The World’s Finest Police Cars
By Alan • November 4th, 2007 •
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Ever wondered what happens to the money you pay to the Police when you get a ticket?
Here’s the ultimate battle of Police supercars worldwide. Personally if I would be a cop I would prefer Germany.
Germany: Brabus CLS Rocket
With 730hp from a twin-turbo V12 and a top-speed of 225.19mph, the Brabus CLS Rocket is currently the world’s fastest legal sedan.
Germany: Porsche 911 Carrera
The Porsche 911 Carrera S has been extensively modified by TechArt for its role as a police car. With a 6 cylinder engine and 500hp it’s capable of over 186 mph and sprinting to 60 mph in just 4.6 seconds.
Austria: Porsche 911
A £65,000 supercar that can do up to 177mph for the Austrian Police
Italy: Lamborghini Gallardo
Lamborghini donated one of these beauties to the Italian Police back in 2004. They probably liked it as they purchased another one a year later for around $166,000. Top speed: 190mph. Powered by a 5 liter V10 with 500hp.
Italy: Smart
Not quite a supercar, but I bet chases on the narrow streets of Rome are much more interesting since the Italian Police got this.
USA: Dodge Magnum
Michigan Police acquired an entire Magnum fleet (they could be used as rams by their looks)
USA: Dodge Viper
Texas’ way of welcoming visitors
USA: Corvette C6
USA: Ford Mustang
USA: Hummer H2
700hp Hummer powered by a 7.0L supercharged V8 for a sheriff in Texas
UK: Lamborghini Gallardo
Similar to the Italian Police Gallardo, just with a crappy paint job
UK: Lotus Exige
The Exige is a lightweight, high performance car that accelerates from 0 to 60 faster than typical V8 cars and yet only uses around 5 liters / 100 km.
Australia: Holden VE Commodore
Australia: Alfa Romeo GT
Japan: Nissan Skyline GT-R
China: Hummer (It just HAD to be a replica)
Holland: Spyker C8 Spyder
406hp and a V8 with Lamborghini doors. Maximum speed: 186mph
Canada: Jaguar S Type
Bulgaria: Porsche 911
South Africa: Lamborghini Gallardo
Yet another Gallardo with a better paint job than the British version. The nearly $200,000 car was loaned to the authorities by a local Lamborghini importer to use it as an “attention-getting device” to control traffic.
A little fun:
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great post - much cooler than the standard crown victoria everyone around here has.
Very Cool! I grew up in Citrus County Florida, north of Tampa about 70 miles. Back in the 70’s the Sheriff’s Dpartments in a lot of rural counties like mine did not have the budget to buy fleets of police cars. So, they let the deputies supply the cars, the County painted them the official green and white, and paid for the radios and lights and such. And “leased” the cars from the deputy. Deputy was responsible for routine maintenance I believe. Made for some very HOT cop cars! Had to be a 4 door, rear drive. And could not be a luxury boat, (although a mid 70’s era Sedan Deville marked cop car would, would have been a sight,now wouldn’t? padded roof and opera lights and all!) So we had Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler’s, and AMC. Most all of them with VERY worked over engines, Hey, this was the south, and these guys where country boys.. But sadly, progress marched on, and bland Chevy’s and Fords became the rule.
Hello,
Very cool, but you forgot the Subaru Impreza WRX from the French Gendarmerie.
The picture is here :
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/
Thanks, the Subaru is cool, I’ll update the list when I find a few more… I was actually wondering how come I didn’t find anything from France
The Michigan State Police also have a large number of the Dodge Chargers in service as well. I noticed you had a small pic in with the Magnums. Nice page listed below that shows them inside and out.
http://www.ryanpatrickdean.com/ChargerPolice.html
Nice post, enjoyed it
also forgot the ford EXPEDITION. see it aroudn the US sometimes. police has an unmarked black one here in kentucky. can’t even tell it is one because of the tint till the lights are on.
In my opinion, the only car that you would ever see a lot on the streets, if at all, would be Australia’s Holden VE Commodore. I live in Queensland, Australia and i’ve seen quite a few of these cars on the road… they’re what we call “highway cars”…. these are the sorts of cars that stick to the highways, and also the sort of cop cars that you don’t want to run into when speeding.
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That’s a Corvette C6, not C5.
Your post about the TechArt Porsche is wrong.
U will never found a 5 litre V10 Engine in a Porsche 911. 911 will ever have a “6 Cyl Boxer engine”.
