What It Is Like to Ride In the Presidential Limo

The Presidential Limousine, known officially as "Cadillac One" and called "the Beast" by the Secret Service, is a remarkable machine. The president's car is capable of transporting and protecting him, letting him work undisturbed, and if necessary, unleashing nuclear hell. President Obama's car is a unique vehicle built around a Cadillac DTS that almost everyone has seen, but almost nobody knows anything about. And that's on purpose - the details of its protection and weapons are closely guarded secrets.

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[saintriley]

My brain: "the presidential lmao"

[AllecJoshuaIbay]

The Boeing 757 shown in 3:25 crashed in 1996.

[KaasIsLekker]

*JFK and Franz ferdinand disliked this video*

[ethanol]

I still can't believe someone thought a convertible limo was a good idea

[The_A_Cast]

Yesterday I was watching the inaugural parade, one of the Secret Service agents opened the door for Biden to get out, and it AMAZED me how thick the door was!

[BuddySweyzer]

This video's thumbnail looks like Ford and Biden made a rap album together

[felixhodkinson]

“You’d expect the limo to work like a well oiled machine”
Proceeds to pan a shot of an unreliable engine, the one, the only, the always broken RB26

[jimmyyu]

There weren't enough horses around D.C. to be able to 'tow' Taft and his carriage around... That's why he had to 'resort' to horseless carriage. 😁😜

[maddg]

If I was the president, I would be transported in one of those massive war elephants from The Lord of The Rings

[Thoran]

Lots of talk about the security but little about the actual experience.

[partypickle]

What is my historical vehicle of choice, you ask? Why, a time-traveling DeLorean of course; duh!

[Ronin]

At Rancho Del Cielo the Beast saw little use after the first trip down the two lane mountain road. Not only the Beast, but most vehicles had burned down their breaks so much that they decided to abandon ground transport an go with air transport instead. I was detailed there from a nearby USAF base to facilitate air travel to local areas.

[ravensbrood]

The Limo didn't work out too well for JFK..😞

[KMFDM_Kid]

"Unleash nuclear hell"

You sure make crimes against humanity sound nice.

[kepckatherinec]

My historical vehicle of choice—Cleopatra’s golden barge.

[anthyman]

Fun fact: The Beast is much more closely related to a pickup truck than a Cadillac DTS/CT6. Needs the beefier chassis to support all the armor; it's just styled to look like the existing sedan.

[squadmaster]

I mean do you really think taft could be pulled by a horse?

[rocko]

2:51 "really really deep pothole."
US embassy in Dublin starts to laugh.

[jumboJetPilot]

I used to fly the Presidential motorcade and Secret Service every now and then. I’ve also known a couple of guys who went onto the 89th AS to fly the VC-25 (Air Force One). There are quite a few security features about the presidential motorcade itself that aren’t public knowledge.

[itsybitzzy]

This is more-like the Batmobile family car... you know, if ever bruce decides to have a family get-away.