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Buy 1989 ZIL-41052 Armored Limousine Used by Gorbachev and Yeltsin for €1.2 Million
If you are a nostalgic for Soviet-era cars, then this 1989 ZIL-41052 presidential limousine should make your heart beat faster. One of only 13 made, this particular armored car was used by the President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and subsequently by the President of the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin, after the collapse of the U.S.S.R. Read more »
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Obama’s Cadillac Limousine Chokes In Israel After Being Fed Gas Instead Of Diesel
President Obama’s Cadillac limousine, nicknamed "The Beast", broke down during the first day of the U.S. leader’s official visit to Israel. Something similar happened two years ago, when the presidential limousine was stuck on...
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Putin Reportedly Unhappy With New Zil-4112p Limo, Marussia Tries Its Luck With Concepts
We don't know if being the President of Russia is an easy job, but it's one that Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is more than happy to do, as the former KGB officer has served President from 2000 to 2008, as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2000 and...
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Video: Lithuanian Mayor Crushes A Mercedes S-class With An Armored Troop Carrier
The BTR is the standard Soviet (now Russian) armored troop carrier used by the military of the former Eastern Block. Communism has fallen and Lithuania is now independent, yet Arturas Zuokas, the Mayor of the city of Vilnius used the BTR to destroy one...
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Video: Bmw's Security Vehicle Test Grounds At Former Soviet Military Base
For more than thirty years now, BMW has been producing a special range of security vehicles that offer armored protection against everything from pistol fire to small explosions. These vehicles are developed at a special test facility located in east...
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Gallery - President Barack Obama's Cadillac Limousine - 2 Photos
The 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Presidential Series was the first presidential limousine to be completely styled, designed, and engineered by General Motors for Secret Service duty. Before Bill Clinton's Caddy, presidential limos were reworked...
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