Baller LE LWB (Armored)

"Redefine off-roading with Gallivanter's new and improved Baller: sure, it'll fall to pieces at the slight of rugged terrain, but it'll plough through cycle lanes more smoothly than anything else on the market. This model has an extended wheelbase. Armored edition available."

- Legendary Motorsport description. The Baller LE LWB (Armored) is a luxury, long-wheelbase, armored, four-door SUV featured in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the GTA Online: Executives and Other Criminals Update.

Design
The Baller LE LWB Armored is a Limited Edition version of the Baller (second generation), with an even Longer Wheel Base (LWB), evidenced by the rear door window's lenght compared to the standard models. It features an updated frontal and rear fascia, with new grilles. It is now based on the same vehicle as the Baller LE. The LWB also shares similarities to the 2013 Range Rover LWB in the side profiling.

The front windows are now somewhat resistant to bullets, but will still not fail to shatter and cause the player to be injured by gunfire eventually. The bullet resistant glass takes several rounds of gunfire, but will shatter easily on a front collision if already damaged.

In the side profiling, the original chrome-finished body-line piece found on the Baller that begins with a rectangular shape behind the front fender is now carbon-fibre, bearing the black stripe pattern, however the three drawing lines found on the chrome rectangular shape still remain on the carbon fibre replacement. The main difference between the Baller LE LWB and the Baller LE LWB Armored is of course the armor: the vehicle now features large amounts of armored padding fitted into the door panels, leaving a unique embossing mark. The difference between the Baller LE (Armored) and the Baller LE LWB Armored is now the extended wheelbase, meaning the armor padding on the sides of the vehicle is now extended and therefore several more packs of armor are found on the door panels. The distance between the B pillar armor plating and C pillar armor plating is now longer, meaning the top channels had to be lengthened, this all making the initial side-window bigger and therefore the players in the rear potentially more vulnerable. The side windows are now surrounded by armored pillars and trims, similar to that of the front window, which are designed to deflect bullets away from the window - if this fails, the bullet-resistant glass will also deflect bullets to a certain extent. The alloy wheels are now replaced with heavy duty steel wheels, reinforced to withstand extreme damage. The tyres are now custom off-road and bulletproof by default, fitting its armored characteristics.

The rear windows are also reinforced with armor platting surrounding the entire windscreen, and bullet resistant glass with medium resistance replaces the original glass.

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The Armored variant of the Baller LE LWB seems no different, other than even worse oversteer, however. The top speed has not been effected with the weight increase, but thanks to the armor, the vehicle isn't at all vulnerable to gunfire, and side impacts do no deformation damage.

Though the engine model doesn't feature any manifolds, the engine cover displays what appears to be a single-overhead camshaft V8, fitted in a front engine, all wheel drive layout, longitudinally. The engine sound is now slightly higher pitched, smoother, and of higher performance. It is similar to that of a high-revving V8, or low-revving, flatplane V10 which silencers. The vehicle features gentle suspension and great traction, meaning the ride is comfortable yet deadly to other road-users when used as a ramming vehicle. The extended wheelbase causes major disadvantages in steering, causing the vehicle to oversteer if cornering at high speeds, however this can be corrected in the hands of an experienced driver who will know to drive slower around corners.

According to the website, the vehicle is powered by the same engine as the original Baller LE (Armored); a 530 bhp 5000cc V8 engine, accelerating it from 0 to 60 mph in just 9 seconds, which, considering its even further increment in weight, is still impressive. Its top speed is stated to be 120 mph, 40 mph slower than the Baller LE LWB is stated to be.

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 * Can be purchased from Legendary Motorsport for $513,000.

Trivia

 * The Baller LE (Armored) and LE LWB (Armored) variants can survive two RPG shots before exploding with the second one exploding it.