Heads of state travel a lot – that’s why most get a company car. Often these are quite luxury bodies that also put quite a bit of pressure on the state treasury. A new index of the leasing platform Leasingmarkt.de shows what the heads of state’s company cars cost:
The bulletproof and explosion-proof special version of the Bentley Arnage is the most expensive car in the ranking: it cost the Queen around the 15 million francs, With 465 grams of CO2 per kilometer, the vehicle is also the largest polluter on the list.
The US President’s Cadillac is nicknamed “The Beast” and cost around 1.4 million francs, This vehicle is also protected against attacks and has, among other things, fire-fighting equipment on board.
The Audi A8 is a popular company car: in addition to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Polish President Mateusz Morawiecki are on the road with the security version of this car. It costs barely 530,000 francs,
The English prime minister, who is leading the Brexit, naturally drives in a car at home: his Jaguar costs 380,000 francs, Johnson’s predecessor Theresa May was already on the same car.
A little more than CHF 280,000 costs Putin’s company car. The Aurus Senate is an armored limousine from the Russian car institute Nami. Before Putin switched to the Senate in 2018, Russian President Mercedes drove.
Swiss federal councilors are usually chauffeured around in the Mercedes S 350 – it costs around CHF 120,000. The exception is Federal President Simonetta Sommaruga, who is traveling with a Tesla Model S. You also pay scarcely for that CHF 120,000, Federal councilors also have their own company car: Cassi’s BMW, Berset VW, Maurer Mercedes and Sommaruga drive in a mini. A price limit of approximately applies to these cars 100,000 francs,
The Peruvian president drives the cheapest car in the ranking: the Jetta costs less than CHF 20,000, The car is also the most environmentally friendly combustion engine with 121 grams of CO2 per kilometer – only South Korean President Moon Jae-in saves even more CO2, because it drives the Hyundai Nexo with hydrogen drive.
You see pictures of the vehicles and other state bodies in the video above,
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