German Datasheet -> http://www.techart.de/PDF_Zone/TECHART-Polizeifahrzeug%20FV_DV.pdf
Some details from TechArts:
Cyl: 6
3.824 ccm
370 HP @ 6500 rpm
406 Nm @ 4200 - 6200 rpm
topspeed 297 km/h
0-100 km/h 4,6s
0-160 km/h 9,9
price 125.000 €
that sheriff in texas with the hummer is hilarious
I agree with Chris Vincent. I’m also a Queenslander and those VE commodores are everywhere. They’ve also started using them in suburban areas now. White ones are used for suburban areas (along with Toyota’s Aurion, maybe you should put that one in here too?) While the Highway Patrol cars are painted in a flashy red, with reflective side graphics. Really eye-catching. Also, that first Lotus Exige was a Queensland police car, not a UK police car.
That Police Corvette is not a c5 it’s a c6, note the rims and the inset doorhandles.
Ahh C beat me to it, oh well, you can still not the doorhandles etc.
The UK spec Gallardo is very much wearing normal police uniform for this country. The base colour is yellow on the Gallardo, and most police cars seem to have white, but the high-visibility blue and yellow checks are the norm these days.
You might notice that the real nastiness is only on the sides of the car, and this appears to be intentional, as all UK police cars (apart from that exige) only have the real bright reflective colours on the sides. This is clearly so that you stand less of a chance of noticing the car behind you is a police car! It rains in the UK on over 50% of the time, and that livery pattern is essentially invisible when the roads are wet as spray from the wheels obscures the sides of the car, when looking from the front.
That first Exige was an Australian Police car. It was donated to the New South Wales Police force by the local Lotus distributor and used more as a piblic image thing by the cops for the local car nuts.
whoops, busted - I corrected the wrong data. I know those were the official Police colors on the UK Lambo, I was saying that they don’t look that good on this particular model
The Finnish highway patrol also have a Jaguar S-Type R, donated by a Finnish motoring magazine on their 50th anniversary (the magazine’s, that is). A picture can be seen here http://kilvet.com/resize.cgi?image=TM-50&in=0&width=800
The Saudi Gallardo is not a Saudi Arabian car. Its painted to the South African Arive Alive campaign. The number plates states Lamborghini JHB: JHB = Johannesburg.
again mea culpa…adjusted the info
Seems that the link to the Finnish Jaguar doesn’t work very well. Sorry about that. This should be better http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1622/resizecu2.jpg
Why do we, in the US, all look like idiots here? Hummer for a fat police sargent? Magnums for an entire police force? Why get chase vehicles that can’t corner (or even, for the cost, accelerate).
That’s just like our police. Waste money to look flashy and be comfortable, while being completely ineffective, incompetent, and occasionally, corrupt.
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Finnish police jaguar, donated by TM -magazine.
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heres another one for the list, is the Dodge Charger of the chilean police, carabineros de chile.
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It’s logical for a Porche, Lamborgini or Hammer to be a police car, but why a Jaguar?!?
Los mejores coches de policía…
Una recopilación de los coches de policía mas molones de todo el mundo… Seguro que con uno de estos persiguiendote no cometes infracciones ;)…
Man tht Bulgarian police car, infact was stolen car from western europe and they have confiscated it from some poor guys, and then no owner…..
well u c wht happened…
u have 2 c the rest of the Ladas here!!!
have fun
The top picture of the Lotus Elise is from Australia. State of NSW if I had to guess too. The bottom pic of it is definitely UK
Pretty cool, even though the cops don’t deserve cars like that…
I just don’t get what’s supposed to be so funny abouth the very last pic.?
Wo ist der Witz bei dem Kennzeichen des Polizei-BMWs aus München?
@Klaus
Der Witz ist das auf dem Kennzeichen 1337 steht.
Das Ersetzen von Buchstaben durch ähnlich aussehende Zahlen heißt Leetspeak, manchmal auch Leetspeek, kurz leet (ausgesprochen wie das engl. “elite” ohne das “e”). Leetspeak, meistens nur 1337, manchmal 1337 5P34K, selten auch 31337, 313373 genannt, ist abgeleitet von dem englischen Wort elite.
@Scatchmo
Oh Mann, da muss man erst ma drauf kommen… wenn die Zahlen wenigstens mit Buchstaben gemischt wären (z.B. 3L33T3 oder so), könnte man es ja noch verstehen… Aber so würde ich nie drauf gekommen, wenn mir niemand den Tipp geben würde.
http://overtherules.com/tm50/pic11462.jpg
Finnish police Jaguar. It was given by the magazine “Tekniikan maailma”. Finnish polices doesnt know how to drive and thats the reason why Ford Mondeo is better, Jaguar oversteers too much and they’re having too much close hit situations
Sorry for my bad english
Mal ein paar sehr schöne autos, außer das taxi was keine echte rocket ist und auch nicht von der polizei engesetzt wird, sonder meistens bei Bratwurst im laden steht, hab das das Teil auf der essen motorshow gesehn und es ist ein DIESEL. Aber ansonsten richtig geil ist der Lotus von England.
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Just for clarification..
