Party Garages: the Most Popular and Most Expensive Cars of Parliamentary Factions (infographic)

The latest achievements from Tesla, Ferrari, Porsche — you can see them in the declarations of Members of Parliament. Which car brands do parliamentary factions trust the most, how many cars are owned on average per deputy, and who drives the most expensive supercar — a fresh infographic from analysts of the “Declarations” project.

The most “car-endowed” parliamentary faction turned out to be the presidential party “Solidarity.” In total, deputies declared 304 cars, meaning on average each of them has 2,2 cars. However, the situation is not so rosy for everyone — 10 MPs did not list any vehicles in their declarations. The biggest car owner among BPP members, with 10 cars, was Fedir Nehoi. The most expensive car — the electric Tesla Model SP 85 D — belongs to parliamentarian Hlib Zahoriia. And the most popular brand among “Solidarity” members proved to be the German brand Mercedes-Benz.

In second place by number of cars (145 units) was the “People’s Front.” The largest fleet was declared by MP Maksym Burbak (8 cars), and the most expensive car was the German luxury roadster Wiesmann MF3 of Ruslan Lukianchuk. Overall the faction prefers the Japanese Toyota, and supposedly 9 People’s Front members walk on foot.

Third-largest fleet (96 cars) belongs to the “Opposition Bloc” faction. 7 of them are in the garage of former Kharkiv governor Mykhailo Dobkin. The most expensive car — a Porsche 911 Turbo S — is driven by the son of MP Yevhen Bakulin, Mykola. 4 deputies declared no cars, and overall the faction prefers premium-class cars of the Mercedes-Benz brand.

The “Self Reliance” association, in turn, really likes the Japanese Lexus. This faction has the lowest number of cars per deputy — 1,3. The largest number of cars was declared by Viktoriia Voitsitska — 4 units. And the most valuable vehicle belonged to parliamentarian Oleksandr Danchenko, who owns a Lexus RX 450H 2010 years old, whose current price is about 30–35 thousand dollars. 6 MPs have no vehicles at all.

One of the smallest fleets is with the “Lyashko” MPs — in total members of the “Radical Party” faction listed 36 cars. The most expensive car is used by an MP from Oleg Liashko’s inner circle — Serhii Skuratovskyi. It is a brand-new Mercedes-Benz S63AMG 2015 years old, registered to Skuratovskyi’s assistant Olena Dobrovolska. The largest number of cars among the radicals was declared by Oleksii Lenskyi — 5 units, and two “radicals” travel by metro.

Meanwhile, in “Fatherland” every single faction member is provided with a car. The most cars belong to Ruslan Bohdan — 5 units, and the most expensive car — a Mercedes-Benz GLA 220 2016 years old worth more than 60 thousand dollars — is owned by the wife of MP Oleksandr Abdullin, Tetiana Smolenska.

The luxurious Italian supercar Ferrari F149/BDEL California priced at over 5 million hryvnias can be seen in the garage of “Will of the People” MP Serhii Martyniak. This car is the most expensive in his faction. And the largest number (7 units) belongs to MP Fursin. Overall members of “Will of the People” declared 41 car, and 2 deputies did not list any vehicles.

The highest average number of cars per deputy was shown by the faction of the political party “Revival” — 2,9. MP Volodymyr Mysyik declared 16 cars, becoming the absolute record holder not only in his faction but across the Verkhovna Rada as a whole. The most expensive car among “Revival” members turned out to be a Bentley Continental belonging to the wife of Oleksandr Presman, Tetiana Kuzkyevych.

Non-affiliated MPs, for their part, declared a total of 93 cars. Record numbers of 5 cars are held by three MPs — Yurii Bublyk, Anatolii Denysenko, and Yurii Derevianko. The most expensive car among the non-affiliated was the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S of Halyna Hereha, and the most popular brand was the German Mercedes.