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State Limousines of Thailand
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Introduction
Current
Royal Family
King Bhumibol Adulyadej travels in Maybach 62 limousine, with police motorcycle outriders, and an escort of Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W220) and BMW 5-Series (E60) police cars. Other members of the royal family usually travel different models. Most of them are Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W221). The other models including Rolls-Royce Phantom VI, a Rolls-Royce Silver Spur stretch limousine, Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Park Ward, Lexus LS460L, BMW 7-Series (E38), Cadillac DTS stretch limousine (The same version of the president of the USA.), Volkswagen Caravelle T5 limousine version and Mercedes E55 AMG (W211). All of the royal cars are cream in colour.
HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn also has a large collection of cars, including many classic models. Many vehicles formerly belonged to his father, and afew modern cars such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche, Ferrari, Cadillac etc.
There are also royal cars in convertible form for the royal ceremonies, such as a Rolls-Royce Corniche and a Cadillac STS (The hard top was transformed into convertible top).
On important official Royal journeys, there are a group of more than 20 official cars in the motorcade including: Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W220), Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W210&W211), BMW 7-Series (E38), BMW 5-Series (E39 and E60), Honda Accord, Nissan Cefiro and Nissan Teana. These cars are painted in ruby red.
In the unimportant official Royal journeys, the cars in the motorcade are a group of about 5 cars including: BMW 7-Series (E38), BMW 5-Series (E39 & E60), Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W221 & W220), Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W210 & W211) and Nissan Teana. These cars are all in cream. Some of these cars are the ex-royal vehicles.
The Royal Household Department also have their own vehicles. These cars are mostly Nissan Teana, BMW 5-Series (E39 and E60) and Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W210 and W211). These cars are painted in cream.
Maybach 62
Bentley Arnage
Volkswagen Caravelle
Cadillac DTS Limousine by LCW Automotive
Thai Government
The official cars for Prime Minister are armored black Mercedes-Benz S-Class (S600L-W220) and black BMW 7 (730LI E66). However, the current PM Abhisit Vejjajiva is also using his own BMW 5-Series ( 523I-E39). The Prime Minister's motorcade is lead by two police cars, followed by the Security Serivces in a silver Toyota Land Cruiser Prado and a midnight blue Mercedes Benz E-class Estate (W211).
