Is Volvo getting back into the police car game?

[wildcat45]

For years the Volvo V70 in various guises was a mainstay of police car fleets across the U.K.

I've noticed lately that BMW appear to be the patrol car if choice - particularly here in Northumbria.

Last night I saw what looked like a Northumbria ARV based on the new V90.

66 plate with a K region identifier.

Is Volvo on its way back into police fleets?

[TooMany2cvs]

wildcat45 said:

Last night I saw what looked like a Northumbria ARV based on the new V90.

66 plate with a K region identifier.

Volvo UK always used to be based in Marlow, which is borderline for using K-for-Keynes-(Milton) prefixes. They're only just down the road in Maidenhead for the last few years, which I'd have thought would go with R-for-Reading, but their road test fleet does seem to be predominately K-prefix. At a guess, it's a demo vehicle being loaned out for eval purposes.

[wildcat45]

I guess so. Come to think of it it I don't think it had the usual Northumbria 'Proud to Serve' type of mission statement written on it.

The forces BMW fleet all have London plates.

[Bigends]

My force has just taken delivery of a new batch of BMW's - the garage manager said they've had an unbeatable deal.
He anticipates the fleet converting from diesel to petrol in the not too distant future

[blueacid]

Bigends said:

My force has just taken delivery of a new batch of BMW's - the garage manager said they've had an unbeatable deal.
He anticipates the fleet converting from diesel to petrol in the not too distant future

Are the diesels fairly reliable with (what I'd assume is) lots of motorway running to keep the EGR/DPF from getting too gunked up? Or do they still seem to throw their fair share of problems?

[Sportidge]

TooMany2cvs said:

At a guess, it's a demo vehicle being loaned out for eval purposes.

You would guess correctly

[wildcat45]

Thanks for that. It looks great in police livery.

[Elroy Blue]

blueacid said:

Are the diesels fairly reliable with (what I'd assume is) lots of motorway running to keep the EGR/DPF from getting too gunked up? Or do they still seem to throw their fair share of problems?

Don't have many problems at all with the 530d. The Jag XF on the other hand....there's a reason we didn't have them on the fleet long.

[RogueTrooper]

Bigends said:

He anticipates the fleet converting from diesel to petrol in the not too distant future

Do you know of any reason why, that you can share?

[Bigends]

RogueTrooper said:

Bigends said:

He anticipates the fleet converting from diesel to petrol in the not too distant future

Do you know of any reason why, that you can share?

I recall it was to do with emissions - diesels having reached the limit s of potential emissions reduction

[SystemParanoia]

Bigends said:

RogueTrooper said:

Bigends said:

He anticipates the fleet converting from diesel to petrol in the not too distant future

Do you know of any reason why, that you can share?

I recall it was to do with emissions - diesels having reached the limit s of potential emissions reduction

the police always talk about fuel burn, and hours between refills.
never emissions or lentil eating nonsense like that

diesels take longer to empty their tanks.

[jith]

SystemParanoia said:

Bigends said:

RogueTrooper said:

Bigends said:

He anticipates the fleet converting from diesel to petrol in the not too distant future

Do you know of any reason why, that you can share?

I recall it was to do with emissions - diesels having reached the limit s of potential emissions reduction

the police always talk about fuel burn, and hours between refills.
never emissions or lentil eating nonsense like that

diesels take longer to empty their tanks.

The bubble is about to burst on the whole diesel nonsense. These engines are seriously dangerous to health and they should never have been promoted as an alternative to petrol cars in the first place. The problem is the EU car manufacturers and governments are going to have to admit they got it wrong big time. The only reason it hasn't surfaced yet is all the other problems in Europe and here that have commanded attention, but it will.

J

[SystemParanoia]

so lots of cheap turbo powered high CC petrol ex plod cars to buy.

excellent

[Elroy Blue]

SystemParanoia said:

so lots of cheap turbo powered high CC petrol ex plod cars to buy.

excellent

Tip. They are utterly shagged when they're disposed of

[SystemParanoia]

Elroy Blue said:

SystemParanoia said:

so lots of cheap turbo powered high CC petrol ex plod cars to buy.

excellent

Tip. They are utterly shagged when they're disposed of

And the back seats are full of scabies, blood, feces and worse.

( used to deal with the calls to get them cleaned )

and that doesnt count all the times plod spill a full bottle of milk into the car and just walk away and claim ignorance

glad i didn't have to clean em

[Kawasicki]

For a big car I also remember reading somewhere that they don't take much load. Nice looking though, apart from small wheels.

[Bristol spark]

SystemParanoia said:

the police always talk about fuel burn, and hours between refills.
never emissions or lentil eating nonsense like that

diesels take longer to empty their tanks.

Then fit a bigger Gas tank.

Currently in the US and its lovely to hear plod pull away with a lovely V8 roar.

Infact its great that almost every large car/vehicle (exept trucks) have petrol V8

I mentioned it to a shuttle driver last week after identifying the minibus was a petrol V8

His responce: DIESEL!! Its a minibus not a fking truck!

[RogueTrooper]

Bristol spark said:

Then fit a bigger Gas tank.

Currently in the US

If only we had their fuel prices.

Our diesel X5s average something like 22mpg and if driven during a particularly busy shift can use quarter of a tank in <60 miles.

The 3- and 5-series tourers fare a little better.

[Greendubber]

blueacid said:

Bigends said:

My force has just taken delivery of a new batch of BMW's - the garage manager said they've had an unbeatable deal.
He anticipates the fleet converting from diesel to petrol in the not too distant future

Are the diesels fairly reliable with (what I'd assume is) lots of motorway running to keep the EGR/DPF from getting too gunked up? Or do they still seem to throw their fair share of problems?

We've had 330ds for a long time and now have the XDrive versions, they're just brilliant. Hardly any reliability issues to report and even then its totally expected for things to go wrong based on the amount and type of use they get.

[Mezzanine]

At least once the prisons get overcrowded, they can lock a load of prisoners in the back of the V90, the thing looks HUGE!