French Cops Ditch Pugs for WRXs
French Cops Ditch Pugs for WRXs
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135sport

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442 posts

302 months

Tuesday 4th April 2006
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Reported on "The Car Connection", so beware later this year.......

French Cops Ditch Pugs for WRXs

Our French ancestors would be rolling over in their graves-more easily accomplished since they went in the box sans heads, thanks to the guillotine. But the French police have decided that the traditional Peugeot and Renault police cars won't cut the moutarde when it comes to high-speed chases. So the French, like half of the world rally circuit and lots of college-age guys, have switched their allegiance to the Subaru WRX. Reuters reports that the nation's Gendarmerie Nationale will get 63 WRXs with 149-mph capability, good for catching rogue Belgians who manage to sneak across the border in search of good wine. A lucky group of 156 French cops will get to train with the vehicles on the Bugatti race circuit at Le Mans, and will be called into action only in case of high-speed chases. The cars also will be outfitted with lighted displays warning perps to stop in five different languages-French, English, German, Spanish and Dutch.

broadside

856 posts

304 months

Wednesday 5th April 2006
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"Gendarmerie Nationale will get 63 WRXs with 149-mph capability"

Good job my car can do 155-mph then !!!!

Nige'

sleep envy

62,260 posts

271 months

Wednesday 5th April 2006
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135sport said:
The cars also will be outfitted with lighted displays warning perps to stop in five different languages-French, English, German, Spanish and Dutch.



Lucky I only speak Italian then, ooops!

Stu_00

1,529 posts

241 months

Thursday 6th April 2006
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Can the French drive RWD cars, the only cars I can remember that are RWD and French are V6 clio's, Ren alpina, and Venturi's

4WD - What the hell is this, is this to make cheese?

L100NYY

36,350 posts

265 months

Friday 7th April 2006
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broadside said:


"Gendarmerie Nationale will get 63 WRXs with 149-mph capability"

Good job my car can do 155-mph then !!!!

Nige'


Very good point! That reminds me, must get that darned stoopid speed limiter taken off my XJR!

Robbo SPS

195 posts

256 months

Friday 7th April 2006
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Thats great, but they maybe need to get you first as well ?

Not a high rate of capture i wouldnt think.