Staff car

A staff car is a vehicle used by a senior military officer, and is part of their country's white fleet.

The term is most often used in relation to the United Kingdom where they were first used in quantity during World War I, examples being the Vauxhall D-type and Crossley 20/25.

In the U.S., Brazil and other American countries the frequent colour is flat olive-drab as used on the 1941 Buick Century Series 60,[1] used during the Second World War.

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander in chief of the Allied Forces on the Western Front during World War II, used a Packard Clipper 1942 staff car.

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery used a 1939 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith during the war and continued to use it while serving as Commander of the British Army of the Rhine and as Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

Crossley 20/25 Royal Flying Corps Staff car
Hitler saluting troops from atop his staff car, a Mercedes-Benz 770k .
French Army ACMAT VLRA seen for the Bastille Day 2013 military parade.