Inwards Trump’s fresh car dubbed the ‘Brute’: £1.2m Cadillac has eight-inch thick doors, can get through a roadside bomb and has an an oxygen system in case of a chemical attack
By Daniel Bates In Fresh York For The Daily Mail 22:17 BST one Mar 2017, updated 23:00 BST one Mar two thousand seventeen
- Donald Trump is set to receive a fresh version of the presidential limo that has been dubbed ‘The Animal’
- The fresh car will be bullet proof and be able to sustain a direct rocket or chemical warfare attack
- There are a fleet of twelve cars, some of which are sent ahead of a planned presidential visit across the globe
- During a two thousand eleven visit to Ireland, Barack Obama’s Brute got stuck on a ramp leaving the US Embassy in Dublin
It is known as Cadillac One and ‘The Animal’ or, as President Trump now calls it, his individual limousine service.
These pictures demonstrate the brand fresh incarnation of the President’s official vehicle undergoing final testing before it is delivered to the White House.
The sedan is longer than two large SUVs and, for the moment, remains in white and black camouflage designed to make it more difficult to identify fresh features aboard the vehicle.
The final version will be painted black and silver just like the current version, once it is given the final approval.
General Motors, which reportedly made the vehicle, had hoped for it to be ready for Mr Trump’s inauguration in January but it will now be deployed later this month.
The £1.Two million car is part of a fleet of twelve which cost around £15 million and is arguably the safest vehicle in the world, as befits the President of the United States.
The Brute weighs eight tonnes and has eight-inch thick steel doors that weigh the same as those on a Boeing seven hundred fifty seven – and are sealed to withstand biological and chemical attacks.
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The front windscreen can withstand armour piercing bullets or a .44 magnum and the bodywork is military grade and five inches thick.
The reinforced undercarriage with withstand going over a roadside bomb and the fuel tank is explosive resistant.
Only the driver’s side window can open in case he needs to pay a toll – and in the boot are cases of the President’s blood for an emergency transfusion.
Among the other features are shotguns on board in case an attack violates out, Kevlar tyres that run even if they are plane and an oxygen system in the trunk in case of a chemical attack.
A number of guns are hidden in the front grille of the vehicle which can be used to fire on an attacker.
The Brute also has night vision cameras on board and emerges to run on diesel due to the oversized rectangular fuel filler door.
The Animal is not the only hi-tech vehicle in the Presidential fleet.
Among the motorcade is the President’s own communications antenna – a mobile cellphone tower strapped to the top of a car in his motorcade.
And always nearby is the military aide carrying the ‘Nuclear Football’, which is the briefcase which stores instructions in case of a military attack.
One of the few times The Animal has cracked down was in two thousand thirteen when a driver put the wrong fuel into it while on a tour to Israel.
The embarrassing blunder left the Secret Service scrambling to find a vehicle that could take President Obama around Tel Aviv.
He was not on board at the time.
Mr Obama’s staff had anticipated every eventuality with The Brute and had bought generators and backup equipment – but they did not count on such a basic human error.
Another incident was on a two thousand eleven journey to Ireland when The Brute got stuck on a speed bump outside the US Embassy in Dublin.