"The Beast" - Obama's car.

woody33 · 22-12-2009 5:40pm #1

Wouldn't like that to fall on my foot.

http://www.life.com/image/ugc1023552/in-gallery/37872/inside-the-secret-service

Feeky Magee · 22-12-2009 5:48pm

unkel · 22-12-2009 5:51pm

Topspeed 60mph :rolleyes:

woody33 · 22-12-2009 5:59pm

8 mpg (US) isn't too bad, considering.

Anan1 · 22-12-2009 6:13pm

I'd be very surprised if that only costs £300,000.

Drummerboy08 · 22-12-2009 6:27pm

Thats what I was thinking too Anan.

Right, a game. Lets play "Spot the weakest possible area for attack with an RPG"

kasper · 22-12-2009 6:30pm

Anan1 wrote: »

I'd be very surprised if that only costs £300,000.

plus delivery and related charges

Heroditas · 22-12-2009 6:35pm

woody33 wrote: »

8 mpg (US) isn't too bad, considering.

Yet he pushes the "carbon reduction" agenda.
You'd think he'd have a hybrid :rolleyes:

hi5 · 22-12-2009 6:41pm

Its a Diesel! 6.5 as in the Humvee I'd say.

lee_ · 22-12-2009 6:59pm

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Thats what I was thinking too Anan.

Right, a game. Lets play "Spot the weakest possible area for attack with an RPG"

Hope the CIA dont take me out for this one, It has to be that three inches of open window when Obamas driver is collecting his McNugget happy meal at the drive through.

Alanstrainor · 22-12-2009 7:05pm

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Right, a game. Lets play "Spot the weakest possible area for attack with an RPG"

Screw the RPG just use one of these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfEMnx-Nz-w

ScumLord · 22-12-2009 7:12pm

Anan1 wrote: »

I'd be very surprised if that only costs £300,000.

It's a bargain! I'll take two.

Martron · 22-12-2009 7:21pm

the drivers window opens judt in case he has to pay a toll................ thats when you spring your rpg attack...

this is rubbish. for security i doubt they have to pay tolls!!!!

in fairness i doubt they will have to guess whos car it was

Dothehustle · 22-12-2009 7:28pm

hang on the keep his blood in the car just in case wtf

Right, a game. Lets play "Spot the weakest possible area for attack with an RPG"

eh wait till he gets out
/ game

lee_ · 22-12-2009 7:41pm

Martron wrote: »

the drivers window opens judt in case he has to pay a toll................ thats when you spring your rpg attack...

this is rubbish. for security i doubt they have to pay tolls!!!!

in fairness i doubt they will have to guess whos car it was

That was a misprint, the window is to collect his MacDonalds

Berty · 22-12-2009 7:46pm

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Right, a game. Lets play "Spot the weakest possible area for attack with an RPG"

He has to open the door at some stage.

Patience is a virtue.

Volvoboy · 22-12-2009 7:52pm

6.5 Diesel?? If is a Cummins Diesel, it would the biggest faux paux considering his recent trip to Copenhagen.

ScouseMouse · 22-12-2009 8:07pm

unkel wrote: »

Topspeed 60mph :rolleyes:

Thats only because the secret service agents that accompany him cannot run any faster

Stevie Dakota · 22-12-2009 8:29pm

Why is Bertie driving it?

unkel · 22-12-2009 8:40pm

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Right, a game. Lets play "Spot the weakest possible area for attack with an RPG"

That's not much of a game, I'm afraid. The best protected area are the doors and they are only about 200mm thick. I launched a standard NATO 66mm LAW into a WWII tank in the early 90s. And that was old stock being replaced at the time (hence why I was allowed to fire one

). That old LAW could penetrate 300mm of steel. Launch any RPG at the armoured doors of that car and anybody inside will be perforated by a million pieces of shrapnel. It will protect fine against heavy machine gun fire though

Damien360 · 22-12-2009 10:05pm

unkel wrote: »

That's not much of a game, I'm afraid. The best protected area are the doors and they are only about 200mm thick. I launched a standard NATO 66mm LAW into a WWII tank in the early 90s. And that was old stock being replaced at the time (hence why I was allowed to fire one ). That old LAW could penetrate 300mm of steel. Launch any RPG at the armoured doors of that car and anybody inside will be perforated by a million pieces of shrapnel. It will protect fine against heavy machine gun fire though

I think you just made it on to the CIA watch list. Expect many questions at the airport !!!!

squod · 22-12-2009 10:20pm

Fugly.

El Guapo! · 22-12-2009 10:40pm

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Thats what I was thinking too Anan.

Right, a game. Lets play "Spot the weakest possible area for attack with an RPG"

Just try get the job as the mechanic who services it and replace the A/C with cyanide gas. Job done!

Danbo! · 23-12-2009 1:00am

Standard steering wheel, but dashboard contains communications centre

Yep, I got bluetooth on my stereo too.

