Discover Cadillac armored car of President Obama

 

The Cadillac One Limo U.S. President Barack Obama has long been known by the nickname "The Beast - Beast", and although the sealed records of the Secret Service, but over the years, a Some specs and leaked secret help we overview the "safest car" is.1. It is not a normal Cadillac
 Unlike any vehicle before serving president, the car The Beast has very little in common with a standard production vehicle. The chassis, diesel engine and transmission system were taken from the Chevrolet Kodiak large downloads. Some other equipment inherited from the well-known models such as the Cadillac Escalade headlights and tail lights like the STS car.
 2. The car has a private jet
 The U.S. Secret Service has requisitioned a transport aircraft C-17 transport missions to The Beast and a reserve limos or an armored Chevrolet Suburban. We are ready whenever the President visit. In particular, Suburban cars can be seen as an instrument of communication within mobile, can be contacted directly via satellite through military SATCOM satellite dish on the roof decoration of the car.
 3. A real armored car
 Maybe not an armored vehicle that has a window Safer The Beast. Vehicle glass protection 8 inch thick and weighing heavy doors with doors on Boeing 757 aircraft. The bulletproof windows can withstand any sabotage attempts, including that of the B40 or B41 shot. System manufactured by Goodyear wheels built with the same size of the bus and made from synthetic material Kevlar durable. The interior is completely sealed from the outside environment to prevent attacks by chemical weapons from outside. The fuel tank of the car is coated outer layer of durable steel with a special protective layer of foam around the room, except all of that destruction.
 4. Many pages superior
 Inside the limousine of President Barack Obama can find all equipment related to the preservation of human life for the weak of fire extinguishers, oxygen tanks, blood storage boxes presidential. There is also the small arms such as rifles fired tear gas, shotguns, grenade launchers. All of this equipment is to be improved by the Secret Service agency has conducted since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in a Lincoln Continental convertible in the past.
 5. Maximum capacity of 7 people.
 In the front row, Cadillac One can sit for 3 people including the driver. At the rear, the President will sit in the splits position with 3 other people with a folding table. This layout helps aides and secret service to ensure the best President of all trips.
                                                                                         
 
6. "The Beast" not only
 The U.S. Secret Service is in the hands of a few vehicles like The Beast, although the cars look like cars than Cadillac DTS, but it has all the same functions Cadillac One. The vehicle used for this Limouse the senior foreign officials and VIPs when they were in Washington DC.
 In addition, the President will sometimes move in a Chevrolet Suburban or a heavily armored bus was modified by Prevost manufacturing company as an escort force, not on the car The Beast.
 7. Why use diesel
 The Beast was used for the Duramax diesel engines manufactured by Chevrolet and GMC pickup trucks for heavy. But why use a diesel engine? The reason is that in addition to the durability of this engine is diesel fuel with lower volatility levels help reduce the risk of fire, explosion, and most importantly, it can be found everywhere in the world, unlike fuels High quality unleaded.
 8. Driving specially trained
 Drivers for president and coach trained by the U.S. Intelligence Agency to be able to face the most dangerous situation such as running away, tails, chase ... The training program is being extended through Test drive system created by GM engineers, and was held at the military base.
 9. Specifications of the vehicle will not impress
 The Beast is said car weighing more than 9 tonnes of diesel cars and not agile. The car takes 15 seconds to reach speeds of 100km / h and a maximum speed of it can not by conventional vehicles. In addition, large weight makes the car "drink" fuel as a beer nerd, the fuel consumption of 35 litres/100km The Beast.
 10. This year, the car will make a political statement.
 In a move that brings a lot of politics, President Obama has selected a specific license plate number of Washington, DC with the words "Close, but no representation Tax - Taxation Without Representation" to bind up the Beast as to show support for the residents of the District of Columbia in the struggle demanding the right to vote for representatives Congress. However, this effort may be difficult to change when the opposition Republican Party is the majority in the U.S. House.