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Ex-presidential limo wows Chinese
By Yu Nan (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-04-03 14:20 A Cadillac limousine, once used for state travel
by former US president George H.W. Bush, was on public display Sunday at Livan
District in Guangzhou, the capital of South China's Guangdong
Province.
The luxury car is now owned by a local collector and
entrepreneur, who also has dozens of well-known cars like Ferrari, Bentley, and
Rolls Royce, and even a mini-battle plane, the Guangzhou-based Information Times
reported.
Visitors take a close
look at the Cadillac limousine once used for state travel by former US
president George H.W. Bush in Guangzhou April 3, 2006.
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He will also set up an
exhibition where the public can view his collection free of charge.
On
hearing of the display, many Guangzhou residents immediately came to have a look
at the luxury car and take photos.
The enormous 12.2-meter long Cadillac
was manufactured in 1989, and is notable for its elegance and distinction. It is
thought that the car was sold for around 20 million yuan (US$2.5 million).
Apart from being used as US state car to meet foreign leaders
originally, the car also went on to serve as an Arabian magnate's personal
vehicle.
Not only has the car appeared at various ceremonies, but also it
once successfully protected a leader from an assassination attempt. The car is
bullet proof, waterproof and is strong enough to endure earthquakes, and
explosions.
Song Xinlin, vice general manager of Guangzhou No.1
International Culture Square, claimed that although bodyguards around the car
were seriously wounded or died in the attempt, no senior officials inside the
car were injured at all.
"It can withstand any attack," Song
added.
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