Robert Mugabe has splashed out on a fleet of luxury cars for each of his 34 ministers at a state-funded cost of around 3 million pounds (Dh22 million).
Each top-of-the-range Mercedes S350s is fitted with a powerful V6 engine, infrared cameras, seat massagers and doors that suck themselves shut.
Critics expressed disbelief at such purchases amid the growing economic crisis.
Mugabe himself is believed have a modified version of the Mercedes S600L, described by one reviewer as "the car of choice for up-and-coming dictators of small African countries".
It boasts a 12-cylinder engine which can accelerate from 0 to 62 miles per hour in 4.6 seconds and, with armour and modifications, costs around 700,000 pounds.
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