Shires · 23-12-2009 2:07am

Heroditas wrote: »

Yet he pushes the "carbon reduction" agenda.
You'd think he'd have a hybrid :rolleyes:

You must be new around here.. Here's the score: do as I say and not as I do!

Absurdum · 23-12-2009 2:41am

hi5 wrote: »

Its a Diesel! 6.5 as in the Humvee I'd say.

...with a petrol tank!:D

G Luxel · 25-12-2009 12:34am

Its actually a GMC Topkick Commercial truck chassis with the front and rear panels of the Cadillac DTS and the headlights of the Cadillac Escalade to resemble a range-topping Cadillac(which will be dropped in 2011, currently the largest Cadillac passenger car in the range) and its the first Presidential limousine not to have a model name.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Obama_Cadillac_limousine_in_2009_inaugural_parade.jpg/800px-Obama_Cadillac_limousine_in_2009_inaugural_parade.jpg
In 1976 the White House was running a Cadillac Fleetwood parade car on 8.2 litre engine. The ClintonYears had a Fleetwood also built on a truck chassis with a 7.5 litre petrol engine, considering that the largest engine fitted in a Cadillac (Fleetwood Brougham) at the time was the ZR1 corvette 5.7 litre engine.

Effects · 23-05-2011 3:19pm

Ha ha!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKym-Zi3mOQ

trad · 23-05-2011 3:29pm

Deserves a thread of it's own, preferably AH

pajo1981 · 23-05-2011 3:34pm

The rims are lost in those arches, where's the veeetec...etc

Matt Simis · 23-05-2011 3:38pm

Better video of it getting stuck here:
http://www.rte.ie/news/av/2011/0523/media-2963651.html#

Note the 7series clearing the gate with ease beforehand.

opinion guy · 23-05-2011 3:41pm

pajo1981 wrote: »

The rims are lost in those arches, where's the veeetec...etc

I bet the boot isn't as bid as the boot on an octavia....

opinion guy · 23-05-2011 3:42pm

Matt Simis wrote: »

Better video of it getting stuck here:
http://www.rte.ie/news/av/2011/0523/media-2963651.html#

Note the 7series clearing the gate with ease beforehand.

what the hell happened there ?
They showd on tv a sideways on shot and it looked as if the suspension just collapsed

Rovi · 23-05-2011 3:46pm

Yep, that looks much more like a suspension collapse than a 'rampover' issue.

Elbow · 23-05-2011 3:47pm

Anan1 wrote: »

I'd be very surprised if that only costs £300,000.

+ VRT :P

guil · 23-05-2011 4:00pm

anyone look it up on wiki, i had to laugh at this bit

The car is driven by a highly trained Secret Service agent who is capable of performing a J-turn

robtri · 23-05-2011 4:04pm

lee_ wrote: »

That was a misprint, the window is to collect his MacDonalds

mcdonalds.... surely he is a KFC man

Robertr · 23-05-2011 4:13pm

robtri wrote: »

mcdonalds.... surely he is a KFC man

Why?

Our man in Havana · 23-05-2011 4:18pm

Robertr wrote: »

Why?

I would have to kill you if I told you.

Matt Simis · 23-05-2011 4:57pm

robtri wrote: »

mcdonalds.... surely he is a KFC man

Careful now!

ShadowHearth · 23-05-2011 5:10pm

Ah lads, she us diesel. 156 quid per year. Obama is not just pretty face lads!

Tea 1000 · 23-05-2011 5:13pm

opinion guy wrote: »

what the hell happened there ?
They showd on tv a sideways on shot and it looked as if the suspension just collapsed

Probably a type of self levelling system that is linked to the rear suspension, so when it tried to self-level it went wallop.
It's not a sophisticated car by any means in mechanical terms.

maidhc · 23-05-2011 5:21pm

That looks more like Dubya's old car than the "beast"

http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-10863_7-10006756-14.html?s=0&o=10006756&tag=mncol;page

jjmcclure · 23-05-2011 5:22pm

Matt Simis wrote: »

Better video of it getting stuck here:
http://www.rte.ie/news/av/2011/0523/media-2963651.html#

Note the 7series clearing the gate with ease beforehand.

Funny part is the Garda on the right (as you look at it) starting to do a legger when he hears the bang!!

johnos1984 · 23-05-2011 5:30pm

jjmcclure wrote: »

Funny part is the Garda on the right (as you look at it) starting to do a legger when he hears the bang!!

The Garda on the left folded his arms and leaned against the bus probably thinking "hows the smug git going to get out of that one"

At least he got to experience our badly tared roads first hand

exador · 23-05-2011 5:33pm

I know a Lad that could fix it up and get it through NCT ! Just leave 200 dollars in the boot Mr President !

DublinDilbert · 23-05-2011 6:25pm

Does it have a hydraulic suspension like some of the old citrons??? It looks like the fluid rushed into the rear balloons and allowed the front to fall down, making the problem worse.