New Bentley for the Royal borough but Dagenham sticks with Ford

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The Evening Standard today reveals the range of cars used by the 33 boroughs to transport their ceremonial mayors.

Kensington and Chelsea's is the grandest - a £95,327 Bentley Continental Flying Spur bought in December, which the council says reflects the royal borough's status.

In Barking and Dagenham it has to be a Ford. Although car production at the firm's Dagenham plant ended in 2002, Mayor Fred Barns still relies on a 1997 Ford Grosvenor limousine.

In Westminster, the Lord Mayor has a Rolls-Royce Park Ward, bought second-hand in 2003 for £90,261. The capital's other Lord Mayor - the ambassador for the City of London - uses an LPG black cab and a Rolls-Royce Phantom.

Bromley is due to take delivery of two diesel Jaguar XJ6s, which will run partly on biodiesel.

Other boroughs with green credentials include Richmond, which bought a £16,000 petrol-electric Prius in March.

Hillingdon spends most on its mayoral car - £85,719 a year to lease a Mercedes S-class - while a vehicle dealer has offered neighbouring Hounslow free use of a "green" car for a year.