India, Dec. 3 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will be touching down in New Delhi on Thursday for a two-day state visit from December 4 to 5, 2025, marking his first trip to India in four years, and naturally, he aims to arrive in style. His car of choice is the Aurus Senat Limousine, Russia's official presidential state carand arguably one of the most intimidating luxury vehicles. If there was ever a James Bond villain who preferred diplomatic summits over rooftop chases, this would be his ride.

Putin's Aurus Senat is a stretched-out, heavily armoured version of the limousine developed by Aurus Motors in Moscow. Inspired by the Soviet-era ZIS-110, the Senat carries an old-school limousine stance with modern-day levels of fortificatio...