I have Brazilian friends. Two of them live in Sao Paulo, three live in Rio de Janeiro and the other one lives in Vitoria.

They once told me, the violence in Brazil is so terrifying, that now Volkswagen sells all cars with tracking system and they also offer Amour for the Golf, Jetta, New Beetle, Passat, Phaeton and Touareg, and if you buy ANY car, you HAVE to get the insurance before you take the car out of the dealership.

They also told me, that it is possible to find armored Aston Martin, Ferraris, Porsches and Lamborghinis available on the posh premium car dealers of Sao Paulo. As if it already impossible to have a supercar or high-end luxury car in Brazil, due the poor conditions of the roads and the monumentally expensive price-tag, you would have to be mad and it's totally UNREASONABLE to have a supercar or high-end luxury car without armor in Brazil.

Mind you, a BMW M5 costs R$ 575.000 Brazilian reais.

That is equivalent to

-U$$ 283.000.

-€ 207.000.

-£ 142.000.

Would you pay 283k, 207k, 142k for an M5?