US President Barack Obama's convoy - London, 1st April 2009

[shinyshiny82]

And they tell us to go green? Look at that waste.

[B7ONY]

world biggest fucking Terrorist..responsible for killing 100 of thousands around trhe world..son of a bitch US president!!

[olichris]

Man.. you uploaded this video just to punish us with the unbearable sound

Please accept my middle finger

[Xamy101]

look at all them police officers

[Xamy101]

look at all them police officers

[CottonFodentS]

yea convoy is fine, but the fucking sound sucks like a hell !!!!

[Trustisaliability]

The Americans are the only leaders in the world that don't trust us with providing a car for them; so much for the "special relationship".

[HoTEcuaBoy]

@Trustisaliability its the official motorcade. its not that ur range rovers or jags are better than our cadillacs and chevy suburbans (i wish we did have range rovers and jags and bmws though) but its the official vechicle provided to the president. it goes where ever he goes. so yea

[AlvinHDavernport]

@Trustisaliability That's a really stupid complaint. Do you fail to realize that no other leader of the world is as preeminent, visible, and vulnerable as the President of the United States? There is a reason why even in his own homeland the US President rides that thing, which is unlike any other presidential limo, whereas other world leaders can stroll around with not more than a bodyguard. It's the same reason why the special relationship is terribly violated and disrespected like this.

[Trustisaliability]

@AlvinHDavernport

He'd be just as safe if not more so in an unmarked range rover convoy. No one would even know he was there. That convoy is like painting a massive target.

not to mention the insane cost of it.

[AlvinHDavernport]

@Trustisaliability Absolutely not. Your assessment couldn't be more inaccurate. Explosives and chemicals don't discriminate between flashy and non-flashy cars. The point of the presidential limousine, in case you haven't noticed, is not to trick hostiles into thinking the President is in another car. Their point is to be as safe as possible. And I'm afraid to tell you that an unmarked Range Rover will succumb to *much* less than what the Cadillac One is able to withstand.

[Trustisaliability]

@AlvinHDavernport

Range Rover/Cadilac, it makes no difference, they're both as good as each-other once they've been bullet proofed.

The point is that a small convoy is easy to maneuver and can evade dangerous situations easily, it could even change it's route, whereas a convoy this size is a giant target which has very limited capacity for changing route.

[AlvinHDavernport]

@Trustisaliability Sorry to say but that's BS. It makes no difference once they've been bulletproofed? You do know there are different levels of bulletproofing, right? Sure, the Range Rover can survive a shootout, but the Cadillac has MILITARY-GRADE ARMOR. It is fitted to withstand chemical attacks or even rockets, for fuck's sake. Not the Range Rover. Do you think if terrorists want to attack the US President they'll just open fire with a .45? No, they'll probably think a little bigger, buddy.

[Trustisaliability]

@AlvinHDavernport

I know there are different levels of bulletproofing. I also know that a police/DPG range rover is capably of withstanding a shoot out.

The Cadillac can withstand whatever it likes but let's be honest if anything capable of taking out the range rover (let alone the cadillac) slips under the radar it's an epic security services fail. It is highly unlikely that anything of that caliber would make it into Britain.

[AlvinHDavernport]

@Trustisaliability Understandable, but the Secret Service doesn't operate under the idea that such a large-scale attempt on the President's life can't possibly be carried out in Britain, ergo the extra protection provided by the Cadillac One is unnecessary. As your nickname says, trust is a liability. We're your friends and we love you, but that doesn't mean our security standards for the President will be bypassed just so as to not "offend" you by turning down your Range Rovers.

[Pakgov]

fuck presidents who live luxurious

[3312cdfp5674]

The first few cars were good, but then they started to suck, but then they went good again.

[talk2charlie]

@3312cdfp5674 Phew. Glad you made such an insightful comment. Thanks for your contribution Einstein.

[3312cdfp5674]

@talk2charlie Np anytime

[BlackGoldEstates]

shit sound

[CowSaid]

"POLICE KEEP BACK" EPIC!!!!

[motorbreath1983]

Incase of someone doesn't know how to cross the street, they have written it down on it.

[aznfilipinoboi]

What happened to the sounds ? :O

Nice Video BTW.

[SEAWEEDER1]

Every time the president of the united states visits britain the security brings everything to a halt (airport ,streets and roads) Due to pubic spending cut backs he should fly Ryanair and use the big red bus or use a bloddy web cam saves the hasstle of a visit.

[amirrozlan]

those cadillacs look like they mean business. i like it.

[fgcarva1]

1st car :D

Really great video, and don't mind those bastards who complain for the audio :D

[OlderG0ds]

smallest convoy I've seen our president in.

