Pyongyang - How Kim Jong-il originally became a fan of Mercy? Kim seemed to catch the love Mercedes-Benz from his father Kim il-Sung, who also has a Mercedes 500 SEL. The car was exhibited at Mansoosan Memorial Palace where Kim Il-Sung's body is located.The interesting question of course is in the successor to Kim Jong-il that is Kim Jong-un. Does he have the same taste with his father and grandfather? Or because it is still young he chose a different car, the Lamborghini for example? I do not know, North Korea remains a closed and secretive.
In North Korea, the number of cars on the streets is very little for poor people. But the North Korean leader who is now deceased Kim Jong-il's secret is a true lover of Mercedes-Benz.
In power for 18 years, Kim Jong-il is identified by the cars, his shiny Mercedes-Benz . Reportedly as reported jalopnik, Wednesday (12/21/2011) was the supreme ruler of North Korea to spend their money amounting to N $ 20 million to buy hundreds of cars Mercy.
Where did the money, he reportedly bought a car from U.S. $ 80 million fund that was intended for humanitarian funding.
Whether or not it is true that there are certain things in a book called Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country written by a North Korean defector Kim namely Mike
In addition to Mercedes, Kim Jong-Il also has a Maybach luxury car which is the same as the output Daimler Mercedes-Benz. He traded the car in 2009 for two units of bulletproof Mercedes-Benz cars S600 Pullman Guard.
Both cars were imported from China at a price of U.S. $ 3.1 million.
The cars were sometimes not used by Mercy Kim, he also includes generous giving cars to North Korean officials as gifts. For example in 2010 then he gave 160 Mercy to the top officials.
