It’s nicely established that President Biden is a car guy. If his 1967 C2 Corvette convertible is not proof, he is been identified to maintain the Secret Service on their toes with the occasional burnout on their safe check monitor. Conan O’Brien is similar means, nonetheless hanging onto his 1992 Ford Taurus SHO after many years. On a latest episode of the retired TV host’s podcast, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, the dialog turned to automobiles, and Biden had some automotive exploits to debate that we’ve not beforehand heard about.
As it seems, the forty sixth president is a fan of launch management. It appears like he had by no means been in a automotive outfitted with the function till comparatively just lately when he drove an unspecified Porsche. The circumstances of the Commander-In-Chief’s drive are unclear, however talking to O’Brien, he says “You know the brand new ones? They have a launch change. I acquired a Porsche as much as 171 miles an hour,” occurring to clarify how the function works. “It is incredible.”
President Biden offered no different particulars in addition to that transient assertion, nevertheless it’s possible that the stint within the sports activities automotive from Stuttgart occurred earlier than he was president. Porsches have been outfitted with launch management for a while, and each time probably the most highly effective man on earth drives a automotive, we have a tendency to listen to about it and see video.
Biden has pushed a smattering of recent electrical automobiles in entrance of the press, together with the Hummer EV, F-150 Lightning, and Cadillac Lyriq. He was additionally filmed revving a Z06 Corvette on the Detroit Auto Show final 12 months. All of this occurred off of public roads, after all. The final time we’re conscious of him driving his C2 was on the aforementioned Secret Service check facility.
Although we do not know which Porsche he took as much as 171, virtually all of the automobiles the corporate affords, at the very least the sports activities automobiles, are able to these speeds. The new 911 S/T, as an example, will hit 0-60 in simply 3.5 seconds and tops out at 186 miles per hour.