in 2006. He spent nearly two decades in the military industry, focusing much of his... They built the first one in King City, north of Toronto, and brought it to a car show in Las Vegas in 2008. That sparked interest, and Conquest Vehicles was born. The Knight XV is gargantuan, weighing in at 6,400 kilograms. Source: www.design-engineering.com
