Police Cars Around The World

[Kujotk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlbDddVzyMI...feature=related

How come over seas they get awesome cars as police cars, and we are left with lancers, commos, falcons, wrx's, lotus....

Germany has this Brabas CLS Rocket on their side, how the hell can you out run this, 0-201km/hr in 10.3 seconds wtf lol, throw on some slicks on the rears and see what time it gets stock lol

[RB25PWR]

I guess we don't piss away our tax payers money as much as the Euros? HWP get to drive F6's and SS's... hardly anything to complain about.

[UWISSH!]

italian cops smashed their donated lambo the other day lol

[Silvia GTR]

I think if you search you will find that this has been done many times.

Although that CLS sounds unreal its news to me

italian cops smashed their donated lambo the other day lol

Pics of said crash?

Edited December 3, 2009 by Silvia GTR

[Kujotk]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8388128.stm

[Kujotk]

I guess we don't piss away our tax payers money as much as the Euros? HWP get to drive F6's and SS's... hardly anything to complain about.

lol nah the supercars are usually donated

[ARTZ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlbDddVzyMI...feature=related

How come over seas they get awesome cars as police cars, and we are left with lancers, commos, falcons, wrx's, lotus....

Germany has this Brabas CLS Rocket on their side, how the hell can you out run this, 0-201km/hr in 10.3 seconds wtf lol, throw on some slicks on the rears and see what time it gets stock lol

Im pretty sure an 800hp gtr could outrun it

The aussie police cars are nothing to sneeze at , V8 commys arent exactly slow..

As well as that germany also have autobahns, there is no reason for police here to even have the overpowered cars they do..

Make em all drive corollas i say, ..,they are quick enuf and more friendly to the environment as well...And we would be paying less taxmoney to fuel the suckers..

Give me one reason why our police need these huge cars...

same goes for taxis...

Edited December 3, 2009 by doozooby

[ras1983]

Im pretty sure an 800hp gtr could outrun it

The aussie police cars are nothing to sneeze at , V8 commys arent exactly slow..

As well as that germany also have autobahns, there is no reason for police here to even have the overpowered cars they do..

Make em all drive corollas i say, ..,they are quick enuf and more friendly to the environment as well...And we would be paying less taxmoney to fuel the suckers..

Give me one reason why our police need these huge cars...

same goes for taxis...

Falcadores are built in Australia, so it would seem logical that the Government would want to purchase locally made cars to support local manufacturing.

As for the taxis, things are changing. I've seen several hybrids being used as taxis around Melbourne.

[Kujotk]

yeah thats a fair point, taxis should be cars that use less fuel.... hybrids are a rought though, a 1.6 litre VW golf produces less C02 emissions than a toyota prius, and the golf takes off much faster.... then the diesel version produces even less C02 and its still faster than a prius lol.

And ofcorse a 800hp GTR should out run the CLS.... seeing as the cls has 730hp, but then again it does produce 1100nm of torque and has a 7 speed electronic gear box and it is crowned the Fastest sedan car ever made..... i'd love to see that showdown on Munichs autobahns.

And another point, why don't we have autobahns, Australia is one of the biggest countries with the most sparse population and it has the least amount of people living in it per square kilometer, we are the driest continent in the world (excluding antarctica), and we are the flattest continent with an average elevation of only 16 meters above sea level..... brings me back to a new point of WHY DON'T WE HAVE AUTOBAHNS???? If the Germans can learn to keep the inside lane free for overtaking only, i'm pretty sure we could learn...

Then their would be a point to having nearly all of NSW race tracks closing down lol

[Kujotk]

also the highway patroll v8's are loaded up with so much heavy equipment that they really arnt all that quick compared to the standard version of the ss and xr8's

[sneakey pete]

And another point, why don't we have autobahns, Australia is one of the biggest countries with the most sparse population and it has the least amount of people living in it per square kilometer, we are the driest continent in the world (excluding antarctica), and we are the flattest continent with an average elevation of only 16 meters above sea level..... brings me back to a new point of WHY DON'T WE HAVE AUTOBAHNS???? If the Germans can learn to keep the inside lane free for overtaking only, i'm pretty sure we could learn...

There's your answer.

[GTR-N1]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8388128.stm

wonder if i should donate my car to the NSW police and then start writing up an insurance claim

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

*creates company "NSW Police Pty Ltd"

when do we start negotiations?

