The BMW Group had a special presence in the ninth International Exhibition of Internal Security - Milipol Qatar 2012 through its official importer in Qatar – Alfardan Automobiles - by displaying BMW 7 Series high security vehicles and BMW Motorrad.The BMW 760Li high security vehicle displayed at the stand of Lakhwiya Police was air-freighted from Germany especially for Milipol Qatar 2012, and was accompanied by Harald Schefell, head of sales strategy and steering, channel development direct and special sales at BMW Group, who explained the vehicle and its equipment, specifications and high security features. Despite its weight that is up to 4 tonnes, the BMW 760Li features a 5972CC engine which develops an output of 544 bhp and 750 Nm of torque, with acceleration from 0/100 km/h in 6.2 seconds.BMW offers three levels of security vehicles, Security and Security Plus that are available in BMW X5, in addition to the top level of security available in the BMW 760Li.The BMW Group has extensive experience with security cars. The company has developed the mechanism of manufacturing this kind of vehicles from adding security equipment to the vehicle after its production to manufacturing it directly through production lines that are specialised only in security cars. The unique security concept is based on findings which BMW gained as a result of its development work and on more than 30 years of experience in security vehicle engineering. The security concept was developed parallel to the production model and the integration of safety components is an integral part of the vehicle production process at BMW’s Dingolfing plant. Specific chassis components are perfectly adapted to the increase in weight due to the sedans’ armour plating. Hence, reinforced suspension, dampers and suspension strut top mountings are part of the model-specific component range. This approach ensures finely-tuned vehicle performance characteristics that cannot be achieved by retrofitted armour plating.Milopol Qatar 2012 also witnessed a special presence for BMW Motorrad, a bike equipped with FireExpress fire fighting equipment that was displayed at the stand of Alfardan Motorcycles. Using such a bike in fire fighting has many advantages, as the bike can reach the fire location much faster than normal fire engines, as well as its ability to penetrate hard-to-reach places in order to help fighting the fire at its core. Alfardan Motorcycles displayed also BMW R1200 RT patrols bike that has been praised by security officers for the reliability, high performance, and the comfort ride provided by BMW R 1200 RT during using it in security patrols. Commenting on the presence of BMW Group at Milipol Qatar 2012, Mohamed Kandeel, general manager, Alfardan Automobiles, said: “It’s a great honour for us to participate in Milipol Qatar 2012 and showcase the BMW 7 Series High Security on the Lakhwiya’s stand. It provided the prefect platform to display our vehicles that are specially equipped to operate in different security activities, as BMW Group is well known in developing security solutions on all its security vehicles, including the flexibility to add special orders that were not implemented before by the company. We are confident that BMW vehicles with its exceptional safety specifications will be very successful in such an important and sensitive sector such as internal security.”