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creee le 7 fevrier 2013 et derniere mise a jour le 7 fevrier
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marque
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CADILLAC
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modèle
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finitions
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Obama's Presidential
Car
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année
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2 0 0
8
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quté /
prix
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exemplaire unique
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carrosserie
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limousine 4
portes
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moteur/boite
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V8
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- Obama's Cadillac:
20 things you (probably) didn't know
!!
- 1 - Power comes from
a 6.5-litre diesel engine that's fitted with a
supercharger to help haul this beast around. Yet despite
this mammoth power plant, the top speed is only 60mph and
it takes around 15 seconds to reach this
- 2 - It is based on a
GM truck chassis and weighs a staggering 6,350kg. To put
that in context, the Rolls-Royce Phantom, one of the
biggest cars on the road, weighs a paltry 2,550kg in
comparison. This will be why the Obamobile only averages
8mpg.
- 3 - A lot of the
weight comes from the Armour protection. The body is made
up of steel, aluminum, titanium and
ceramic.
- 4 - The glass is
five-inches thick and only the windscreen opens, to allow
the driver to talk to secret service running alongside or
to pay a toll. It is also hermetically sealed to secure
it from chemical attack.
- 5 - Should the worst
happen, The Beast has its own oxygen
supply
- 6 - The
military-grade Armour means the doors are eight-inches
thick and weigh as much as a Boeing
747's.
- 7 - The doors are so
thick that Obama can't hear any outside noise, so
speakers are built in to play the ambient sound of the
crowd.
- 8 - The underside is
reinforced with a Kevlar mat to protect Caddy One from
bomb attacks.
- 9 - The fuel tank is
leak proof and filled with special foam that prevents it
from exploding, even in a direct hit.
- 10 - There are two
holes in the front bumper that can emit tear gas and fire
smoke grenades.
- 11 - There is also an
infrared video system for the driver to drive through
smoke and night vision cameras for driving in darkness
without lights.
- 12 - Cadillac One
normally flies two flags, the American flag and the
Presidential Standard, which are lit up at night with
LEDs. When Obama is on a state visit, the Presidential
Standard is replaced by the flag of the country he is
visiting.
- 13 - The Beast has a
firefighting system located in the boot.
- 14 - Also in the boot
is a bank of the president's blood that iscarried at all
times and when he goes out an ambulance always follows
close behind.
- 15 - Obama gets a
presidential limo built to this specification every four
years and the old ones are handed down to vice presidents
and visiting heads of state.
- 16 - The Obamobile
can seat seven, with two seats up front, three
rear-facing ones in the middle, and two at the very back,
one for the president and the other for a
guest.
- 17 - Inside, Obama
isn't deprived of his creature comforts; a 10-disc CD
player is among the features, as well as sophisticated
electronic communications with direct phones to the White
House and internal Internet.
- 18 - Defence systems
include a pump-action shotgun in a compartment beside the
driver.
- 19 - The tyres are
reinforced with Kevlar and can run when flat. If the
tyres are missing, the steel rims have been designed to
allow the car to keep on driving at Speed
- 20 - Unlike
previous presidential cars, Caddy One has no specific
model name.
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PHOTOS DE LA
CADILLAC OBAMA'S PRESIDENTIAL CAR 2008
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