They must trust you chaps in London a bit more than the rest

[OlderG0ds]

hey a good  ing vid eo

[RobertsDigital]

the most fucking annoying video ever youd better take this thing off youtube...

[icharlievideo]

@RobertsDigital Oh no. I've been threatened by an anonymous coward from the interweb. Whatever am I going to do.

[TJis16]

@icharlievideo haha best response ever,

I mean the audio is awful but thats a given.

[evolynnam9958]

@RobertsDigital if u dont like it so much why did you look at it?

[charlieiscool1000]

fucking terrible sound

[icharlievideo]

@charlieiscool1000 Perhaps that should be charlieisafuckingretard1000 cause you're clearly not cool... or very bright. Yes the audio is terrible. I've commented it is too. So get over it. Loser.

[TheOnlineCommunity]

Funny seeing the police in Europe using BMWs, Land Rovers or Audis...these cars are considered higher end luxury in the US and would never be expected to be used as police vehicles!

[AlvinHDavernport]

@TheOnlineCommunity That's because they're imported. There really isn't more to it. The price that police stations in the US pay for a Tahoe could buy them a 5 Series, if that care were made here in the US. Also, talk about political repercussions. What police station would want to waste taxpayer money on more expensive, non-American cars?

[TheOnlineCommunity]

@AlvinHDavernport I know. Just saying they look cool from an American perspective.

[AlvinHDavernport]

@TheOnlineCommunity That's true. Pretty much anything that's not a Crown Victoria or Impala looks cool as a cop car.

[HMSDaring1]

They used the SHITTEST of the Polices BMW Motorbikes for this excort, hmm, surprised not to see a BMW 3 series police car! really, they should have used the Best police cars for the escort!

[Reqrezentin]

What AUDIO IS THAT!

[knighttango]

had to mute..

[talk2charlie]

What do you want numbnuts? A fucking medal. Read comments further below and you'll see audio bitching has been covered quite extensively! Now go whine somewhere else ok.

[knighttango]

you should be sidelined for being a shit head stereotype...you dont mind spending more time whining over my comment than i actually did over the video..

if you werent the number one contender for the fuckin medal yourself then you would have ignored my small piece of criticism..

[talk2charlie]

No. But I do enjoy winding you up. Done.

[RascalCoyote]

wow that audio is beyond bad!

[RascalCoyote]

@Demo9237 one of those buses is a media bus, they often follow in a bus.

[delacaravanio]

Aren't the buses WH press corps?

[talk2charlie]

Right, all you fuckwits who keep on mentioning the bad audio. What do you want? A fucking medal? 10 out of 10 for observation. Your parents must be so proud. Grow some and deal with it. As I stated... 9 months ago "apologies for shocking audio". Once again, I didn't film or encode it, simply uploaded it. Now no more bad audio comments hey? There's a good boy.

[thebestbeat101]

what a fuckin sound

[butchd2009]

all that for him was a bit over the top

[lastfighter01]

bad sound

[abhisheksisodia1954]

nice vehicles

[rascalboy17]

the horrible audio is caused by one of the veichles in the motorcade that intercepts electronic devices' sound.

[rascalboy17]

get over it!

[jerkholic]

The sound quality is horrible

[luke061234]

The beast and The GMC SUV'S are americas cars. And the range rovers and mercedes and BMW's are englands. Was obama in the second or first limo?

[shadowkitty56]

Take a gander at the Beast while you can: it may be the very last of its kind. GM ain't gonna last much longer and the Beast is probably going to be one of the last Presidential limos to not be a "green" car.

[MarkPeters1977]

Why does everyone always follow the fist limo in the motorcade and pretty much ignore the second?! Pres. travels in the second one!!

[898matthew]

I ment because alot of them have UK number plates

[898matthew]

do all of these vehicles belong to the americans? or are the range rovers for example, ours?

[inventorchris2]

the united states secret service brings the 2 limo and some SUV every were because than they know that no one has temped with it. and then they usually rent everything else. We American protect our head guy at any cost that even means he has helicopters with him no matter where he is at

[smithylvs]

the beast,, love all the american vehicles that came here

[FallahukNews]

@smithylvs

it wasnt all american, mainly germany.

[AlvinHDavernport]

@FallahukNews No. The cars that the President travels with are all American. The German cars in the convoy carry around staff and were likely provided by the British government. They didn't go from America to the UK.

[MGM12]

audio seems messed up

[icharlievideo]

yes it does... I did write the exact words "apologies for shocking audio" - but thank you for highlighting that anyway! I didn't film or encode it, but will be sure to pass on your message.

[icharlievideo]

Apologies for shocking audio.