Jalopnik: Cadillac One

Chicago's Olympic Light Goes Out, But Cadillac One Keeps Shining In Copenhagen

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT

We didn't know it was the Secret Service's job to clean Cadillac One, but an agent's shining this older limo for the same reason the Yankees always win; the other team can't stop looking at the pinstripes. Yeah, didn't work.

Photo Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Step Aside, New Yorkers, The President Is In Town

Peter Orosz — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Here’s President Obama rolling in Cadillac One through NYC on his way to address the UN General Assembly, where he wielded his lightsaber to teach shady Third World characters a lesson. Photo Credit: András Király

Obama Drives Past Tesla Showroom, Doesn't Crack Automaker Special Olympics Joke

Ray Wert — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Yes, that is "Cadillac One" driving past Tesla's West Los Angeles showroom yesterday and no, President Obama did not stop in for a test drive. [Green Car Advisor]

Obama's New Presidential Limo: The Features

Ray Wert — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:40:00 EST

President Obama's new Presidential limo's been nicknamed "The Beast" by the Secret Service. We call it "Cadillac One." Either way, here's the low-down on the features inside this armored Cadillac-badged beast of burden. [via Telegraph]

Top Seven Presidential Limousines

Ray Wert — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:30:00 EST

In honor of today's love-fest on television today toward "Cadillac One," Popular Mechanics put together a list of the top seven Presidential limousines since the advent of the internal combustion engine. [Popular Mechanics]

Obama To Get New, Giant Truck-Based Cadillac Presidential Limo

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:30:00 EST

UPDATE: Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled!
With a new president set to take the office, GM is working on a new version of "Cadillac One" for President-Elect Barack Obama — and it's a monster. According to our sources, the new President's state car may look like a stretched Cadillac DTS but is actually based on the GMC Topkick medium-duty truck platform underpinning Ironhide from Transformers. But instead of turning into an alien fighting machine, the Cadillac transforms into a portable bunker likely equipped with five-inch thick glass, cellphone-jamming equipment and blast-proof ceramics. Of course, this is all speculation as the Secret Service won't let anyone know the details of the system.

It's about time the Secret Service stepped up their game seeing as the current limo had a little bit of a break-down in Rome. Though Obama may want a million plug-in hybrids on the road by 2015, the likelihood is this über-heavy Caddy probably downs more fuel than a dozen Prius hybrids combined. What? Did you expect him to drive around in a K-Car? Drive slow, homey.

[Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images, Source: Boston Globe]