He got the car from Ceausescu during his visit to Tehran. It is assumed that the leader of Iran decided to make such a gift as a sign of recognition of an important client – at that time the Romanian dictator arrived in the Middle East to negotiate the purchase of Mercedes buses and minibuses, which at that time were produced, among other places, in Iran.
However, Ceausescu himself did not really use the car: the former Romanian dictator was a bad driver, and in general he treated cars indifferently. Moreover, according to experts, it is unlikely that Ceausescu ever got behind the wheel of the gift sedan. Hence such a modest mileage: only 2,300 km.
Paikan Hillman Hunter is a British car that was produced in Iran under license from 1970 to 2005. The sedan is equipped with a 4-cylinder engine with 54 horsepower and a 4-speed manual gearbox. Maximum speed – 145 km/h.
For reference, Nicolae Ceausescu led Romania from 1974 to 1989. During this period he held the position of President of the Socialist Republic of Romania. In 1989, the dictator was overthrown during the Romanian Revolution, brought before a military tribunal and executed. One of the reasons for this is that Ceausescu led a luxurious lifestyle for decades, while the rest of the country lived in poverty.
