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Why won't the ministers drive in a Tesla, but in Toyota and Kia hybrids - voila! vehicle

2022-11-23T10:37:26.188Z


The ministerial survival vehicle has gone through many incarnations in recent decades, from Volvo, Lev-M-W and Audi. But the 37th Israeli government ministers will be the first to accept only hybrids from the start


Toyota Rav4 Hybrid.

Ministers who want to control the traffic around them

Toyota Rav4.

For ministers who want to see far in traffic (photo: manufacturer website, manufacturer)

The attack this morning is expected to speed up the coalition negotiations and bring the swearing-in date of the 37th Israeli government closer. And just as prime ministers and ministers change, so do their surviving cars.


After about 40 years in which these were Volvo models, first the 144/240 and later the 740, won In the early 2000s, in the tender for the Government Vehicle Manager, the BMW Series 5 and Citroen C5, two options that most of the ministers at the time did not like: the BMW was too flashy, the Citroen too little.


In 2017, the Skoda Superb and Nissan Maxima won the tender which enjoyed greater success among the target audience, but when the time came to replace them, it was decided to equip them with hybrid cars. The replacement did not cause any repercussions when it took place during the term of office of the Bennet-Lapid government, whose members will in the coming weeks transfer their cars to the ministers of the next government. So even those who were ministers in the Netanyahu government the previous one, will now meet completely different surviving vehicles.

Between 220 and 270 thousand shekels

Kia Sorento Hybrid.

Ministers with large families (Photo: Rami Gilboa)

While ministers who receive protected vehicles, especially the ministers of foreign affairs and defense, receive an upgraded Audi A8 or Skoda Superb, the others will now be able to choose between three hybrid models, not cheap but all from popular brands.


Those who prefer a classic sedan can get a Toyota Camry, with a manufacturer figure of 18.5 km per liter, and a price for a private customer of NIS 220,000.


Those looking for a higher vehicle, a Jeep in the eyes of the voters, can choose the Toyota Rab4, whose price starts at 190 A thousand shekels, and its official fuel consumption is slightly higher, 17.5 kml.


Ministers with large families will be able to receive what is known in the government fleet as a Rambi, a family vehicle blessed with children, and in their case - a Kia Sorento in the hybrid version, with seven seats. The hybrid Sorento promises a consumption of 15.1 km per liter, and a consumer price of 270,000 sheks

Why are there no trams?

Tesla Model 3. It is difficult to commit to stock because of the supply problems (Photo: Keinan Cohen)

At the beginning of December, the government vehicle manager's tender for the purchase of group 6 electric cars, which should be used by the ministers, will be closed.

Following the outgoing government's decision to encourage the transition to an electric vehicle, the director asked to offer the ministers such an option.


However, according to Walla's inspection, due to the difficulties of supplying electric vehicles, which also suffer from waiting times of months that importers are often forced to extend due to delays in the arrival of shipments from abroad, all the main candidates to join the electric government are not expected to compete in the tender.


Tesla Model 3, the best seller of the category, It will not compete, and neither will the new Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 6, nor the Skoda Aniac, which could have been an upgrade for MKs who drove a Skoda Superb or Kodiak and have now been upgraded, and neither will the Kia EV6 that will be launched in Israel in December, almost together with the new government.

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