Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Delhi tonight with his favorite car Aurus Senat Limosuine. In addition to this car, which accompanies him on all his diplomatic visits, he will also be accompanied by the Russian delegation.
Defense Minister Andrey Belousov and other ministers, representatives of the Federal Customs Service, Russian financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugayev, and CEOs of Roskosmos, Rosatom and VEB.RF will be part of the delegation, ANI reported.
The retro-style bulletproof four-wheeler is the official Russian presidential state car. A full-fledged luxury car developed by NAMI in Moscow and the Russian automaker Aurus Motors is offered as a fortress on wheels.
Vladimir Putin has been using it for years, as the first known use of a limousine was during the presidential inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2018. To keep the Russian president safe for years, its manufacturers have designed luxury limousines for many world leaders, including Turkmen Serdar and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.
Aurus Motors was founded in 2018 as a state-owned limousine manufacturer that opened to the public in 2021.
Key features of the Aurus Senat Limosuine
From the price segment to the key features, here are all the details about the Aurus Senat Limosuine:
- According to the Moscow Times, Putin’s beloved car stands behind the neighborhood ₹5.5 crore (50 million rubles or $617,500).
- It is equipped with a 4.4-liter V8 engine, providing 598 horsepower and 880 Nm of torque. It also includes an 850 horsepower V12 variant.
- With leather-trimmed interiors, ambient lighting, premium wood trim and built-in fire suppression, it can handle Delhi’s toxic pollution as it is equipped with an air filtration system.
The bilateral meeting is crucial as it comes against the backdrop of India’s ongoing trade tensions with the United States. US President Donald Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on Indian imports, a significant portion of which came as sanctions for India’s oil and arms trade with Russia.
This is not the first time that the Aurus Senat Limo has been in the limelight, even during bilateral talks in August this year, Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi headed to Tianjin, China in the beast’s retro style. The two leaders visited the country on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.
According to the official schedule, Putin will arrive in Delhi around 6:00 pm today for the 23rd annual India-Russia Summit and head to a private dinner hosted by Prime Minister Modi.