That Geiger Hummer H2 was NOT built for a sheriff in Texas. It’s purely a show car. And the guy in the picture isn’t a cop. It’s just a promotional picture from Geiger. More info/pics here..
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=115333
Besides, what law enforcement agency would even buy that thing? Sure 700HP is great. But it probably gets less than 10 MPG. A Honda Civic can outlast that thing in chase around the city! And as a taxpayer, I would be really mad if my local government allowed such a waste of tax dollars.
Peter - You obviously have never driven a Dodge magnum. I have and let me assure you they turn like they are glued to the road. And as for acceleration… Man you better hold on to something when you mash the gas peddle to the floor. Yes I’ll agree that the base model leaves a lot to be desired but do you really think that the cops get a base model?
sorry, but that hummer in texas looks fake as hell, c’mon looks like he has 30’s on it, it’s a police car, not very practical
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Like the Hummer with Sherriff and his cowboy hat. But someone says its just a promo, but hey ?
Hate to be a buzzkill, but where do the cops come up with the money for all this exotic iron? Yeah, some of them are donated, but I see one ginormous steamin’ heap of tax dollars “at work” here.
Also in beverly hills california they have mercedes SUV’s ford expeditions and mercedes S 500’s
Actually, it’s kind of ludicrous for the German police to have such snazzy cars, seeing as their “regular” cars already outperform the vast majority of civilian cars - and match all but a modicum of the rest. German police have anything from Smarts over Opels and VWs to BMWs and Mercedes and Porsches, including quantious M5s and 911s. Not quite sure WHEN they would need to instate anything like the Brabus - even someone in a Ferrari doing 350 km/h on the Autobahn (which in certain stretches would be legal, anyway) is bound to have an accident if being chased before the police can actually catch them.
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Creo q estan increibles!!!! jejeje pero note que las patrullas eran de marcas nacionales (MERCEDES-BENZ Y PORCSHE SON PATRULLAS ALEMANAS, LAMBORGHINI ITALIANAS Y VIPER AMERICANAS) pero de todas maneras que patrullas, no creo que pongan nada en Mexico por que de por si los policias estan en mala forma y mal capacitados como para darles todavia un jugetito como estos¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?o no¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿
Y para que necesitarian este tipo de patrullas en Mexico? Para jugar a las carreritas en Mil Cumbres? O.o
Holden Monaro police cars look the goods. Picture here http://www.nextcar.com.au/n.holden.monaro.qld.police.05nov.html
No where near as nice as the german porche.
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All I can say is that black Viper in Texas, or the Corvette of Bloomfield Hills, or
that sweet Lotus Exige pulled me over to the side of the road, I’d be exited in
more ways than one! “Ticket? Uh sure officer…I uh love your car.”
Edward
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seria bueno ver cambios importantes en la policia de argentina, el 1 paso seria k los jefes dejen de robar y se equipen bien al personal,ya que lo unico que les interesa es que mantener bien sus coches personales para que lleven a pasear a sus familias. Es imposible pensar k en las comisarias tengan los coches en estado ya que les faltan las ruedas de auxilio,no andan a nafta y correr en persecucion al delincuente es imposible,los coches se quedan a mitad del camino,si chocan se deja detenido administrativamente al personal y hacen que pagen la reparacion de lo dañado y el delincuente sale asi como entro no x la policia si no x la justicia,asi se arriesga la vida en favor de la sociedad en vano ya k no son reconocidos.
our college has a dodge charger for the western Kentucky university police force
umm, how about repo’d or cars takin in drug busts? Where I live, we have an unmarked mach 1, chargers, impalas, 2 hayabusas, explorers. It keeps people in line and keeps you safe. besides, if you were dealing w/ bad people and really bad liars all day wouldn’t you wanna be driving around in something better than a saturn ion?
you cant go past the monaro (or whatever GM has rebadged our aussie coupe as) highway patrol cars from Queensland. the VE commodores are your everyday police car - nothing special (unless you mean the SS VE commies. i also understand a few years back the NSW police used wrx’s to try and keep up with get away cars and other assorted baddies.
QLD police also have a few FPV Typhoons getting around. mucho better than a busted arse holden IMHO.
Around here in San Antonio, Texas and surrounding areas they use cars they seize in drug raids and turn them into police vehicles. Magnums, Expeditions, Mustangs, Corvettes are just a few they used, most of them are undermarked, they have the logo but you have to be really close to see it and by that time it is too late.
A little town around here has an Expedition painted in their towns police colors with a label on it like this:
2005 Ford Expedition: $40,000 (Or what ever they cost, don’t quote me on this)
Cost to the Tax Payers: $0
Look on the crooks face when you seize their ride for drugs: Priceless
I saw this at a local festival called Wurstfest in New Braunfels, Texas last year and I just had to laugh at that.
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seized from criminals. The car has a make-over and becomes
a fighter against crime. What they did not expect was the car
had a Spirit within that also changes. A kind of Christine in reverse.
