Cant believe the substandard research and reporting. The price is exaggerated to begin with. An armoured Toyota Lexus/Land Cruiser cost less than $200,000 with all those accessories and much more than that for instance gun ports, automatic fire suppressant systems, automatic electronic counter measures et al. Second, Toyota does not armour vehicles after a second world war embargo. All Toyota Armoured vehicles out there are modified after production in companies such BAE (UK & RSA, svos (czech republic), JANKEL (Jordan and UK), STOOF (Germany) et al. On the other hand, there are special mine protected vehicles and looking at the photo of the alleged MM car, it lacks the underlying reasons/principles to offer mine protection. A standard B6 armoured car protects you from 7 plus riffle shots and some level of shrapnel. B6 Verified offers slightly more protection. All in all, the journalist carried out substandard research and came up with an emotional article.
"You've never lived until you've almost died; for those who have fought for it, life has a flavour the protected will never know."