From November 9th 2016-
AutoWeek: More than two years have passed since the United States Secret Service posted bid requirements for a new presidential limousine, aka The Beast, and the 2017 Cadillac is just about ready to make its first public appearance. The 2017 version will replace a fleet of approximately a dozen nearly identical vehicles that have served the 44th chief executive since 2009, and prototypes of the new limo have been spotted undergoing road trials.
So what can President-Elect Trump look forward to in the 2017 Cadillac limousine?
When it comes to the exterior design and interior layout, the 2017 version may actually change the least compared to its predecessors. During the last 50 years, each generation of limousines was significant; each new version featured dramatically different styling (or a different marque altogether), while interior layouts were reworked from generation to generation. The changeover from President Bill Clinton’s sedan-based Cadillac Fleetwood limousine to President George W. Bush’s GMT800-based limousine was pretty significant, and the debut of the Kodiak-platform 2009 limousine for President Barack Obama’s inauguration represented another major step in terms of engineering and exterior appearance.
But for 2017, the design and engineering of the presidential limousine appears to have reached a plateau of sorts; the limo cannot get any bigger, and when it comes to the interior layout the 2017 version will largely be a repeat of the 2009 limousine.
sweep it for bugs.
Critters or electronic?
It doesn’t sound like it’s very ECO Friendly. Just sayen.
It would have been ready sooner, but they had to de-install the folding step which was included in the original requirements.
Whatever specs are eventually finalized, I’ll bet DJT already owns and is used to riding around in something better.
I hope it’s just the frame that’s the same and the inside is stripped. Could you imagine the wookiee smell lingering in there? blech! You can’t dry-clean that.
Sweep for electronic surviellence, ability to be electronically controlled.. many late model cars can be taken over remotely… and booby traps
But the one that Obama rides is in soaked in Semen I would guess…
Gold plate the things.
And a yuge T on the grill.
What’s wrong with the dozen they already have? They could not possibly have worn them all out by now. He flew everywhere he went. A little detailing and voila—good as new!
What? General motors wants continued government assistance?
And next up: The LoFo’s will call for a boycott of Cadillac.
How else do you get rid of the smell