[LP700-4]

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/barack-obama-cadillac-ireland-2011-05-23

In hilarious and rather implausible scenes this afternoon, Barack Obama's Cadillac-badged limousine beached itself on a speed bump as it tried to leave the American Embassy in Dublin.

It's not known if Obama was actually inside ‘Cadillac One' - a GMC Topkick-based armored car that's fitted with highly classified defence tech - but it was grounded for several minutes while the secret service heaved it off the bump.

Barack and the First Lady left security officials hiding the beefed-up ‘Lac, nicknamed ‘The Beast', from view and found a different exit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKym-Zi3mOQ&feature=player_embedded

:fullofwin:

[TheKingdom2000]

I`m still not exactly sure what happened ?

It got stuck on a speed bump???
Or did the embassy have those reverse spikes that popped the tires??

[haha13]

thats not "the beast" that's taller than the average person. Its probably one of the older dts limos

[LP700-4]

Haha people saying that the Limo's Hi-Tech Defense system kicked in causing wheels to lock up.

[Nintensity]

Here's a better view of what happened:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo5zH0Il8B0

[RevRav]

Slammed :troll:

[jing]

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[OBD1]

Throw some D's on that bitch!

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[Drow]

sexy 7 series.

[mb_]

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[Bouncing Bettys]

Seeing this had me wondering a few things.
Why would the wheels recess into the wheel wells like that? Did the car react as if an explosion or intrusion occurred under the vehicle and went into a defensive mode? Was it drawing in the wheels like a turtle would draw in its limbs to protect against further attacks? The only thing I could come up with is that wheels in a wheel well create gaps and closing those gaps a little might increase the defensive barrier around the interior. If so, then why did the rear wheels not do the same? When I showed the video to a buddy he thought it would be better to keep the vehicle drivable so they could escape further attacks, if it was a defense mechanism.

[TRDeol]

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[Jegz]

Needs more low

[seakrait]

Seeing this had me wondering a few things.
Why would the wheels recess into the wheel wells like that? Did the car react as if an explosion or intrusion occurred under the vehicle and went into a defensive mode? Was it drawing in the wheels like a turtle would draw in its limbs to protect against further attacks? The only thing I could come up with is that wheels in a wheel well create gaps and closing those gaps a little might increase the defensive barrier around the interior. If so, then why did the rear wheels not do the same? When I showed the video to a buddy he thought it would be better to keep the vehicle drivable so they could escape further attacks, if it was a defense mechanism.
Don't think it's that complicated. Vehicle just got hung up on the dip. Heavy load = low ground clearance plus long wheelbase and a curb equals FAIL.

You'd think it's something that would have happened before at that location. Then again, maybe not. Not sure if any motorcade gas visited Dublin recently with a vehicle like that; not even the Queen I would imagine.
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[Ronin]

It's not because it's a low car. It's up on that speed bump because it's a limo and too goddamn long.

Design flaw on the part of whoever built this place. He should've figured that lots of armored limos would be coming in and out.

[hk20000]

if I was the driver I'd tell the president to hang on and dukes of hazard it upon seeing the potential car stuck hump lol

[DOHCVTEC]

Seeing this had me wondering a few things.
Why would the wheels recess into the wheel wells like that? Did the car react as if an explosion or intrusion occurred under the vehicle and went into a defensive mode? Was it drawing in the wheels like a turtle would draw in its limbs to protect against further attacks? The only thing I could come up with is that wheels in a wheel well create gaps and closing those gaps a little might increase the defensive barrier around the interior. If so, then why did the rear wheels not do the same? When I showed the video to a buddy he thought it would be better to keep the vehicle drivable so they could escape further attacks, if it was a defense mechanism.

From the news here in the UK, it would appear that for whatever reason the front suspension simply collapsed.

[Vansterdam]

wow epic fail

[orange7]

Seeing this had me wondering a few things.
Why would the wheels recess into the wheel wells like that? Did the car react as if an explosion or intrusion occurred under the vehicle and went into a defensive mode? Was it drawing in the wheels like a turtle would draw in its limbs to protect against further attacks? The only thing I could come up with is that wheels in a wheel well create gaps and closing those gaps a little might increase the defensive barrier around the interior. If so, then why did the rear wheels not do the same? When I showed the video to a buddy he thought it would be better to keep the vehicle drivable so they could escape further attacks, if it was a defense mechanism.

you think too much.

seems like the weight of the car made the front suspension blow up.

front suspension was probably made by an american car company.

[Death2Theft]

I bet they will be installing lambo style lifts now on all the limos.

[Hurricane]

Well it's not the current presidential car as most morons in the media have chosen to report. It's pretty obvious to anyone who has a clue about cars.

Looks like the 05 model Bush used to roll around in. There has been an 09 caddy in use for more than 2 years now.

That said; still a pretty pathetic display. The 09 model does seem to have a significantly higher ground clearance tho; as it's based on a truck chassis, and probably wouldn't have had a problem with that exit.

This one was probably carrying around the help, and the president was likely somewhere else altogether.

[Skyline350gt]

Should have went on an angle :fullofwin:

[Marco911]

That's not Obama's limo. It was just part of the entourage.

[Volvo-brickster]

Look how thick those doors are....beast indeed.

[slammer111]

It does looks like a suspension failure (possibly metal fatigue). Can't see that being a defense mechanism?

Talk about embarrassing. :lol

[shenmecar]

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