It is known as Cadillac One and 'The Beast' or, as President Trump¹ now calls it, his personal limousine² service.

 

它被称为凯迪拉克一号和“野兽”，如今成为特朗普乘用的豪华轿车。
 

 

These pictures show the brand new 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, remains³ in white and black camouflage⁴ designed to make it more difficult to identify new 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 inauguration⁵ in January but it will now be deployed⁶ later this month.

 

The £1.2 million car is part of a fleet of 12 which cost around £15 million and is arguably the safest vehicle in the world, as befits the President of the United States.

 

The Beast weighs eight tonnes and has eight-inch thick steel doors that weigh the same as those on a Boeing 757 - and are sealed to withstand biological and chemical attacks.

 

The front windscreen can withstand armour⁷ 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 resistant⁸.

 

Only the driver's side window can open in case he needs to pay a toll⁹ - and in the boot are cases of the President's blood for an emergency transfusion¹⁰.

 

Among the other features are shotguns on board in case an attack breaks out, Kevlar tyres that run even if they are flat 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 Beast also has night vision cameras on board and appears to run on diesel¹¹ due to the oversized rectangular fuel filler door.

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