Built on a heavy duty truck chassis, the newest Presidential Cadillac is practically impenetrable.
President Donald Trump was in New York City recently to meet with various world leaders and when his plane landed, he was picked up by the newest Cadillac limousine known as the “Beast.” Since 2009, a unique Caddy limo served as the Presidential hauler, but with the new Commander-in-Chief comes a new state car.
An image shared by White House Director of Social Media and Assistant to the President, Dan Scavino Jr., shows President Trump’s new limo during his trip to New York. Like the previous Beast, the new car looks like a big, beefy Cadillac sedan, but it is actually a custom body on the chassis of a heavy duty truck, complete with everything needed to protect the leader of the free world from anyone who wants to cause him hard.
As you might imagine, the federal government is fairly hush-hush with the details on the President’s unique Cadillac limousine. We know that it is a custom Cadillac body that is designed to look like the CT6 or XTS, but it is considerably larger in every dimension than any “normal” Caddy sedan. To accommodate the size of this stretch limo, it rides on a modified Chevrolet Kodiak 4500/5500 truck chassis, so in addition to being bigger than any production Cadillac sedan, it is also bigger than almost any truck sold in the USA.
When it comes to the specific details, they are based largely on rumors, but those unofficial points all make sense. The rear doors are said to be a foot thick and completely bulletproof. In fact, all of the glass is bulletproof and every piece of the body is designed to stand up to a violent attack. This includes protection from explosives from top to bottom, built-in tear gas launchers and an emergency supply of the President’s blood type.
The image below shows President Trump’s limo on top and President Obama’s limo on the bottom, offering a look at the similarities and differences between the two.
We don’t know what it under the hood, but with this Cadillac limo rumored to weigh more than 15,000 pounds, it is likely a powerful diesel engine from a heavy truck as well. In any case, whatever powers the Beast must be strong to move all of that mass in the event of an attack on President Trump.
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