Get Your CHiPs On The A66
US cop cars now available in the UK for 23k
£23k (circa) will get you behind the wheel of a 2009 car that's done a maximum 65-75,000 miles in active service before being fully refurbished, has an unleaded or ethanol/bio-fuelled 4.6 litre V8, and heavy-duty suspension that's related to the Ford F150 pick-up truck set-up, apparently.
Key features to sweeten the deal include a hand-held microphone system, hand-operated spotlight, Kevlar reinforced 'stab-proof' seats, vomit resistant rear upholstery, red white and amber roof lights and 'pursuit tyres'. (We're not sure what pursuit tyres are, but we're hoping they're the kind that makes the back end hang out at ridiculous angles as per the movies.)
The importer USA Cop Cars Ltd says the cars are fully legal with VOSA testing 54 different points to make sure you don't get into trouble with our own boys in blue.
If the Crown Vics are a success, they're looking at bringing in liveried Chevy Tahoes and Dodge Chargers next.
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Much as I love old American cop cars thats a lot of cash for a high mileage, not really very good, not very fast, old fashioned dollop of a car, can see the appeal of a couple of grand on one for a bit of fun but 23 grand, just get a £500 Omega and get busy with the black and white paint !
I might not want a Crown Vic but I certainly don't want an Omega
Should imagine these are tough as old boots but lets have it right here, they werent at the cutting edge of automotive design in the eighties, still a separate chassis.
Surprised it would beat a Volvo T5 in any department apart from perhaps indestructability, Volvos are tough but these are in another league.
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