Cars World Head of State

For the sake of showing appreciation the work of the domestic automotive, usually heads of state to use a local car as their official car.

President of the United States for example, use a Cadillac limousine, the Emperor of Japan using a Toyota, the king of England using a Bentley, and the prime minister of Italy using a Maserati.

For those countries that have more than one car company, usually they use interchangeably.

Besides the honor, the use of cars in the country as the official state car is also to show the greatness of their cars. At the very least, the car to head of state has special security features, such as the use of steel and bulletproof glass.

Unfortunately, not all countries have a competent automotive company. Therefore, they usually choose a car production countries that have diplomatic ties strong.

Canada's example, exclusively use the cars manufactured by General Motors. Prime ministers use the Chevrolet Tahoe and Chevrolet Express.

In the ASEAN region, countries that have used local car just Malaysia. Prime Minister of Malaysia using the Proton Chancellor. Nevertheless, Malaysia is also still use the BMW 740Li.

Meanwhile, the prime minister of Thailand to ride Mercedes-Benz S600L W220, BMW 730LI E66, and Range Rover. And president of the Singapore use a Mercedes Benz S350L and the Lexus LS430.

The most eccentric instead of Brunei Darussalam. Affairs piece on Borneo island is using the official car Rolls-Royce Phantom VI. This is for official events, when relaxed, his state car turned into a sports car Mercedes Benz W163 ML55 AMG and Maybach 62.

What about Indonesia? President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to use Mercedes-Benz S600L W221 made in 2007. It uses the official car plates RI 1. Similarly, the vice president, also use a car with the same type of plate RI 2.

Previous official car is a Mercedes-Benz S600L W140 production of 1994. This car is now used as a backup vehicle. Not only that, the president appeared to have BMW X5 used when the Jakarta floods, especially in 2007.

Meanwhile, a convoy of security personnel who followed the president to use the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, BMW X5, Range Rover, and Toyota Land Cruiser.Sometimes it also comes with a number of Toyota Camry, Nissan Patrol, and Ford Expedition.

Caravelle Volkswagen and Toyota Alphard is also present in the presidential motorcade. These cars carrying security guards. The convoy was escorted by several police cars Mazda6 and Mitsubishi Galant VR-4, as well as motorcycles.

Meanwhile, cabinet ministers use the Toyota Crown and guarded by the Nissan X-Trail.And members of parliament using a Toyota Fortuner without escort.

source : wikipedia

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