A Peugeot for the French President, a Mercedes for the German Chancellor and a Cadillac for the US President — a look at the powerful cars that transport the world’s most powerful people.

President Obama said last week that contrary to his requests and due to security reasons, his presidential limousine could not be a hybrid vehicle.

“I asked can we make these cars hybrids,” Obama said at a town hall in Charlotte, North Carolina last friday.

“Secret Service said no. Now, the reason is not because Secret Service are bad guys. It’s because the cars that I’m in are like tanks.”

While most makers of luxury goods have suffered in the recession, watchmaker Jorg Gray can thank Barack Obama for helping it weather the downturn.

The president has been wearing one of the company’s watches since August 2007, when he got it as a gift from his Secret Service agents for his birthday.

The company says that the Secret Service originally was looking for a watch for the team, something rugged, good looking, and highly accurate.

Would you like to live next door to President Barack Obama? Well you have now a great chance!

The 17-room, 6,000-square-foot (557-square-meter) home at 5040 South Greenwood in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood is for sale.

The home is situated directly next to President Obama’s Chicago residence.

You might have seen this technique before during your days of reading books as a kid. But Esquire claims its never been done by a magazine before.

For the cover of their “How To Be A Man” issue the folk at Esquire have created a mix and match flipbook comprised of Justin Timberlake, Barack Obama and George Clooney’s faces

Go ahead and make your own face when the “How to Be a Man” issue goes on sale, beginning April 10.

Jaws dropped at last year’s record number of 400 private jets descending on the Super Bowl, but the inauguration of President Barack Obama attracted a full-on airborne migration of well-heeled travelers this week.

Robert Frank at the Wall Street Journal reports around 600 private jets landed in D.C. in the days leading up to the inauguration ceremonies. One of the four runways at Dulles was even closed off for extra parking.

It’s a veritable record, and more than twice the 300 private jets the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority logged for George W. Bush’s second inaugural. Via: Jets.ru