According to the great features in this car, it is assumed globally to be the safest car on planet earth.
The beast which is also known as First car, Limousine one and Cadillac One are 12 in total in the presidential fleets of cars. In otherwords, there are 12 limos which same features which amounts to over £15 million.
Grab a pop corn, a chilled drink and get ready for this guys!!!
Here Below Are 15 Amazing Features Of "The Beast"(Official Car Of The POTUS)
1.The Names
As stated earlier, it is also known as Limousine One, Cadillac One and it has a code name, which is known as "Stagecoach".
2."The beast" got brothers in arms
According to the White House, there about 12 of its kinds in the presidential fleets of cars.
3.The beast is heavily equipped with sophisticated communications system.
The makers of the beast made it to be very unique, and accurate as far as communication is concerned. It is believed to have the world's most efficient communication equipments ever installed in a 🚗
4.The beast is a mobile bunker
The beast has been officially labelled a military grade armored vehicle which has more than 7 inches thick bulletproof plating all-round. The doors are as heavy as those in a Boeing 757 aircraft. Isn't she Lovely?? 😘
5."The beast" got extra fail-safe tyres.
What does this mean?? It means even when attackers manage to blow off the tyres if they can, it got extra in-built tyres to replace them in such situations.
6.The beast was built to withstand heavy explosions.
In other words, it explosion proof in nature.It has its interior part sealed from the inside, to keep it safe from any chemical attack. The fuel tank areas which can be easily manipulater in normal cars to cause an 💥 The fuel tank in "The beast" is enclosed by specially manufactured foams to prevent any kind of potential explosions.
7.Secret Lock System
Till today, no civillian or ordinary peeps aside from the Secret Service know how to open "The beast". It was specially built to cause confusion on threats that would like to gain physical entrance or access into "The beast". Surprisingly, the beast got no key holes present in it which causes more confusion as to how they made this possible.
8.Medical equipments
Medical equipment are made readily available for the president in times of emergency. Some medical equipments include "a gas container", "supply of the president's blood type should incase he gets injured".
9.The beast is a very very very expensive hardware(Of course y'all should know this already)
10.All it's windows are sealed except that of the drivers.
Due to security backed reasons, only the drivers windows can be opened.
11.Anywhere "The Potus" goes, "the beast" is always there with him.
As you can see from the picture above where it beign carried by a jet, the beast follows the president on every occasion, in all trips/travels it I always there with him.
12. The beast is very heavy.
It is assumed to weigh between 15,000 to 20,000 pounds...very heavy, ain't it?
When we compare the beast to regular cars like a 2014 Toyota Camry sedan which weighs 3,200 pounds the weight difference is crystal clear.
13.The Fuel-Type
The engines present in "the beast" runs on diesel maybe due to its lower flammability than when compared to gas/pms(premium motor spirit).
14.The beast does breaks down occasionally.
Such occasions include back in year 2013 when the beast was sighted to have broken down while it was on a trip to Isreal which according sources was a fault from the driver, it is believed that the driver filled the tank with the wrong ⛽..hmm quiet disappointing, a whole driver of the POTUS.. he shoulda been sacked... Lol 😂 (just joking though).
15.Decommissioned Limos are dismantled and destroyed.
This is done by the Secret Service to avoid any information about "the beast", the equipments used" from surfacing in the outside world.