The automotive is a charmer, for positive: A one-of-a-kind 2018 Cadillac ATS-V Sedan, completed in Black Raven with a Kona Brown inside, with lower than 16,000 miles, is presently up for bid, presently at $29,000 and climbing.
There’s another spec price mentioning: The previous proprietor is the president of the USA.
Joe Biden, earlier than he took workplace, had requested Cadillac to construct the automotive to order — be aware the beautiful Kona Brown inside, the magnesium paddle shifters, the 18-inch CT4-V Blackwing wheels, the Rennick Efficiency exterior trim.
Traditionally, Biden has admitted to (and bragged about) being a “automotive man.” The son of a automotive dealership supervisor, the president informed a gathering on the Detroit Auto Present a few years in the past, “You all know I’m a automotive man. Simply taking a look at them and driving them, they simply give me a way of optimism.”
He added, “Though I just like the pace, too.”
The president’s ex-sports sedan now resides at Wilmington Cadillac in Biden’s dwelling state of Delaware, the place it was turned in off-lease in March 2020, based on the dealership. As of at the moment (Feb. 15), there are six days remaining on the Automobiles & Bids public sale.
The rear-wheel drive ATS-V mannequin, launched in 2016, was focused on the BMW M3 in addition to different efficiency vehicles. It featured a 3.6-liter twin-turbocharged V6 rated at 464 horsepower (0-to-60 in 3.8 seconds!), and different manufacturing unit tools, together with the Luxurious and Security and Safety packages and Magnetic Trip Management. The Caddy was provided as a coupe and as a sedan, and manufacturing ended after the 2019 mannequin yr.
Modifications reported by the promoting vendor embody 18-inch CT4-V Blackwing wheels completed in Tech Bronze, a Rennick Efficiency entrance grille and rear bumper trim, a black emblem equipment, a suede microfiber steering wheel and shift knob, and tinted home windows (however not bulletproof glass).
In keeping with the notes on the public sale web site, the present vendor acquired the automotive 4 years in the past and added about 3,700 miles to it. Some “minor harm” to the bumpers was repaired, and there’s a reasonably full service historical past as nicely.
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