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What is the most iconic presidential car in American history?

By YPB Team

Steam cars, bubble tops, armoured convertibles and a ranch Jeep. Some carried history; one was there when it went badly wrong.

  1. Taft's White Steamer — ranked #11
    Taft's White Steamer
    The 1909 steam car that made William Howard Taft the first president with an official car.
    1000pts
  2. Reagan's Ranch Jeep — ranked #22
    Reagan's Ranch Jeep
    The red CJ-6 Ronald Reagan drove around Rancho del Cielo, his California ranch.
    679pts
  3. Reagan's Lincoln Continental — ranked #33
    Reagan's Lincoln Continental
    The 1972 limousine Ronald Reagan was pushed into when he was shot in 1981.
    678pts
  4. Sunshine Special — ranked #44
    Sunshine Special
    Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1939 Lincoln convertible, armoured after Pearl Harbor.
    555pts
  5. Obama's Cadillac One — ranked #55
    Obama's Cadillac One
    The 2009 Cadillac limousine that first carried the nickname 'The Beast'.
    555pts
  6. Lincoln X-100 — ranked #66
    Lincoln X-100
    The 1961 Continental convertible in which John F. Kennedy rode in Dallas.
    0pts
  7. Clinton's Cadillac Fleetwood — ranked #77
    Clinton's Cadillac Fleetwood
    The 1993 Fleetwood limousine of the Clinton years, now at the Clinton library.
    0pts
  8. Bush's Cadillac DTS — ranked #88
    Bush's Cadillac DTS
    The DTS-styled limousine that debuted at George W. Bush's second inauguration in 2005.
    0pts
  9. The Beast — ranked #99
    The Beast
    The armoured Cadillac state car built by GM, in service since 2018 and weighing up to 20,000 pounds.
    0pts
  10. Bubbletop Lincoln — ranked #1010
    Bubbletop Lincoln
    The 1950 Cosmopolitan with a clear roof added for Eisenhower so crowds could see him.
    0pts
  11. Wilson's Pierce-Arrow — ranked #1111
    Wilson's Pierce-Arrow
    The Pierce-Arrow Woodrow Wilson loved so much he bought it when he left office.
    0pts

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