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1930 Citroen C4
And What 's in Her Personal Garage ?
1955 Imperial Midget Racer gifted by the Queen
While The Queen has always support ed t he
Brit ish mot oring indust ry, t he cars in her to Prince Charles on his 7th Birthday
personal collect ion also include unusual 2002 Bentley State Limo [only two were produced,
and/or rare models from a variet y of commissioned to commemorate the Queen's Gold Jubilee
manufact urers. in order of rarit y , t hey include
: Year.]

1972 Citroen SM Opera 2015 Hybrid Land Rover Laundaulet, [only the Queen
uses this vehicle]
1965 MBZ 600 Pullman Landaulet
Edward Vii Town Coach [ this is a car that looks like a
2 Rover P 5s
carriage. At one point the royal family had several of these
1953 Humber Super Snipe vehicles. Edward VII was known for modernizing the
family fleet. After the World War all but one were disposed
1948 Daimler DE [prior to 1910 The Daimler Motor of. The sole survivor ( below) went into storage and only
Company Limited, was an independent British motor reappeared in 1964 when it went into restoration.]
vehicle manufacturer founded in London by H. J Lawson in
.
1896, with its manufacturing base in Coventry. As of
2019 a billion shares in this company are held by
investors in Europe, the US, and by other
international investors.]

1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V [only 516 of these were
made. John Lennon also owned one.]

1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Limo [How this car got in
the Queen's collection is probably a story on its own.
President Truman, who had a short fuse, once got into a
tiff with GM over its refusal to build presidential specific
cars. He went to Lincoln and 10 official state vehicles were
These vehicles , as well as others, have all been
produced. One of them ended up with the Queen.]
inherited or purchased from the Queen's
1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost personal funds.

1970 Daimler Vanden Plas [a Jaguar XJseries by any With the Queen's current mobility issues, the
other name] Palace recently released information that she
1969 Austin Princess Vanden Plas Limo now has a 43 mph , four -seater, golf cart, built by
a Danish firm with a tie-in to Mercedes Benz, to
1951 British Ford V8 Pilot
use as needed. The 62,000 GBP golf cart comes
1953 Land Rover Series 1 complete with a fridge and has been described as

2002 Land Rover Defender "putting many passenger cars to shame." The
Queen was recently driven through the opening
1956 Ford Zephyr Estate Executive Model
of the annual Chelsea Flower show, where she is
1992 Daimler DS420 the Patron, aboard the buggy.

1961 Vauxhall Cresta Estate To get a closer look at the rare cars on this list ,
Google them by name, year, and model.
1925 Rolls Royce Twenty
As part of the Jubilee celebration there will be a
1966 Aston Martin DB6 [since there's only room for two
70 mile classic car run, featuring a car from every
in the AM, you can imagine her driving the DB6 herself.]
year of the Queen's reign. The oldest car will be a
2016 Bentley Bentayga [the first of these SUVs 1952 MG TD. Horses & the Queen continues on page 14
produced was delivered to her]
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