Ordering Your Autocratmobile

 

Vladimir Putin's ride used to be a Mercedes-Benz but then he got all nationalist about it and ordered the production of this ungainly beast: the Aurus Senat. He's got the stretch version, above. You can order your own oligarch-ship straight from the factory. Comes armor-plated. And those prim little Party-style side curtains... very Kim Jong-Un! According to Motor Authority, The Senat was developed by a consortium of Russian automakers, led by the Russian Central Scientific Research Automobile and Automobile Engines Institute (NAMI). The project will see several models developed for the Aurus brand, including the long-wheelbase Senat Limousine, a minivan to be called...the Arsenal! And an SUV to be called the Komendant. It's all sounding kinda Hogan's Heroes to me. Cheesy wheel covers, too. And whose dacha is that, anyway?