Here's the new beast(s) limo

[JohnnyRingo]

DJT must pretty preoccupied that he hasn't declared this the greatest limo ever designed just for him, or how it's bigger than Obama's.

The presidential limousine is said to weigh up to 20,000 pounds, and is loaded with features like blood bags and run-flat tires that are designed to protect the Leader of the Free World(™) in a crisis. Built by General Motors, the limos—around a dozen were ordered in 2014—cost around $1.5 million each. And now there’s an all-new one.

For that money, you get doors that don’t so much resemble the ones on your Toyota, as they do hatches on an old battleship.

The precise specs of the presidential limo have always been secret, but some things we do know about it, or can safely assume:

It keeps the 2+3+2 layout of the previous Beast.
It starts with the chassis of a GM heavy duty truck.
It vaguely has the styling of a new Cadillac, though in the same way that me in overalls resembles Vince Wilfork in overalls.
There’s blood on board matching the president’s blood type (nacho cheese?) in case of emergency.
It has an oxygen supply in case of chemical attack.
And probably a fuck-ton of weapons, like a tear-gas launcher.
Its doors are a foot thick.

The new limo replaces one last updated in 2009, and is actually over a year overdue, as it was originally scheduled to be ready for Trump’s inauguration. But it quietly made its debut last week, according to Fox News, and was spotted on Sunday in New York City as Trump went to the U.N.

https://jalopnik.com/heres-the-new-presidential-beast-limo-1829271671

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Here's the full motorcade speeding through NYC

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That motorcade must go on for two miles. I know that's nothing new, but it seem absurd to me. I lost count of the ambulances and SWAT vehicles. I would think a single front & rear escort with police blocking cross traffic would be safer and cheaper for everyone.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

1. I don't know about 20,000 pounds, but

it weighs a LOT because it is up-armored.

[Roland99]

2. That counts the buckets of KFC

[Haggis for Breakfast]

6. Hee hee hee !

[JohnnyRingo]

5. Plus a 229# president.

Cooler full of Diet Coke
Microwave
Melania's extra jewelry
Taxes in secret trunk compartment

20k sounds about right

[Haggis for Breakfast]

8. You forgot the tanning bed.

And the extra cases of hair spray.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Were there any police left to see to the citizens of New York?

I don't recall President Obama's motorcades being that ridiculously long. But then, he wasn't into self aggrandizement that way that Spanky is.

[Onyrleft]

4. Do the old ones ever show up at Govt. auctions?

I won't need to replace my Air Force surplus Impala any time soon, but I think I'll start keeping an eye out.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

7. That's a great question.

What DO they do with the old ones ?

[Blue_true]

11. My guess is destroy them.

Anyone getting an old one could gain valuable intelligence on how to defeat a replacement, such info would be valuable to terrorists and hostile foreign governments.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

12. You're probably right.

Military aircraft past their prime end up in the bone yard at Davis-Monthan AFB in the desert of AZ, after being stripped of all gear.

[JohnnyRingo]

9. I think there will be at least one other bidder.

So much for a good deal (I know what I got).

Did you know UPS crushes every brown delivery truck they retire under company guard. If you see one, it's real. I have a feeling the Beast gets a similar treatment unless it gets stripped of ordinance and sent to a presidential library.

[NoSmoke]

10. What an bizarre spectacle.

They threw in everything except the dog catcher.

Don't they have a helipad on top of the UN building or something?

[Haggis for Breakfast]

13. Yes, there is a heliport on top of the UN building.

[alphafemale]

14. Those are amazing looking

I don't like Trump at all but this is not at all about him.

[Raine]

15. I think it's always the previous President

that orders new cars, planes etc for their successor. It would've been ordered by Obama with the expectation that it would be for Hillary's use.