Story behind Vladimir Putin’s Presidential car – Aurus Senat

President of a country is the most important person.The Presidents around the world move in a convoy and most of the time, they travel in a specially built car for security reasons. Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who is considered one of the most important leader in the world also uses a special vehicle.

He uses an Aurus Senat Limousine as his official vehicle. He is the first president of Russia to use a car that is developed in Russia.

He was using a Mercedes-Benz S-Class Pullman and it was replaced with the Aurus Senat Limousine in 2019.

Aurus Senat is a very special car for Russia. It was a car that was specially designed for Vladimir Putin.

Previous Presidents of Russia were using Mercedes, Rolls Royce cars as their official vehicles.

Even Vladimir Putin was using a Mercedes-Benz S-Class. In 2012, Vladimir called the minister of Industry and Trade and asked them to build a car.

The Aurus Senat used by Vladimir Putin gets safety features like armoured body, bullet proof windows, reinforced tyres, automatic fire extinguishing system, secure-line communication system and so on.

The development project was given to Nami Institute which developed the first Soviet automobile.

The design of the Aurus Senat may remind some of Rolls Royce cars but, the front grille was actually inspired from ZIS 110 which was the first luxury car produced in Soviet union. The car uses an engine that generates over 600 Hp.

After developing the car, it went through several tests and crash tests to ensure safety. Before the Aurus Senat was opted as the official president’s car, it had to got through tests to meet at least 60 criteria.

Almost every feature of the exterior – including the roof line, tail-lights, bonnet, windows, and mirrors – is quite clearly ‘borrowed’ from the current-generation Rolls-Royce Phantom luxury sedan.

(Specification)

Top Speed:155 mph (249 km/h)

Acceleration 0-62 Mph (0-100 kph):6 s

All Wheel Drive

9-speed automatic

Cylinders:V8

Power:

598 HP @ 5500 RPM

Torque:889 Nm

Fuel:Hybrid Gasoline

7200kg

twin-turbocharged 4.4-litre V8 petrol engine

440kW/889Nm

Ref: Story behind Vladimir Putin’s Presidential car – Aurus Senat (cartoq)