Russian President Vladimir Putin got into limousine aurus Senate in May 2018 immediately after taking office. In addition to an armored limousine, the country’s leader’s motorcade includes two Senate sedans and the same number of Arsenal minivans. Russian premium cars for official purposes are also used by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.
In September 2020, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov arrived at his inauguration in a white Senate sedan. The model is made in an unarmored version. And finally, two years later, another one appeared in Tatarstan aurus – armored limousine Senat, front painted white enamel.
The flagship of the lineup aurus eyewitnesses filmed on the territory of the Kazan Kremlin. The limousine met the guests on the eve of the celebration of the 1100th anniversary of the adoption of Islam. In the photos of the press service of the President of Tatarstan aurus Senate appears in the description of the meeting between Minnikhanov and the head of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
It is noteworthy that in 2019, as part of the Caspian Economic Forum, Dmitry Medvedev demonstrated a sedan to the Turkmen leader aurus in Luster White. Then Berdimuhamedov, during a meeting with Putin, said that he would like to acquire the Senate of the first party. By the way, the president of Russia thanked his colleague for speaking positively about the models aurus Whether Turkmenistan succeeded in buying the Aurus is not known for sure.
A year ago, the cost of an armored limousine Senate amounted to 100,000,000 rubles. The model meets the highest class of ballistic protection VR10 (hit by a 7.62 caliber sniper rifle bullet). At the same time an ordinary sedan Senate costs 24,000,000 rubles. The limousine is one meter longer than the sedan: 6630 mm versus 5630 mm. The base is also increased by one meter. The protected Senate weighs 6.5 tons, while the standard Senate weighs 2.6 tons.
All Aurus are built on one modular platform. The cars are equipped with a hybrid power plant, which includes a 4.4-liter V8 petrol engine, an electric motor and a battery. Power – 598 hp. The box is a 9-speed “automatic” R932 from the Russian company KATE.
Recall that for the Kremlin garage Aurus is assembled in Moscow on the territory of FSUE NAMI. Civic sedans from May 2021 of the year Edition on the car factory Sollers in Yelabuga
An armored model, painted white, was spotted on the territory of the Kazan Kremlin.
Not just Putin: a limousine Aurus appeared in Tatarstan for 100 million rubles