Saturday, October 29, 2011

Voitures d'apparat / Parade cars

Voici quelques voitures de chefs d'état, d'apparat et limousines fréquemment  utilisées par les dignitaires de différents régimes

Here are a few head of state, parade cars and some limousines frequently used by dignitaries of all kind of regimes all over the world.

Lincoln Continental X100 "John F Kennedy" 1962 (MINICHAMPS)

The same / La même
Lincoln Continental X100 "Lyndon Johnson" 1962 (MINICHAMPS)
Mercedes Benz 300D "Pape/Pope Jean/Giovanni XXIII" 1960 (RIO)

The same / La même

Mercedes Benz 770 Cabriolet "Adolf Hitler" 1937 (RIO)

The same / La même

Gaz 13 Tchaika 1958/81 (Made in USSR/URSS/CCCP)

Lincoln continental Stretched Limousine 1961 (IXO)
From WIKIPEDIA:

Apart from the Pope and governments, famous owners of the 600 have included celebrities such as Coco ChanelHugh HefnerElizabeth TaylorJohn LennonGeorge HarrisonJay KayAristotle OnassisJack NicholsonSimon SpiesRonnie WoodBob JaneFrank Packer,Elvis PresleyRowan Atkinson, and Jeremy Clarkson.[2][3] Communist leaders include Nicolae CeauşescuJosip Broz-TitoFidel CastroPol PotEnver HoxhaLeonid Brezhnev,[4] Kim Il-sungKim Jong-Il also owns a landaulet (both seen in the 65th anniversary parade in Pyongyang on October 10, 2010) and religious leader Guru Maharaj Ji. African revolutionaries Idi Amin DadaJomo Kenyatta and the former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos had four 600s including a Landaulet, a 1981 bulletproof and a six-door version.[citation needed]

Iran royal court and Iran's Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi owned multiple 600 models that were used for official and personal use of the late Shah and his court. Some of them were sold after the 1979 islamic revolution and 3 of them are in the National Car Museum of Iran in Karaj.[citation needed]

Other notable owners include Saddam HusseinSukarnoFrederik Willem de KlerkÉamon de Valera, and Archbishop Makarios III of Cyprus.[citation needed]

Former Chinese Foreign Minister Chen YiDeng Xiaoping, wife of the first Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai - Deng Yingchao, and the former King of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk when he fled to Beijing after the Cambodian coup of 1970 all used the 600.[5]

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Mercedes Benz 600 LWB 1964/81 (VITESSE)


Mercedes Benz 770 1937 (RIO)


Citroen 15CV Carrosserie Chapron 1958 (HECO MODELS)
"Presidents R. Coty & General De Gaulle"

The same

The same

Citroen DS 19 "General De Gaulle" 1963 (RIO)

Simca Presidence "General De Gaulle" 1960 (NOREV)

Citroen 2CV Streched Limousine (NOREV)

Citroen 15CV "Voiture personnelle du General De Gaulle" 1955 (NOREV)
Citroen SM presidentielle "George Pompidou" 1972 (NOREV)

Renault 40 CV Presidentielle "Gaston Doumergue" 1926 (SOLIDO)

Mercedes Benz 770 Cabriolet "Adolf Hitler" 1937 (RIO Ltd ed.)
Improved version 

The same


Monday, October 3, 2011