He said "type/company" which could mean he meant either (not necessarily both) or even intended "type" to mean roughly the same as "manufacturer". 

In any case Kasz I really think you are defending a bad position just because you put yourself in it before you found out the facts.  And please, tell us what the two types are, because as it stands now I'm not convinced it doesn't simply look different because of whatever the secret Service has done to it.  I'm sure they went to town when they got one for keeps instead of just election season. 

And even if they are the most different buses Prevost makes, Prevost still makes them both, which still exposes this entire brouhaha as completely ridiculous; it's been manufactured by a pathetic excuse for a news agency, desperate for hits. 

How are they "not even close"?

They're both multi hundred thousand dollar tour busses. What one had black leather and the othe white? Do you even know anything?

Nah, I just said that it wasn't the same type of bus, which it wasn't they look totally different.  Had no idea if the company was the same or not.  I was just skeptical because he said they were the same when the two buses dont' look alike.  To compare with the picture above.

http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/AFP/photo_1313431516622-1-0.jpg" width="512" height="358">

Can't find a bigger profile but.

Obama bus is taller, and more "snub nosed" and seems to slope from the top down, where as the Bush Cheney bus, and even Obama's past campaign bus was down foward.  No panneling on the top either.  Heck even the setup on the roof is totally differnt.  Of whatever those black things are.

Don't look anything alike if you ask me, at least not any more alike then any two busses of that size that could be made by anyone.  Heck there is a lot different between them.

Besides, like I said, it SHOULD be a non issue, since I doubt Obama even picked out the bus himself.  That it was likely the Secret Service who makes those choices.

The biggest difference IMO is the color.  Both of them slope convexly from the top down, it's hard to tell whether the slope is the same because the profiles are at different angles or (in one case) the door is open obscuring the view.  I thought you might have different model numbers for me or something.  But maybe that info is not available somehow. 

The Bush bus does have panels or bulges or whatever on top, they're just harder to see colored white against a light background.  Plus it is likely those are Secret Service modifications which wouldn't necessarily be identical every time. 

I think you still have yet to make a convincing case even on this limited subject. 

Actually, i was talking about the Obama bush not having the panels.  Look above the colored in windows.

The Obama side is cureved and reaches the very roof.

While the Bush and Obama Campaign ones stop before the roof and have a very clear vertical line.  The whole shell of the bus is different.

As for other cosmetic differences, the headlights on the front are different too, though I didn't bother pointing it out.

And no I can't find anything on any of the buses except the new one because well, they're buses, who the hell cares,  heck there aren't even really any clear pictures of Clinton's bus, but from what I can tell it looks even more different.

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I mean, that's not even remotely the same from the back.

Aha, finally did find it. Indeed are different models.

Bush used a Prevost H3-45, while Obama is using a Prevost XLII

The Prevost XLII chassis – unlike the fiber composite bodied Prevost H3-45 incorporates a high tensile steel sub-frame and a stainless steel body and – as a consequence - is better suited to the type of protective modifications required by the US Secret Service. The XLII chassis is usually supplied with the DDEC VI Series 60 W/EGR 14L 515 HP engine coupled to an Allison World B500 6-speed automatic transmission.

http://www.examiner.com/rving-in-national/the-obama-presidential-bus-tour-another-win-for-prevost

Again, i'd say they're quite a bit different... in ways i didn't even notice.

http://www.prevostcar.com/cgi-bin/pages.cgi?page=xl2c

http://www.prevostcar.com/cgi-bin/pages.cgi?page=h345vip

They have full pictures you can view too and see the many differences.

Guess I have the better eye for buses... but I mean, from two pictures from the same angle, the differences are really striking.

So now this thread has boiled down to comparing buses used by current/former politicians. Cracks me up on what a pointless debate.

It's never really been a debate.  Afterall I said they weren't the same bus model, but it doesn't matter anyway since it's not like Obama probably picks the bus.

Well, i guess it's a debate as to if the busses were different, but I think I just put that to rest.

While I am sure they could have saved some money on the buses there are far more areas in the wasteful US government that can be looked at.  It is just sad to see what the media has become.  There is little to zero investigating reporting that goes on.  Most is just handed to them from either the government (war info) or businesses and relayed to the viewer with little fact checking.  I remember Dateline or whoever looks into government waste sometimes.  It just seems like Halliburton can pretty much rape the country and there is little to no outcry.  However, even the smallest waste gets blown up if it involves a politician.

I actually think they probably DID save money on busses.

I mean, I don't know how much it costs to rent busses, them being cool with you retrofitting it with all kinds of secret spy equipment and protection stuff, then paying to do that, then ripping it all out again....

but I bet it adds up.

Probably will save cash overtime as the busses will hopefully be used for 3-4 presidential elections plus any other crazy bus tours.