Thread: Police car fleet for Oz?

Originally Posted by Treads

As it is we're going to be pretty stuck for HWP vehicles in about 5 years time. I doubt the commodore will last much longer after the falcon goes in 2016

The police spec BMW's are probably faster, cheaper, handle better and cost less to run.

GMH are not doing too badly with their Caprice in the US, the Middle East and Asia. The PPV (Police Patrol Vehicle) might have a chance in Australia now as well.

Chevrolet Caprice PPV - US police sales boost Holden | GoAuto

Bob

Originally Posted by sheerluck

You'll be stuck in a Cruze or hybrid Camry

EEK!

Originally Posted by Dougal

The police spec BMW's are probably faster, cheaper, handle better and cost less to run.

That would be alright

Originally Posted by bobslandies

GMH are not doing too badly with their Caprice in the US, the Middle East and Asia. The PPV (Police Patrol Vehicle) might have a chance in Australia now as well.

Chevrolet Caprice PPV - US police sales boost Holden | GoAuto

Bob

Yeah, we were talking about these the other night at work. Everyone agreed how much better they'd be than the current crop of 4 & 6 cylinder slugs. The issue is that our fleets seem to revolve around getting as much coin for the resale as possible, which would probably be only thing that rules them out.

The Germans have the MB Brabus CLS Rocket in their fleet but I do not think that it is cheap.
With 730 twin-turbocharged horses stampeding under its hood, the Rocket lives up to its moniker with a 225.19 mph top speed is going to be a nice vehicle for the road between Liverpool in NSW to Canberra

Originally Posted by Chucaro

The Germans have the MB Brabus CLS Rocket in their fleet but I do not think that it is cheap.
With 730 twin-turbocharged horses stampeding under its hood, the Rocket lives up to its moniker with a 225.19 mph top speed is going to be a nice vehicle for the road between Liverpool in NSW to Canberra

Not with the name Brabus - the girls in the cars would never hear the end of it

Bob

If you like Police and Emergency Services vehicles look here:

Flickr: Highway Patrol Images' Photostream

All the photos will take you days to look at!!

Bob

My dear departed Father-in-Law was once pulled up for speeding, in the UK. The pursuit vehicle was a 30" police issue bicycle. Maybe we could start an AULRO fundraiser to so equip Digger, Treads, Mudmouse and their co-workers.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

My dear departed Father-in-Law was once pulled up for speeding, in the UK. The pursuit vehicle was a 30" police issue bicycle. Maybe we could start an AULRO fundraiser to so equip Digger, Treads, Mudmouse and their co-workers.

Taking that a little further Ian, when I was in Thailand a little while back, I saw two officers travelling together on a tandem version of the above. They were in hot pursuit of a felon in a "seedy" area of town (I was only there for a look ).

I haven't yet managed to figure out how they were going to transport the felon back to the lock-up if they caught him.