Patriarch Kirill will be covered by a new armored car
A new Lincoln Navigator L armored car appeared in the cortege of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia . The luxurious 5.6-meter SUV was photographed paired with a Mercedes-Benz limousine at the exit from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior after the Sunday sermon. The flagship of the Ford concern does not have a factory armored version - judging by the sub-numbered frames, the Navigator was protected according to the B6 ballistic class in Germany at the Trasco Bremen studio.
Patriarch Kirill has been using the Mercedes-Benz S-Class W221 limousine for a long time - an armored car with a half-meter insert was photographed with a standard. The Lincoln full-size SUV is new in the ROC garage.
Limousine of Patriarch Kirill Mercedes-Benz S-Class W221In Russia, Lincoln cars are not officially sold, but in the United States, prices for a long-wheelbase all-wheel drive SUV in a similar Black Label configuration start at about $110,000. Under the hood is a 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V6 gasoline engine that develops 456 horsepower and 691 Nm of torque. Trasco's official website has a description and photos of a similar protected Lincoln Navigator L. The studio does not give a price list, but on the example of Rolls -Royce Cullinan Trasco , we can assume that ballistic protection doubles the price at least.
Three weeks ago, eyewitnesses photographed a Toyota Land Cruiser 300 in Moscow with police color schemes. At the disposal of the security forces was the jubilee top version of the 70th Anniversary Edition SUV.
At the end of May, a public outcry was caused by the story of Bishop Nektary of Livensky and Maloarkhangelsk (Oryol diocese), who uses a Land Cruiser V8 carworth 6 million rubles.
“We really sometimes give a reason (to criticize the Church - ed.) with our stupidities. They constantly blame us for cars ... But even if they give an expensive car, you don’t need to drive it, you don’t need to drive expensive cars! Today, the level of the automotive industry is such that even a middle-class car is quite comfortable and safe,” the patriarch said, answering questions from participants in a conference in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior dedicated to the centenary of the beginning of the persecution of the Russian Church.
According to him, when temples have "a whole cavalcade of expensive limousines - this, of course, causes a reaction in people."
“Even, perhaps, someone would not have paid attention - so they will help pay attention to it. Well, according to the list - not only cars. We must not forget about responsibility,” the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church noted, adding that the hierarchs they have no right to "introduce temptations".