President Clinton will be the first U.S. president ever to use a hybrid outfitted for presidential service thanks to Ford, who will be presenting our 42nd president with a Mercury Mariner Hybrid "Presidential Edition" at the Clinton Global Initiative conference later this month in New York City. The Mariner Hybrid has been modified to include LED interior lighting, a 110-volt outlet and a writing table. Everything else on the vehicle, including the hybrid powertrain that delivers 32 mpg in the city, is supposedly stock.
We say supposedly because most presidential vehicles are heavily modified with armor and other technologies to thwart assassination attempts. The LED interior lighting installed in Clinton's Mariner Hybrid suggests the window glass is either heavily tinted for privacy or has been replaced with a transparent armor similar to the kind used on President Bush's armored Cadillac DTS limo that's so thick it blocks natural sunlight.
Speaking of presidential vehicles, did you know that the presidential motorcade is typically 35 cars long A lot of gas could be saved by switching that fleet over to a next generation powertrain. Follow the jump to see what vehicles follow the president when he's out on the town and in what order.
[Source: Ford]
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Wikipedia) Since 2001, when the President travels out-of-town, his motorcade consists of about 35 vehicles. Listed here is the approximate order of a typical presidential motorcade, and indicates the vehicle number, occupants and purpose:
- Car 1: Local police car (maintains integrity of motorcade)
- Car 2: Local police car (maintains integrity of motorcade)
- Car 3: Marked police car (bomb sweep)
- Car 4: Route Car, marked police car (intersection control)
- Car 5: Pilot Car, marked police car (coordinator)
- Car 6: Lead Car, marked police car (command police personnel)
- Car 7: Lead SUV (Secret Service)
- Car 8: Lead SUV (Secret Service)
- Car 9: Lead SUV (Secret Service)
- Car 10: Armored Limo, Spare Limo (Secret Service)
- Car 11: Armored Limo, The President and First Family (Secret Service)
- Car 12: Follow-Up SUV (Secret Service)
- Car 13: Follow-Up SUV (Secret Service)
- Car 14: Follow-Up SUV (Secret Service)
- Car 15: Control Car (staff personnel)
- Car 16: Swat Car (Secret Service Swat Team)
- Car 17: Support Vehicle (staff personnel)
- Car 18: Staff 1 (staff personnel)
- Car 19: Staff 2 (staff personnel)
- Car 20: Staff 3 (staff personnel)
- Car 21: ID Car (ID team, Secret Service)
- Car 22: White House Personnel (staff personnel)
- Car 23: Camera 1 (photographers)
- Car 24: Wire 1 (writing press)
- Car 25: Camera 2 (photographers)
- Car 26: Camera 3 (photographers)
- Car 27: Camera 4 (photographers)
- Car 28: Press Pool Van (press pool staff)
- Car 29: Press Van (press staff)
- Car 30: Guest Van (VIP guest, staff)
- Car 31: Swat Car (local police SWAT)
- Car 32: Ambulance (Fire Department personnel)
- Car 33: Press Bus (press staff)
- Car 34: Local Police Car (maintains integrity of motorcade)
- Car 35: Local Police Car (maintains integrity of motorcade)
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