Rides of Heads of State (Part 17)

All I can say is: slim pickin's. The countries are getting more obscure. Their official websites have no bandwidth, have expired, or do not exist at all. Nevertheless, I continue to find and identify cars at a rate of about two per search session.

108. Cape Verde. The PM rides around in a Mitsu Montero Sport, the poorman's Land Cruiser. At least it's a step up (albeit very small) from Uruguay's Mitsu Galant. As GDPs fall, so do the retail values of the state cars.

109. Eritrea. The president zips around the capital in an anonymous white BMW. I think this is the first white BMW we've encountered on this list.

110. The Gambia. From the President's official website is this picture of him exiting his Hummer H2. It seems we Yanks don't have a monopoly on poor taste.



111. Latvia. 7-series B.M. for the P.M.


112, 113. Lithuania, Turkmenistan. The Baltic P.M. rides in a Merc S-class, as does the head of Turkmenistan.


Updated tally:
S-class: 42
7 series: 13
Land Cruiser: 8
Maybach: 6
A8: 6
Phaeton: 4
Caddy: 3
Holden-Chevy-Opel: 3
G-wagen: 2
Jag: 2
ZIL: 2

One of each of the following: Lancia, Hyundai, Skoda, A6, Peugeot, Renault, Lincoln, VW van, London taxi, Daimler, Suburban, Toyota Century, Hongqi, Bentley, Rolls, Ford Fairlane, Aston Martin, Touareg, SEAT, Volvo, Mitsubishi Montero Sport, Hummer H2

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