[writeoff]

Pics of said crash?

Before & after shots.

[Kujotk]

There's your answer.

fair enough i change my topic.... Why doesn't the Australian East Coast have Autobahns then....

Linking, Brizzy, Syd, Melb and maybe Adelaide and most places inbetween? Re-educate the drongos to keep left unless overtaking, while doing this people don't have to take the dangerous roads that seem to have bends in it for no reason and people tend to die on the preexisting intercity linking roads that are grossly too small to handle the traffic flows and they have useless bends and corners in them....

SHould we go into the next election with that campaign??? lol

[4teecal]

Give me one reason why our police need these huge cars...

same goes for taxis...

Because you can't carry two police, and all the gear in a small car. The higher performance cars are needed so they can catch up to vehicles. If you approach a car in a 100 zone that is doing 140 and then have to slow, wait for a gap, turn and then chase that car, you dont want to be doing it in a Corolla.

[GTR-N1]

Funny ^^^ no dispute about all the gear nowadays...

...but I remember in the late '60s when 2 types of Police cars were roaming the streets of Sydney at both extremes in size.

1) Mini Cooper S with 2 cops in it. The comic artists used to have a field day back then.

http://www.pittsburgpost-gazette.com/pg/04184/340564.stm

2) Rambler Rebel/Matador

http://theamcforum.com/forum/printer_frien...ts.asp?TID=2921 & scroll down a bit

[ARTZ]

Falcadores are built in Australia, so it would seem logical that the Government would want to purchase locally made cars to support local manufacturing.

As for the taxis, things are changing. I've seen several hybrids being used as taxis around Melbourne.

You do know the toyota plant is in Laverton, im not certain they make corollas but i know the make camrys there

And yeah ive seen those hybrids too, apparently they are getting good milage too a few have over half a miilion kms and havent had any problems

And ofcorse a 800hp GTR should out run the CLS.... seeing as the cls has 730hp, but then again it does produce 1100nm of torque and has a 7 speed electronic gear box and it is crowned the Fastest sedan car ever made..... i'd love to see that showdown on Munichs autobahns.

And another point, why don't we have autobahns, Australia is one of the biggest countries with the most sparse population and it has the least amount of people living in it per square kilometer, we are the driest continent in the world (excluding antarctica), and we are the flattest continent with an average elevation of only 16 meters above sea level..... brings me back to a new point of WHY DON'T WE HAVE AUTOBAHNS???? If the Germans can learn to keep the inside lane free for overtaking only, i'm pretty sure we could learn...

f**k yeah!!!

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Whats even worse is that the hume hwy is better quality road than what the germanians are doin twice the speed on

I think a big part of what may be stopping them is these critters called Kangaroos, have u seen the pics of the Z4 that hit a roo at 220kmph.. plus cause we are so vast if someone has a major accident out in woop woop..they will be long dead b4 anyone finds them..

also the highway patroll v8's are loaded up with so much heavy equipment that they really arnt all that quick compared to the standard version of the ss and xr8's

They are also loaded up with better engine packages i believe..They are not loaded with any more equipment than your average doof doof mobile anyway

Funny ^^^ no dispute about all the gear nowadays...

...but I remember in the late '60s when 2 types of Police cars were roaming the streets of Sydney at both extremes in size.

1) Mini Cooper S with 2 cops in it. The comic artists used to have a field day back then.

http://www.pittsburgpost-gazette.com/pg/04184/340564.stm

2) Rambler Rebel/Matador

http://theamcforum.com/forum/printer_frien...ts.asp?TID=2921 & scroll down a bit

has Sydney got Hummer police cars yet, Ive seen them in melb

Apparently they are to combat weekend violence, guns, batons, mase, tazers, and the backup of a small army arent enough to tackle a few drunken yobs anymore, apparently they have to run them over as well now.

[RB25PWR]

Sydney does have them, they're in the city and they're black. And yes they're to combat basically what you said... I can't tell whether you were being facetious or not but there's more than just 'a few drunken yobs' in the city.

[ARTZ]

No doubt there is heaps, but what difference is a hummer supposed to make?

Is it just meant to look scary?

Or were they donated by hummer as a publicity stunt?

I dunno, i think its all out of control, police should be upholding the peace, not enforcing the law...

But if everybody else is driving around in v8s and hummer then they may as well to...