Thursday, January 15, 2009

Barack Obama's Beast

Barack Obama, the president-elect of USA, will ride in a heavily modified car, the 2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine, in his inauguration ceremony on 20 Jan. The car is a Cadillac-made model and has been given the nickname of Beast owing to its huge size and for its toughness.


How heavily modified? Just look at the specifications:-
* Hand-stitched leather

* 10-disc CD player

* 8-inch-thick doors with each door having the same weight of a Boeing 757 airliner's cabin door (because of these doors, it's also called the Cadillac One)

* Boot contains an independent oxygen supply and advanced fire-fighting system

* Defence systems include pump-action shotguns, night-vision cameras and tear-gas cannons (the president must have been trained using all this weaponaries)

* Supplies of the President's blood in case of emergency medical treatment

* Petrol tank is amour-plated filled with specially designed foam to prevent it from exploding

* Tyres on the limousine are Kevlar-reinforced, puncture- and shred-resistant, with special steel rims that allow the car to continue driving even if the tyre is missing

The bad part of the car:-
* top speed of only 60mph (how to have a fast escape from danger then?)
* eight miles to a gallon (wow, that's really a beast!)

The price - £300,000

Reading: The beast – it's Obama's new Cadillac - What Car?
Tags: Barack Obama, Cadillac, Cadillac One, 2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine, Kevlar

5 comments:

SamSeiko said...

=__= spammer? advertiser?

anyway, why the Beast looks like coffin =X really high -tech this car has fire power....

Borneo Falcon said...

The Beast can't fly and swim as well

acura said...

Should be very comfortable inside although it looks hideous outside

Drunk On Books And Adventure said...

Wow!!! Except for the speed of the car, I feel so totally safe and secure to be in it, and wish I could afford such a car.....hehe, looks like I'm as paranoid as the President-elect!! :D

Johnny Ong said...

keyword - thks for the lead

elite - superb car indeed

borneo - got diff car for that

acura - shld be for that sort of price

blackie - we need it in m'sia nowadays with so many lousy drivers on the road

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