If you thought car pursuing is fun, then just wait until you get a load of these presidential cars. United States presidents embraced automotive technology in the early 20th-century (so, if you like vintage cars, you will be amazed to see the Victoria automobile of Theodore Roosevelt).
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Theodore Roosevelt – Columbia Electric Victoria Phaeton Automobile ($3,000)
He was the first US president to ride in a car on Aug. 22, 1902 in public. The New York Times reported that Roosevelt was quite pleased with the “handsome Victoria automobile,” finding it to be an effective way to shake a lot of hands in a short period of time. Considering that the annual salary in that period was $450, the Victoria beauty was a fortune. You could have bought this car in seven years.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – Lincoln V12 “Sunshine Special” ($8,348.74)
FDR’s “Sunshine Special” Lincoln V12 featured a siren, 2-way radio, extra-wide running boards, and grab handles for Secret Service agents and was the first car built specifically for presidential use. After Roosevelt’s death in 1945, the Sunshine Special remained in the White House fleet and was used by President Truman until a new fleet of Lincoln limousines was acquired after the 1948 election.
Dwight D. Eisenhower – Chrysler Imperial ($4,832)
Ike had a few cars, but it was the Imperial he favored. It was kinda high-tech when he owned it—the ‘56 Imperial had the first all-transistor radio. To translate that into modern times, think of it as your car automatically signing into Spotify.
John F. Kennedy – Lincoln Continental SS-100-X ($7,347)
The vehicle that is most closely associated with JFK is the custom 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible, dubbed SS-100-X, in which he was assassinated. Also, JFK had an obsession with Thunderbirds. Before taking office he was a GM guy, but once in the White House, he kept requesting more and more T-Birds—Ford even hard a hard time supplying enough for his inauguration, after he requested that more than two dozen be in the parade.
Lyndon B. Johnson – Amphicar ($100,000)
LBJ won the coolest presidential car competition. He was a true car guy, with dozens of cars to his name, but none with more panache than his Amphicar. He had an affinity for tricking his unsuspecting guests by pretending the brakes were shot and driving straight into a lake. The amphibious vehicle was manufactured by the Quandt Group at Lübeck and at Berlin-Borsigwalde, with a total of 3,878 manufactured in a single generation.
Richard Nixon – Lincoln Continental custom ($200,000)
President Nixon ordered a 1972 Continental limousine. The vehicle featured armor plating, bulletproof glass, and 7.5-liter V-8 engine. This was the same vehicle that President Ronald Reagan was entering in 1981 when an assassination attempt was made.
Ronald Reagan – Cadillac Fleetwood ($600,000)
In 1983, Reagan received a Cadillac Fleetwood limousine. The tall greenhouse was wrapped, of course, in bulletproof glass. It is often stated that the real Presidential Cadillac Fleetwood limousine was used in the 1993 film In The Line of Fire, starring Clint Eastwood, but in fact it was a carefully constructed replica and not the precise car that the Presidents used in that era.
George W. Bush – 2005 Cadillac DTS Limousine ($28,500)
During his next term, President George W. Bush ordered a 2005 Cadillac DTS custom. This vehicle featured all-wheel drive and is still used as an alternate presidential vehicle. The vehicle was one of a kind. It had a tall roofline, red and blue emergency lights built into the front grille, and was fitted with red strobe lights in the headlights and rear brake lights.
Barack Obama – Cadillac one ($1,100,000)
The model was a limousine-style Cadillac and was, of course, fully armored to protect Barack Obama. Get this: the Cadillac One had a stash of blood in it to match the former President’s blood type. There was also an oxygen tank, just in case of emergency. And for those late-night, top-secret limousine cruises, the Cadillac One was equipped with night vision, too.
Donald Trump – The presidential limo, a Cadillac ($1,500,000)
Trump has always traveled in the luxury befitting a billionaire — but his Presidential car takes comfort and safety to a whole new level. The design appears to be a simple evolution of the old model with more current Cadillac design cues, like an Escalade sedan. What we can tell is that it is massive and tall. A sort of SUV sedan unlike anything you can buy at a Cadillac dealer.