Gardaí announce new high-powered fleet for M1

Voodoomelon

In Hamleys today, had to laugh!

Cookie_Monster

Not a Mondeo, none of them would want to drive it

Muckie

Love it! Didn't the Italian police get themselves
a real live Lamborghini a while ago.

freighter

I thought it was real before it downloaded properly. I feel sorry for ags here driving heaps of ****. Uk boys have all 5 series and evos for the job.

Voodoomelon

Funnily enough, on the back of the box theres pictures of E60s with POLICE stamped across the sides. They're mainly for armed response Police though.

Sterling Archer

Muckie wrote: »

Love it! Didn't the Italian police get themselves
a real live Lamborghini a while ago.

Yep it was a gift from Lamborghini

some_dose

Shane_ef wrote: »

Yep it was a gift from Lamborghini

Yep AND they wrote it off recently!

bmw535d

some_dose wrote: »

Yep AND they wrote it off recently!

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Matt Simis

Muckie wrote: »

Love it! Didn't the Italian police get themselves
a real live Lamborghini a while ago.

Yep, till they parked it under an SUV:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8388128.stm


Really not the best shaped vehicle for Police work in fairness.


Though this quote is impressive:

Italy's police have logged over 87,000 miles of duty with Gallardo patrol cars since 2004.

pat58

They will probably find some way to wright it off:D:D:D

pajero12

Is this real?

Absurdum

no chance

pajero12

Absurdum wrote: »

no chance

Thought so!Some People have too much time on their hands!

5500

It actually is real

http://cms.met.police.uk/news/policy_organisational_news_and_general_information/met_lamborghini_on_show

Unsure if it's actually operational but not a photoshop none the less

Papa_Lazarou

Don't a lot of the forces like the metropolitan one above get cars sprayed for photo shoots and PR but actually won the car or have them in service?

Voodoomelon

That is a real Lambo, was used at some car show in 2006. Not a real Police car though.

macroman

pajero12 wrote: »

Is this real?

That plate is always used on Lambos tested on Top Gear

Don't the MET police use the confiscated high powered cars on the beat? When the break it they just confiscate another one from a drug baron :P

ShadowHearth

i hope that thing is less then 96 dc.... or they will have to fine them selfs....

smash

Matt Simis wrote: »

Yep, till they parked it under an SUV:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8388128.stm

That was one of the decommissioned original Gallardo's that they use for show these days. They were replaced with LP560's a few years ago.


There's also the police Caparo T1 show car in the UK and the elise has been done a few times too.

And this 612 turned out for the Ferrari 60 relay


The Murcielago above was a publicity stunt, the plate YEV1L is owned by Lamborghini London.

inforfun

Holland 25/30 years ago:

Tefral

Drove to a Modified Car show in Scotland last year to put in a stand, across from us the local Police had an Evo 10.. it was beautiful.

John C

http://www.autobild.de/artikel/starke-polizei-autos_372963.html

It is from a German magazine Autobild.

Bild = picture. A picture paints a thousand words. Thus no translation.

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About German police having had Porsches.

Wo sind die deutschen Polizei-Porsche geblieben?
Am 10. August 2004 zerschellte der letzte aktive deutsche Polizei-Porsche an einem Stück Wild. Die Zuffenhausener reparierten den 993 zwar und stellten ihn ins Museum. Auf der Straße aber hatte der Elfer keine Chance mehr – zu groß war die Konkurrenz geräumiger und schneller Diesel geworden. In Nordrhein-Westfalen gab es früher eine Porsche-Staffel, auch die Polizei in Baden-Württemberg fuhr 356, 911 und 944.

What happened the German Police-Porsches?
On 10th August 2004 the last German Police-Porsche was wrecked by a wild animal. The Zuffenhauseners (Porsche factory is in Zuffenhausen) did repair the 993 and placed it in a museum. But the 911ers no longer got a chance on the road. The competition was too roomy and faster and turned to diesel.
In the Rhineland there was a squad of Porsche's; also the Police in Baden-Württenberg drove 356, 911 and 944.

freighter

The boys in the uk are after splashing out on a new scania....

BigEejit

The truck is real, its so they can see into the cabs of trucks catching drivers multitasking .... i.e. watching telly and cooking dinner etc

The police forces in the UK that have 5 series are all SO-19 I believe, armed response.