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Post by firebobby » Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:45 pm

You know it makes sense :lol:
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Post by ronk » Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:08 am

Aston Martin?
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Post by earthdweller » Wed Jan 10, 2018 8:38 am

ronk wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:45 pm
earthdweller wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2018 8:41 pmWith the mention of British built cars, really when you think about it there aren’t that many that would fit the bill !

For Panda cars ? Astra ( Ellesmere Port) Civic (Swindon ) are the only two that come to mind

Certainly the Astra is widespread and Wiltshire I do believe use some Honda’s


For vans .. there’s only really the Luton built Vivaro ?

For high performance cars I think that’s where you struggle, there’s only really Jaguar and a lot of their product isn’t really suited to the role

Range Rover have moved upmarket and I don’t believe are interested in the market

So I think you’d kind of struggle to buy British
If only they were British!
They are all foreign owned.
There is that .. but at least they’re built in UK
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Post by earthdweller » Wed Jan 10, 2018 8:45 am

ronk wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:08 amAston Martin?
Diesel ?

Able to be used 24/7 52 weeks a year ?

Cover 50k + Miles a year for at least 4 yesrs?

Able to carry three 20 stone coppers .. tray of donuts and hold supersized coffee cups ?

Carry a full firearms load out with ballistic shields and trauma lifepacks including oxygen tanks ?

I think the Morgan has it by a whisker :rofl:
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Post by Jaw » Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:07 pm

some old piccies I found

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Post by Buckz » Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:41 pm

those are called promotion cars or what ever... they're never on the road and usually are not even owned by the plod.
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Post by Graeme_NI » Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:23 pm

I remember reading quite recently the costs involved in deploying a police vechile. One big reason why BMW, Audi etc are so popular is that they can ship a vechile built to full police spec just leaving the region to stick a crest onto it.
This is most evident with armoured cars, in Northern Ireland judges are ferried around in armoured cars. In the past they would have used Vx Omegas, Ford Granadas etc. More recently Skoda Superbs would be a common choice. By the time the car was stripped, armoured, tuned and had beefed up suspension, brakes etc fitted to cope with the extra weight it cost a clean fortune and would be an absolute dog of thing. They now use Land Rover Discovery, built to governement spec from the factory and supply and maintenance over its life is a lot cheaper, plus they last twice as long.

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Post by Jaw » Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:53 am

Buckz wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2018 12:41 pm those are called promotion cars or what ever... they're never on the road and usually are not even owned by the plod.
lol I know that - hence the collection bucket on the front :)

Still, very cool to see a caparo policed up - would be hideously impractical otr ;)
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Post by Finisterre » Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:05 pm

I had a black Audi S3 try and push me into a bit of larking about in Nottinghamshire last year. I wasn't having it. A few minutes later I saw it had pulled over a less restrained motorist a couple of miles down the road. Sneaky.

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Post by Bing » Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:46 pm

Finisterre wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:05 pmI had a black Audi S3 try and push me into a bit of larking about in Nottinghamshire last year. I wasn't having it. A few minutes later I saw it had pulled over a less restrained motorist a couple of miles down the road. Sneaky.

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