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Title: Italians and Germans vying for fastest police car
Post by: Carl on April 09, 2009, 01:21:29 AM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5124540/Smart-police-have-fast-cars.html

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There is fierce competition for the world's fastest police car with the Italians and Germans vying for the title.

Up until now the police prix d'or has been held by a Lamborghini Gallardo which an Italian police patrol is using on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria highway.
 
It is capable of hitting a top speed of 192mph, which is probably ample to keep up with the most reckless of motorists.

But the Germans have their eye on a car which would leave the Lamborghini trailing in its wake.

It has placed an order for a Brabus CLS V12 S Rocket which has a top speed of 225mph. It will be used on the fastest stretches of the autobahn.

Meanwhile in Austria, police are testing a Porsche 911. Even on trials, patrol cars have noticed that the country's motorists are reluctant to take them on.

In San Diego officers are using a custom made police car with integrated shotgun mounts and a top speed of 155mph.

UK police officers have driven a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, but purely to promote road safety.

But if British police cars are not the fastest, the four Smart Cars used by Scotland Yard are the greenest with the lowest carbon emissions.
Title: Italians and Germans vying for fastest police car
Post by: DVP on April 09, 2009, 01:24:59 AM
LOL, We would all want to be cops if it was like that over here.

I WILL one day drive the Autobahn. On the Before I Die list.
Title: Italians and Germans vying for fastest police car
Post by: jpc647 on April 09, 2009, 03:03:01 AM
Quote from: DVP;266519
LOL, We would all want to be cops if it was like that over here.

I WILL one day drive the Autobahn. On the Before I Die list.


I second that!!!
Title: Italians and Germans vying for fastest police car
Post by: 86XR7project on April 09, 2009, 07:43:02 AM
Quote from: DVP;266519
I WILL one day drive the Autobahn. On the Before I Die list.


X3!!! :burnout:
Title: Italians and Germans vying for fastest police car
Post by: Haystack on April 09, 2009, 03:26:20 PM
I would like to see one of those smart cars in a chase. Its a good thing the europeians don't use the pit maneuver. I watched something on you tube where they tested the g forces put on a dummy during a 40mph crash in a smart car. They put it up against a 4 wheeler. You were more likely to live from getting thrown off the 4 wheeler at 40mph then being trapped in the smart car when hitting a concrete divider.