I know. I know.
Edward
Lion of Yelm
hmm… is no one else appauled at the fantastic waste of money and resources being used so that cops can ride around in cool cars? at least i can take comfort in the fact that, while they actively work to spoil most forms of real fun, they do so sporting the latest in automobile technology and fashion.
Looks like legalized Extortion to me
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People - the tax payers don’t pay for the exotic cars! They are seized during drug raids, I know people who have lost thier nice rides to the cops and that is what happens. Also when a force gets a lot of them from the manufacture they get them at reduced prices, for instance the Magnums and Chargers that North Carolina just seems to love. If you ever get a chance to see the prices in a government contract you’ll see what I mean. So when you get pulled by a Ford explorer that has 30’s you know that it was grabbed by some fool who was selling drugs.
During 1959 the Wethersfield Connecticut town police allowed a couple of local drag racers to modify a ‘PURSUIT CAR’. That area was a hot area for street racing. The chosen vehicle was a 1957 Oldsmobile which modifications included a GMC supercharger. It was not a practical car for that purpose, moreover, the officers were not experienced in such driving. By contrast, I suspect that high speed driving education is a standard for the vehicles in your display.
Really Cool site! Not a big fan of the Law!! But do like the cool cars!
Serbian police new car
http://www.mup.sr.gov.yu/domino%5Cmup.nsf/a21nov07pe
hey! you forgot about the dodge durango. middletown borough pd in middletown, pa has one.
i’ll try to send a pic.
Oh yes, we in the US look like idiots. That’s why there are Chargers in Chile and Fords in Russia (they used Caprices’ before the Fords). Magnum’s and Chargers are competively priced with the other police package cars on the market. And they all DO corner and accelerate. There are few foreign units that will stay with them and they are all much higher in cost and often modified to do the job. US police cars are built by the factories to do the job and do it safely. Plus they are tough enough to stay together while doing it. Our police cars are some of the best in the world. More than ever when cost is figured in.
Just like our police. They want cars that they can be comfortable in………for 8 hours a day while protecting your sorry butt! Anyone that is in a vehicle all day wants, and deserves, a certain level of comfort. What would be worse than being pulled over by some incompetent cop that’s been in an uncomfortable car 7 hours into his/her shift. I’m certain he/she would be real pleasant to deal with.
On November 7th at 9:18 a.m., Peter said, “Why do we, in the US, all look like idiots here? Hummer for a fat police sargent? Magnums for an entire police force? Why get chase vehicles that can’t corner (or even, for the cost, accelerate).
That’s just like our police. Waste money to look flashy and be comfortable, while being completely ineffective, incompetent, and occasionally, corrupt.”
BTW Peter, I am sure my police officer son will enjoy your message. Even though he may be completely ineffective, incompetent and corrupt, he knows how to spell sergeant.
Also, now, the Australian police vehicles are bright vibrant, flamboyant colours i.e bright pink, lime green, purple, blue, and lots of different colours now..
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Fun police cars are nothing new. When I statrted in law enforcement in California we used 427 cc, 4 speed Fords for traffic units. Lot’s of power & speed but not much for brakes.
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Having worked in law enforcement for 31 years, I would have given up a few doughnuts for a chance to drive one of these cars while working traffic. The best I ever drove was a 1970 Dodge. You could hear it coming from a mile away.
Love all these cars. Where is my new one.
these are the new alfa romeo 159 af the italian pollice: http://www.alfa-news.ch/EigeneBilder/159POLIZIA.jpg and this of the italian carabinieri (military police): http://static.blogo.it/autoblog/arpsccg.jpg
I enjoy reading your stuff
brabus.lamb..porsche 911…would be great cars in finnland
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cara, fera demais estes carros.
faltou a viatura da policia de goias.
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Audi police cars
Cops should be driving ford crown vics and a chevy impale just like the good old days none of these bullshit!!! thats just our mother fuckin tax dollars down the shitter!! so we can have a less of a chance out running them and they can give us a huge ass ticket!!!!!!
Try getting away from these cars…………
good Luck
I drove around in one of those police units for ten years. The bad guys usually had better cars and better weapons than we did. I don’t think all those fancy do-dads would be necessary, or the highpowered 180 MPH super car. Just a heavy duty high power, built up suspension, heavy duty tires and bullit proffing protected automobile for the officers would be sufficient. 5 point harness for each officer as seat belts with helmets required.
Weapons equal to or that surpass the bad guy. Training in the use of the weapons when and where with a refresher course every year. Most important the authority to go out and do the job you train us to do and back us up when we do it !
you can tell when theres one of these cops around it’ll stick out as an ugly ass perfectly ruined exotic car -.- or just regular car… seriously
and in poland:
http://www.mudzaba.pl/cms.php?img=pol5