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Donald Trump's New Presidential Cadillac Limo Steps Out
Car And Driver ^
| 09/24/2018
| BY JOSEPH CAPPARELLA
Posted on 09/25/2018 6:58:32 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
President Donald Trump has officially arrived at a public event where he debuted his new presidential limo"The Beast," as it's known colloquially. Like the previous Beast, first used by President Barack Obama in 2009, the new version is built by General Motors and visually denoted as a Cadillac, and its latest iteration adopts more modern styling cues and surely packs more advanced technology. Although the details are kept secret, the new Beast is, like its predecessor, a heavily armored stretch limousine that, despite looking like a stretched CT6 or XTS sedan, is actually built on a heavy-duty GMC TopKick truck platform and supposedly weighs upward of 15,000 pounds. Its somewhat conventional styling attempts to mask the sedan's imposing footprint, but in reality it is far larger than any full-size truck or SUV on the road today. We don't know what is under the hood, but it's surely a stout powertrain to be able to move around something so massive.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cadillac; generalmotors; presidentiallimo; thebeast; trump; usss
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To: SmokingJoe
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posted on
09/25/2018 8:42:22 AM PDT
by
InterceptPoint
(Ted, you finally endorsed. About time)
To: M Kehoe
Down hill with a tail wind.
To: Joe Brower
Fake video.
You can tell that the “smoke” was added after the fact, and they don’t put BBS rims with low profile tires on these.
63
posted on
09/25/2018 9:03:37 AM PDT
by
2CAVTrooper
(Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
To: mountainlion
There wont be anybody left to run in the Democrat party after the arrests in 2019.
64
posted on
09/25/2018 9:04:30 AM PDT
by
FrdmLvr
(They never thought she would lose.)
To: SmokingJoe
65
posted on
09/25/2018 9:04:41 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Joe Brower
Wow!! I can’t even parallel park.
66
posted on
09/25/2018 9:08:21 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: PghBaldy
Looks like the front right suspension failed.
67
posted on
09/25/2018 9:08:46 AM PDT
by
2CAVTrooper
(Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
To: Bell Bouy II
It’s not real.
The original video was of a Nissan GT-R or similar car. The limo was superimposed over it.
68
posted on
09/25/2018 9:12:50 AM PDT
by
2CAVTrooper
(Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
To: wally_bert
69
posted on
09/25/2018 9:20:51 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(.....been here this long you actually expect me to read the article....)
To: Delta 21
Whatever you do, don’t press it.
70
posted on
09/25/2018 9:22:24 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: READINABLUESTATE
What are you talking about? It’s nuclear.
71
posted on
09/25/2018 9:28:28 AM PDT
by
Defiant
(I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
To: InterceptPoint
>>>I miss white walls<<<
Hey, that’s Racist... LOL
I was thinking Redlines, which makes me a double Racist.
72
posted on
09/25/2018 9:36:25 AM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
To: Joe Brower
The driver of this beast is just as out of the ordinary as the vehicle itself is. Watch this:
Reverse Limousine Drift (Presidential Drift)
Amazing how realistic today's video games have become.
73
posted on
09/25/2018 9:40:13 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: 2CAVTrooper
My apology, good job by the superimposer
To: M Kehoe
Ill wager it gets 8 mpg. On a 10% downhill grade, with a nice tailwind.
75
posted on
09/25/2018 10:24:00 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: gundog; READINABLUESTATE; M Kehoe; PeteB570; Joe Brower
What do you mean? I thought all government vehicles were electric to save the environment from man-made global warming/climate change that eliminate the ice caps in the Artic in 2012 and has raised the sea levels by 5 feet since Donald Trump was elected, and only Obama was able to keep it at bay?
/do I have to say sarcasm?
And Joe Brower - that is a cool as hell video; from the backfire when he’s sitting at the starting line the the 180 slide at the end. Wow... that thing has power to spare.
76
posted on
09/25/2018 10:35:43 AM PDT
by
ro_dreaming
(Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
To: Joe Brower
"Watch this:" ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now, that was, indeed, impressive!
The instant that big engine first hit "dragstrip revs" -- I was hooked!
I think I'm pretty good, but that driver put the "Beast" though that road course --in reverse -- at speeds, I'd hesitate to try in that monster vehicle -- headed forward!!
Any idea where that course is?
Thanks!
TXnMA
P.S. Is that SS agent's codename, "Mario"?
77
posted on
09/25/2018 1:45:03 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Islam": Satan's invading army. "Muslims": Satan's useful idiots.)
To: TXnMA
He can always drive for me.
D.C.
78
posted on
09/25/2018 1:46:38 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
To: TXnMA; ro_dreaming; gundog; READINABLUESTATE; M Kehoe; PeteB570; Yo-Yo; trisham; 2CAVTrooper; ...
Well, my fellow FReepers, I just wanted to apologize for that video I posted of "The Beast" racing that course backwards. As you may already know by now, this was from a video game called "Forza Motorsport 6".
It's still fun to watch, tho'. $:-)
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posted on
09/26/2018 12:20:19 PM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(Those with intellect bear the burden of thought.)
To: Joe Brower
Thats ok, you are right, it WAS fun to watch
80
posted on
09/26/2018 12:22:21 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jeffersons)
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