Move over Batmobile, Obama's got the tricked out ride now
Posted at 10:01 AM on February 5, 2009
by Sanden Totten
It's got no official model name, so they simply call it "The Beast." I'm talking of course about President Obama's new ride, an armored missile bunker with an international communication system cleverly disguised as a Cadillac. (photo from General Motors)
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From Wired: "Limo One is believed to weigh between seven and eight tons . . . The body is sheathed in military-grade armor as much as 8 inches thick on the doors (each of which weighs as much as the cabin door on a Boeing 747, Motor Authority says)." Don't get your finger caught in one of those puppies. Ouch!
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Other reports say it has 5-inch thick ballistic glass, Kevlar mats, a closed circuit ventilation system, night vision cameras, shot-guns, tear gas launchers and a 10 disc CD player with a leather interior. See a picture of all the features here.
Sounds pretty rad, but I'm waiting to see if it can launch Obama from it's wreckage in a speedy big-wheeled motor cycle in time for a chase scene with the Joker.
Of course a lot of this is rumor since GM, not wanting to lose what may have been their only customer all year, is keeping many specifics secret. But some are claiming that the car even totes along containers of the President's own blood for emergency purposes.
This has some doctors scratching their collective heads. After all, would the President ever be so far from a hospital that he needs his Secret Service dudes to start a transfusion? Also, donated blood only lasts for a short while, so unless Obama is making monthly trips to the blood bank the stuff would have to come from others as well.
But maybe it's not for him, perhaps they keep it on hand to use as a decoy in the face of a vampire attack? Or maybe it's there to feed the blood thirsty media once the Honeymoon Period is over?
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