Official transport in Poland
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The president of Poland, prime minister of Poland, and other high officials are protected by State Protection Service (SOP). Both the president and prime minister are entitled to use an armored car and travel in at least a 3-car motorcade (with 6 to 10 guards).[1]
Second Polish Republic (1918-1939)

A range of luxury vehicles was used for official state transport in the Second Polish Republic, including models such as the CWS T-1 Torpedo, Packard 443, Cadillac 341B Phaeton, Packard 645 Deluxe Eight, Packard 826, Cadillac 370A, and Cadillac Series 75 Fleetwood V8 Limousine.[2] These vehicles were part of the Zamkowa Kolumna Samochodowa (Castle Motor Column), which operated between 1922 and 1939 and provided transport for the President of the Republic of Poland, civil and military offices, and visiting foreign dignitaries.[2] In 2014 a 1935 Cadillac Fleetwood 355D used by Marshal Józef Piłsudski was restored to a driving condition.[3]
Communist Poland (1948-1989)
Communist president Bolesław Bierut had a 1939 Austin Twenty-Eight.[4] Józef Cyrankiewicz, the longest-serving prime minister of the Polish People's Republic used cars such as 1953 Buick Skylark, 1961 Jaguar E-Type and 1963 Jaguar Mark X.[5] First Secretary of the PZPR in the 1950s and 1960s Władysław Gomułka used cars such as ZIS-110, GAZ-13 Chaika, ZIL-111D and Mercedes W109 300SEL.[6] They both used also the Mercedes-Benz 300d "Adenauer".[7] 1970s prime minister Piotr Jaroszewicz used W109 300 SEL.[8] In 1978 an armored Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham was purchased for First Secretary Edward Gierek.[9]
Wojciech Jaruzelski as a first secretary, a prime minister, a chairman of the Council of State and a president used different armored Peugeot 604 Ti since 1981,[10][11] Peugeot 505 in 1985[12] and several Volvo 760 GLE since 1986.[13]