Unmarked cars that Plod are using

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earthdweller said:
With 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
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If only they were British!
They are all foreign owned.
 
ronk said:
earthdweller said:
With 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
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If only they were British!
They are all foreign owned.
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There is that .. but at least they’re built in UK
 
ronk said:
Aston Martin?
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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:
 
some old piccies I found

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those are called promotion cars or what ever... they're never on the road and usually are not even owned by the plod.
 
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.
 
Buckz said:
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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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 ;)
 
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.

(now then Bing, I still call in but seldom leave a message, hope all is well)
 
Finisterre said:
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.

(now then Bing, I still call in but seldom leave a message, hope all is well)
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Finisteeeeeeeeeerrreeee !!! The sight of your your name sucked me in like a rat down a drain full of fresh offcuts - totally made up to hear from you, hope you’re in fine health :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :D

I too look in often but only poke my head up ocassionally now, too busy with life and s**t :oops: :lol:
 
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