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28 March 2017

It might Rollski but its no Royski

By Tom WhiteTom White
  • The new Russian state limo spied in camouflage (Kortezh) The new Russian state limo spied in camouflage (Kortezh)
  • The new Russian state limo spied in camouflage (Kortezh) The new Russian state limo spied in camouflage (Kortezh)

Turns out Russian boss-man Vladimir must be a huge Rolls fan, which is why this, the new state limo (the 'Kortezh') looks disturbingly like one. 

Like, so similar that if they were a normal car manufacturer and not the Russian state, they would be receiving some strongly worded letters from BMW

They also plan to get letters from JLR. And by that I mean make an SUV variant that looks identical to a Jaguar F-Pace.

Russan Kortezh SUV patent image.

It’s comical that the Russian state car is such a blatant rip of other popular prestige models given that our favourite state car here in the office, The Chinese Hongqi L5 is at least reasonably original from a state known for cheap rip-offs.

2014 HongQi L5.

For the first time, the regular Russian (read: Incredibly wealthy crony) will be able to get themselves behind the wheel of one, provided he can cough up the Rubles for a reported one of only 5000 cars slated for production.

Would we drive one? Hell yes. The car will reportedly be powered by a V12 producing “around 800hp (600kw)” and it is known Porsche has been a consultant on the project since 2013. (Though whether they still are now is a mystery.)

Stand by for a Russo-rati or a Bentbushka or a Ferrusski.