A Look at Cadillac One

Terry Olaes

Terry Olaes

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President-elect Obama’s getting a new ride when he takes office. The Mail Online has the scoop on “Cadillac One,” the new US Presidential limo. This thing is pretty wicked.

The President- elect, pictured inset, will have his first ride in the stretch limo when he parades along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington after his inauguration on January 20. But his Secret Service agents have already been familiarising themselves with the machine they call 'The Beast', built by General Motors in Detroit and based on a Cadillac chassis.
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60mph maximum speed. somehow I think that's either a misprint or is being intentionally understated. If it can't retreat at a much higher speed if the SHTF then something's clearly wrong with the engine they picked.
 
damn, blood and pump action shotguns onboard, i want one
 
Lol I love the part on "paying a toll". You'd think they would have the lead car do that job.
 
pretty cool but I agree on the 60mph thing. Would hope to egress a little faster if people are shooting rockets at me. lol
 
They'll just snipe him from a distance when he steps out of the car.
 
Very cool, carrying some of his blood is a good idea.
A diesel will have tons of torque to get that thing moving. My guess is at least 400hp and 600 lb-ft of torque.
 
it's a good thing they went with the duramax diesel...easily upgradable through tuner, injectors, exhaust, turbo, etc for whatever power level they need...

a regular northstar sure wouldn't move that much weight...lol.

but over 300k? i have to laugh at how much money we waste on this shit...
 
I just joined this forum and I can tell it is one classy joint, I just love the way all of you stayed on topic.
 
fubar569 said:
it's a good thing they went with the duramax diesel...easily upgradable through tuner, injectors, exhaust, turbo, etc for whatever power level they need...

a regular northstar sure wouldn't move that much weight...lol.

but over 300k? i have to laugh at how much money we waste on this shit...
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When you have millionaires driving six figure cars like they're toys and wrecking them without a care, are you really surprised? There are cars with a higher pricetag before customization than that if I'm not mistaken. And people still buy it for the name.
 
I really hope the money came from donations and NOT from tax..

They talk about retarded economy and spend that much?
 
I doubt it's a weight factor as much as the diesel is far less likely to catch on fire in an accident/attack.
 
whats 500,000 when we're spending trillions of dollars a year in our annual budget?
 
It costs more than a humvee ($150,000-200,000?), and far less than a Bradley (~$3 million?). Seems pretty reasonable for the Commander-in-Chief.
 
I for one think they should scrap it and just drive around in a M1.

I hope fool idiot doesn't try to kill him. That would really suck. :mad:
 
fubar569 said:
but over 300k? i have to laugh at how much money we waste on this shit...
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300k Euro is a good price for as much protection as they have on that thing.


Ive heard reinforced cars like this can cost up to a million dollars or more.
 
I love how they told us so much about it, but don't say a word about the windshield. That is slightly more important than the driver's side window that only goes down 3 in, at least in my mind.

Also, shouldn't the president have EZ Pass by now?
 
3vil said:
I love how they told us so much about it, but don't say a word about the windshield. That is slightly more important than the driver's side window that only goes down 3 in, at least in my mind.

Also, shouldn't the president have EZ Pass by now?
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This car isnt very different than the old one. The glass is as thick as a phonebook on the old one.
 
Riding in a tank (on level ground going fairly slowly) is akin to sitting on a jackhammer, and the combination of weight and tracks rips the crap out of the pavement it goes over.
 
I thought the mythbusters proved a gas tank wont explode when shot, they totally could have skimped on armor plating there!
 
jnmunsey said:
This is a joke right? The first 1/2 black president's car is a Cadillac?
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they have been doing cadillac limos for the POTUS for quite sometime...this won't be the only one though...they always have a backup...i bet that price is for 2 of them actually now that i think about it...
 
i bet they didn't use tracers or raufoss ammo when they did that test...

.....the raufoss ammo is some pretty badass stuff....
 
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