New GM-built 'Beast' presidential limo makes Trump debut

FILE PHOTO: The Marine One hleicopter carrying U.S. President Donald Trump lands in lower Manhattan behind the president's brand new Cadillac presidential limousine on its debut drive with the president in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The latest version of the heavily armoured U.S. presidential limousine known as "The Beast" is making its debut in New York City this week.

The custom-built Cadillac produced by General Motors Co appeared for the first time in public on Sunday -- along with an identical version that travels in the motorcade -- when it ferried President Donald Trump around New York ahead of this week's United Nations General Assembly meetings.