What you need to know about 'The Beast' US presidential car

The car can seat seven people, including the President. The front seats two and includes a console-mounted communications center. A glass partition divides the front from back. Three rear-facing seats are in the back, with cushions that are able to fold over the partition. The two rear seats are reserved for the president and another passenger; these seats have ability to recline individually. There's also a folding desk in between the two rear seats. Storage compartments in the interior panels of the car contain communications equipment which is called the Limousine Control Package and is operated by the White House Communications Agency. This is the voice and data device that links the vehicle to the WHCA Roadrunner at the rear of the motorcade allowing command and control (or "C2") functions to be performed from the limo. The trunk lid has five antennas. 

 

The car is driven by a specially trained Secret Service agent who is capable of performing CPR. The President's Chief Protective Agent occasionally sits in the front passenger seat of the limo.

On domestic trips, vehicles carrying the president display the American and Presidential Standard flags, which are illuminated by directional flood lights mounted on the hood. When the President performs a state visit to a foreign country, the Presidential Standard is replaced by the foreign country's flag. The two limousines, halfback, and other vehicles are airlifted for domestic and international use primarily by a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III.

The vehicle fuel efficiency is about 8 miles per US gallon (29 L/100 km; 9.6 mpg-imp).

The United States government also operates similarly designed limousines for the Vice President, VIP guests, visiting heads of government, and heads of state. 

It has eight-inch thick steel plates, five-inch thick bulletproof glass, Kevlar-reinforced Tyres.

 The Cadillac car from General Motors GM cost is worth over $1million.

 President Obama has arrived Kenya.  A limousine with bullet proof glass nicknamed 'The Beast' arrived the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi to pick him up. The car was flown in from the US. 

The Secret Service refers to the heavily armored vehicle as The Beast. Most details of the car are classified for security reasons. A special night vision system is in a secret location. Special loops replace the stock door handles; agents hold on to them when running alongside the car. Goodyear run-flat tires fit into extra-large wheel wells. The car is protective against biochemical attacks.  Kept in the trunk is a blood bank of the President's blood type. It also has its own oxygen supply.