Cadillac One

Nicknamed “Cadillac One,” a new presidential limo is definitely in the cards for president-elect Barack Obama. General Motors (GM) is considered to be putting the finishing touches on a new Cadillac limo for the president to be. Of course the new limo will come with all the added goodies like several inches of glass for windows, an armor-plated body, etc and from what I have read so far, it looks like the limo is going to be a stretched Cadillac DTS based off of the 2500 line of GM’s trucks. Ok… That is cool… I guess… Actually, this to me seems kind of boring. I looked at a bunch of forums where people were making comical guesses as to what the president’s limo will really be like and all of their predictions seemed a lot cooler than a plain old Cadillac limousine with all of the usual presidential amenities. A forum user on Spike.com took a picture of the GMC Topkick and photo shopped a picture of the presidential seal onto the side. Could you imagine Barack Obama riding around in one of these? I could. You could lower it and put spinners on it. Or instead of going down, why not go up? A member on the Landroversonly.com forum posted a picture of what looks like a lifted Cadillac Caprice limo showcased at the SEMA Auto Show. I thought this was hilarious! Stick some presidential flags in the hood, throw some jet black paint on there and this beast is ready to go.

One idea I had when writing this was a completely green presidential vehicle. Now, I know we have not yet perfected this but why not green up the president’s car just a bit? It wouldn’t hurt right? I don’t think so. I’m not against Barack Obama but shouldn’t he at least have something green about his life if his plan involves making us greener? Look, I’m just spittin’ out ideas, but I’d rather keep the president safe than have a greener car and he not be safe, capeesh? On one final note, I would like to take the time to show you some pretty interesting sites I found while searching for info about the president’s new “ride.” First up to bat is a wiki site that has pictures of all the past president’s limos. I especially like the one with president Bush sitting on the inside. You never really get to see what the inside looks like. Where are all the flat-screen televisions? The final website that I won’t go into much detail about, but is still good to know is the White House website. It gives a brief summary of how the transportation works in the White House. It didn’t really have anything to do with the new president-elect but I’m sure it will have something in the coming months.