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Old 11-08-21, 07:52 AM
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Default Kremlinmobile. The Story behind Russia’s Aurus Presidential Car

A fascinating documentary about Putin's presidential car, homemade in glorious Russia.


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It's like a Rolls-Royce denounced it's royalty, slept with a commoner Chrysler 300 and 9 months later this popped out
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Perhaps the most interesting (and hypocritical) state cars are in North Korea, where Kim-Jong-Un, for all his hatred of Capitalism and Western countries, has a fleet of Mercedes, Bentleys, and even old Lincoln Continentals (late-70s vintage, the largest Continentals ever built) at his disposal.

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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Perhaps the most interesting (and hypocritical) state cars are in North Korea, where Kim-Jong-Un, for all his hatred of Capitalism and Western countries, has a fleet of Mercedes, Bentleys, and even old Lincoln Continentals (late-70s vintage, the largest Continentals ever built) at his disposal.
That's just par the course for any third-world country dictator.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Perhaps the most interesting (and hypocritical) state cars are in North Korea, where Kim-Jong-Un, for all his hatred of Capitalism and Western countries, has a fleet of Mercedes, Bentleys, and even old Lincoln Continentals (late-70s vintage, the largest Continentals ever built) at his disposal.

A Toyota Century V12 is out of KJUs reach…
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A Toyota Century V12 is out of KJUs reach…
Probably because it has zero appeal to anyone who isn't the Japanese emperor. It's also only a V8 now.
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
It's like a Rolls-Royce denounced it's royalty, slept with a commoner Chrysler 300 and 9 months later this popped out
LOL i immediately thought chysler 300 as well!
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They had the ZIL limousines for VIP personas back in the 80ies, but they stopped making them when USSR fell apart.

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There is still the Hongqi L5 though.


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