Royal transport in Thailand

Royal transport in Thailand have included a variety of vehicles generally used for royal tours and official and ceremonial duties.

During his time as king, Bhumibol Adulyadej traveled in a Maybach 62^[1] with special number plates, police motorcycle outriders, and an escort of Mercedes-Benz S-Class police cars. He also used other vehicles, including the following models – Rolls-Royce Phantom VI, Rolls-Royce Silver Spur stretch limousine, Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Park Ward, Lexus LS460L, BMW 760Li (E38 and E66), BMW 5 Series (E60), Cadillac DTS stretch limousine, Volkswagen Caravelle T5 TDi, and Mercedes E55 AMG (W211).^{[citation needed]}

All of the royal cars are ivory colored. On important occasions their cars are accompanied by a motorcade of ruby-red vehicles, comprising Mercedes S-class, E-class, BMW series 7, series 5, Honda Accord, Nissan Cefiro and Teana. Lesser occasions use a smaller motorcade in ivory, including the 7 series, 5 series, S-class, E-class and Nissan Teana.^[2] Sirikit, the queen mother, mostly travels in a Cadillac DTS stretch limousine or a modified Volkswagen Caravelle T4 TDi.^{[citation needed]}

King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida usually use Rolls-Royce cars.^[3] These vehicles were formerly the previous king's official cars. The Rolls-Royce fleet includes a Rolls-Royce Phantom V, Rolls-Royce Phantom VI, and Rolls-Royce Silver Spur stretch limousine.^{[citation needed]} They also travel by Maybach 62, Mercedes-Maybach S650 Pullman Guard (W222), Mercedes-Maybach S650 (W222), Mercedes-Maybach S680 (W223) or Bentley Mulsanne Grand Limousine.

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn usually travels by Lexus LS600hL or Mercedes-Benz S500 (W221 or W222). For unofficial royal journeys, she uses a modified Mercedes-Benz V-Class.^{[citation needed]}

Other members of the royal family mostly use ivory-colored Mercedes-Benz S500 (W221 and W222) cars for official journeys, with Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W222) police escorts.^{[citation needed]}

Princess Bajrakitiyabha sometimes drives herself in a red Mini Cooper S or a lime-green Volkswagen New Beetle.^[4]

There are also royal cars with a convertible top for royal ceremonies, such as a Rolls-Royce Corniche and a Cadillac DTS (the hard top was transformed into a convertible top).^{[citation needed]}

The Bureau of the Royal Household also has its own vehicles. These cars are mostly Nissan Teana and Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W221 and W222). These cars are painted in ivory.^{[citation needed]}

The royal department has several types of cars, including Toyota Corolla Altis 1.6 G, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Toyota Hilux Revo, Nissan Navara, Toyota Fortuner, Isuzu MU-X, Toyota Coaster and Toyota Commuter. They are mostly painted silver or white, with the registration plates in yellow with the text "ส.น.ว.xxxx" in green.