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 !
About $5k would get you a good one with the lamp etc then lets say, £3,000 max to ship it over and get it legal (SVA Test) to drive in UK (and I reckon that's a high estimate) so we're looking at around 6 thousand British £ for the car, shipping and SVA.
Import duty is 10% of the value of the car including the cost of shipping so in this case would be £600. Then there is VAT 20% which would be £1200 so potentially, if you did it yourself you could have a Crown Vic on your drive for around £8K.
£23,000 Pah! I'll do it myself!
About $5k would get you a good one with the lamp etc then lets say, £3,000 max to ship it over and get it legal (SVA Test) to drive in UK (and I reckon that's a high estimate) so we're looking at around 6 thousand British £ for the car, shipping and SVA.
Import duty is 10% of the value of the car including the cost of shipping so in this case would be £600. Then there is VAT 20% which would be £1200 so potentially, if you did it yourself you could have a Crown Vic on your drive for around £8K.
£23,000 Pah! I'll do it myself!
Obviously taxes on top but better value surely! http://copcarsforsale.com/Police%20Interceptor.htm
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