Monday 27th October 2008

Gallardo Panda Car

Italian traffic police fight fire with fire

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Not a pleasant sight in your mirrors!

Police in the Lazio region of Italy have a new weapon in the battle against the hordes of Fiat 500 Abarths terrorising the nation’s highways.

The Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia is a factory ‘police special’ that entered service with Lazio’s finest at the weekend with a mission ‘to continue accident and crime prevention and sustain security on the Italian roads’. Roughly translated, the gift means Lamborghini test drivers should not have to worry too much about license points when burning up the blacktop in factory development hacks for another couple of years…

The LP560-4 Polizia will replace a police Gallardo introduced in 2004 which has apparently clocked up 87,000k with no major repairs required and only routine servicing.

The new model is fitted with the latest advances in police technology including video and gps-based equipment that uploads evidence of motoring transgressions in real time to police computers. The crime-busting supercar also carries more traditional items like a gun holster and the famous ‘Paletta’ hand-shaped stop sign that Italian highway patrols use to flag down their prey.

30 police officers are permitted to drive the Gallardo Polizia, and all have received special training from the aforementioned factory test drivers.

 

[fastgerman.com]

Do they have those hot girls from Canonball run driving them also?!

[morgrp]

Thats nothing - Norfolk Constabulary has a 1998 Ford Escort LX Diesel Panda car with no wheel trims - now THAT is a police car...The flag ship of their massively impressive fleet however is a lovely M reg Ford Mondeo 2.0 SI -

I think I might start a new thread which British county has the worst fleet of police cars? - Norfolk must be in the top 5...

[eddie1980]

Which is fine... As in my experience of Norfolk no one goes over about 45mph, at any cost, ever.

Edited by eddie1980 on Monday 27th October 11:43

Edited by eddie1980 on Monday 27th October 11:49

[carsnapper]

"Norfolk Constabulary has a 1998 Ford Escort LX Diesel Panda car with no wheel trims - now THAT is a police car" - Brilliant!


I swear I passed a Metro police car (not a class B either!) in North Wales about 12 years back...at a hell of a pace on back road, that put the shudders up me...I slowed down, if only out of sympathy for the Copper and to Marvel at his wheels. My Grandmother used to drive one and it brought back some horrific memories

[Wilder]

You can bet your bottom dollar that our Chief Constables would be after something similar if Labour had not already bancrupted this country -hence the lovely fleet cars mentioned above.

[DamoLLb]

"The LP560-4 Polizia will replace a police Gallardo introduced in 2004 which has apparently clocked up 87,000k with no major repairs required and only routine servicing"



the servicing cost for 87,000,000 must have been eye watering

Edited by DamoLLb on Monday 27th October 11:53

[morgrp]

eddie1980 said:

Which is fine... As in my experience of Norfolk no one goes over about 45mpg, at any cost, ever.

Edited by eddie1980 on Monday 27th October 11:43

I did (mph not mpg) and got pulled up by their flagship motor! -

In the village my parent's live in, in Norfolk, up until about a year ago, the local bobby used a K-Plate Ford Sierra Sapphire! man they have some sweet cop cars out in the sticks...

[Mr Whippy]

DamoLLb said:

"The LP560-4 Polizia will replace a police Gallardo introduced in 2004 which has apparently clocked up 87,000k with no major repairs required and only routine servicing"



the servicing cost for 87,000,000 must have been eye watering

Edited by DamoLLb on Monday 27th October 11:53

Haha

[Monkey boy 1]

morgrp said:

Thats nothing - Norfolk Constabulary has a 1998 Ford Escort LX Diesel Panda car with no wheel trims - now THAT is a police car...The flag ship of their massively impressive fleet however is a lovely M reg Ford Mondeo 2.0 SI -

I think I might start a new thread which British county has the worst fleet of police cars? - Norfolk must be in the top 5...

taken with a pinch of salt. hehe

These were also seen around Norfolk being used by Mr Plod.

or

or even





IIRC Lambo have done this sort of stunt befor

[morgrp]

Mr Whippy said:

DamoLLb said:

"The LP560-4 Polizia will replace a police Gallardo introduced in 2004 which has apparently clocked up 87,000k with no major repairs required and only routine servicing"



the servicing cost for 87,000,000 must have been eye watering

Edited by DamoLLb on Monday 27th October 11:53

Haha

Who would buy it after they're finished with it - Not only is it a high mileage super car, Its been driven by Italians too!

[Steamer]

morgrp said:

Thats nothing - Norfolk Constabulary has a 1998 Ford Escort LX Diesel Panda car with no wheel trims - now THAT is a police car...The flag ship of their massively impressive fleet however is a lovely M reg Ford Mondeo 2.0 SI -

I think I might start a new thread which British county has the worst fleet of police cars? - Norfolk must be in the top 5...

You might laugh - but only a few years ago one of our Met's finest gun cars was a very subtle MG Montego.

[morgrp]

Steamer said:

morgrp said:

Thats nothing - Norfolk Constabulary has a 1998 Ford Escort LX Diesel Panda car with no wheel trims - now THAT is a police car...The flag ship of their massively impressive fleet however is a lovely M reg Ford Mondeo 2.0 SI -

I think I might start a new thread which British county has the worst fleet of police cars? - Norfolk must be in the top 5...

You might laugh - but only a few years ago one of our Met's finest gun cars was a very subtle MG Montego.

Please tell me it was like the one my Dad had in the eighties with a talking dash - The old Turbo version was pretty quick - well, quicker than a diesel escort anyway! - I suppose as an under cover car no would think twice - the Derv powered escort was marked - the mondeo SI was that "police issue" solid dark blue they do

[dan101smith]

Carlsberg don't make police cars, but if they did...

[dinkel]

This one can finally chase and catch Balboni at testdrive

[E36GUY]

The most sought after job in the Italian plod?

[AndyTTC]

When I grow up, I wanna be an Italian cop!

[compact_23]

Talk about Incentives to the Italian's!

[tombstone]

beats Taplow traffic's old D reg XR2....!!!!

Sussex run some unmarked EVO's, bet when they see this, they will lose their smile...

[cowellsj]

DamoLLb said:

"The LP560-4 Polizia will replace a police Gallardo introduced in 2004 which has apparently clocked up 87,000k with no major repairs required and only routine servicing"



the servicing cost for 87,000,000 must have been eye watering

Edited by DamoLLb on Monday 27th October 11:53

87,000 km perhaps??? I still wouldn't want the bill tho

[Godzilla]

Uh oh, looks like they got SCMODS... (Blues Brothers)