Boring Cars for John McCain and Barack Obama
When it comes to the cars they drive, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are downright boring. Obama has a Ford Escape hybrid; McCain a Cadillac CTS.
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"It's remarkable that it's unremarkable," says McKeel Hagerty, the boss of exotic car insurer Hagerty Insurance. Especially when compared with past presidents and cars, something Hagerty has been studying. Consider: Bill Clinton had a classic 1967 Mustang, Ronald Reagan a 1952 U.S. Army Willys, and JFK a '61 T-Bird convertible. But most unusual of all is Howard Taft, the first to drive during his presidency, who had a Baker Electric. "It's just completely ironic," says Hagerty of what was the first green car.
Tags: Barack Obama | Ronald Reagan | Bill Clinton | John McCain | John Kennedy
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