The automobile 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 value mentioning: The previous proprietor was the president of the US.
Joe Biden, earlier than he took workplace, had requested Cadillac to construct the automobile to order — notice 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 “car guy.” The son of a automobile dealership supervisor, the president instructed a gathering on the Detroit Auto Present a few years in the past, “You all know I’m a car guy. Just looking at them and driving them, they just give me a sense of optimism.”
He added, “Although I like the speed, 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, in response to the dealership. As of at this time (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 gear, together with the Luxurious and Security and Safety packages and Magnetic Journey Management. The Caddy was provided as a coupe and as a sedan, and manufacturing ended after the 2019 mannequin 12 months.
Modifications reported by the promoting vendor embrace 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 accordance with the notes on the public sale web site, the present vendor acquired the automobile 4 years in the past and added about 3,700 miles to it. Some “minor damage” to the bumpers was repaired, and there’s a reasonably full service historical past as effectively.
There’s additionally on the web site a complete bunch of feedback from potential patrons, together with this bit about world leaders and their rides. From “7thwonder”: “Stalin had a Cadillac and a Packard that are valued far more than their peasant-owned counterparts, Mussolini’s Alfa Romeo sold for $1.2M, Hitler’s Mercedes 770 is in the Smithsonian and considered priceless.”
A Donald Trump-owned Lamborghini Diablo offered final month at public sale for $1.1 million.