Cadillac presidential State Car for Obama…it looks like Cadillac DTS…but it is based on fully customized GMC Truck.
This is the current American Presidential state car used by Barack Obama.
Although it looks like Cadillac DTS limousine or something….but believe it or not, it is not based on Cadillac. It is specially build model which is based on stretched GMC Top kick truck and has fully bullet proof body on top.
The red arrow beside Obama shows how thick the body is.
If you see this picture, the interior does not look as wide as you see from outside. I guess it is due to the thick & heavy bullet proof body.
They say the body panel is about 5cm thick titanium or ceramics, the glass is about 12cm thick bullet proof glass….well, it is more likely to be a military vehicle.
Former President Bush was using Cadillac DTS based model.
There has been rumors about assassination around President Obama since he came to White house and that is how this vehicle is made extremely tough and safe vehicle.
Today, American limousine market is dramatically changing. Lincoln Towncar is no more available and using SUV is getting more common.
But in this case, it looks like Cadillac….but it is completely different truck based…..it is really interesting.
But If they think of making bullet proof body, this means they have to completely re-make the exterior panels and in that case, there is not much point using normal Cadillac based body.
Why do they need such a special vehicle? Simply because how dirty behind the politics is.
There is no more open-top limousines after JFK’s assassination.
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