Would it be the "Police Interceptor" Crown Victorias, Or the slightly older Caprice?

Or maybe the CHiPs 5.0 Mustang GT that used to patrol the interstate on the way from L.A. to Vegas.

Or (my favorite)the brand new BMW motorcycles?

Or something else...

around here where i live they have these souped up camaros . And theirs some regular ones that look like any plain camaro that tires to get u to race so they can pull u over after u win and give u a ticket or maybe even arrest you . I thought thats called entrapment :(

The best one by far was an M5 that South Carolina got for letting BMW put a plant there. I'd hate to get in a high speed chase with that guy!:cool:

:D Well I hear they'll all soon be driving souped-up Pontiac Azteks.

Seems GM can't sell them so they're offering them to Cop shops with a free supercharge kit.

While they may not be fast, they expect criminals will be easier to cuff when they're rolling around on the ground laughing histerically!

Carguy

They have Skylines and RX-7s in Japan. Camaros and Corvettes in America. But what do European countries have? 911 Turbos?

beemer m3

I'll say the Diablo cop cars in Need for Speed III.:D Yeah, I've seen pics of RX-7 cop cars.

There are camaro and Mustang cops around here. That's gotta be fun:cool:

Originally posted by Porsche
The best one by far was an M5 that South Carolina got for letting BMW put a plant there. I'd hate to get in a high speed chase with that guy!:cool: hey porsche have u been throught south carolina or somthing ??? just wondering i live in sc :D and i never see an M5 Cop . Ive seen some of the motorcycles and stuff but not that . And their are also some suburbans and ford explorers .

My cousin in Jersey is a cop, and he's got a ws6 Ram Air. I guess if he loses the race, he can pull the guy over!:D

No, GOD, I haven't been through SC, I heard it from CF. The city that has it is where the BMW plant is.

As for european countries, Italy recent ordered 1300 328i's and Germany uses Audi A6 2.4's, BMW 3 series and they have 5 or 6 new (996) 911's for the autobahn. Read MT magazine, they did a high speed chase in the 2.4. I also heard from a friend who went to Germany who said that they have some C-Classes as either taxis or coops, I forget. Canada uses Impalas, some Camaros, M-Classes and Crown Vic's.

98 Mustang GT....
Jet Black paint and black five star rims....

Peace.....
:frog:

I have seen some UHP driving the new Chevy impala's, They look kind of funny to me. :p

Around here I've only seen Crown Vic, Caprices, Impalas, and Cherokees. We have a silver Impala ghost car that always scares the livin' bejeepers out of me. But it's the only silver Impala with black side mirrors, that's how you can tell it's the cop.

Rosco P. Coltrane's car is the best cop car.

They have some useless DARE units in NY that are Vettes, Mitsubichi 3000GTs and lots more.

Cooj, cooj, cooj!!!

Them Dukes, them Dukes!

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Evo VI Lancer Police Car

Probably one of the craziest and scariest ideas ive seen...A Street based rally car with police Badging...

Two Words: F**king Scary.

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San Bernardino County Sheriff usually roll around in all-white Ford Crown Vics, but today I saw one with all the same markings, but it was an all-black Infiniti Q45 (previous model). Thought that was neat.

Originally posted by Kris94G20
I have seen some UHP driving the new Chevy impala's, They look kind of funny to me. :p

I've heard that of all the US cop cars (the regulars...Crown vics, blah blah blah) those are the fastest! Top speed over 200! Somehow I doubt that though. Never seen good evidence for it.

I don't believe that, how come they don't catch everyone who speeds on TV then? Those beasts would also be pretty unstable at 150mph, forget 200mph.

what does the police do to the normal police cars(caprice, etc..)?? do they drpp a blower in there or what? i've always wondered what they did.

Originally posted by Porsche
I don't believe that, how come they don't catch everyone who speeds on TV then? Those beasts would also be pretty unstable at 150mph, forget 200mph.

What are you watching?

I don't see many people get away. I don't often see the cops having trouble keeping up, either. It's just that the general police procedure in a chase is to let the suspect stop, or run out of gas, etc... If the suspect is endangering pedestrians or something, the police will go ahead and take 'em out, usually by hitting the rear of the car in a turn, so it spins out, or maybe by boxing it in and slowing it down.

The only time I saw the cops having trouble was on one of the FOX "World's Wildest Police Chase" shows where the suspect had a souped-up Mercedes that could outrun the police cruisers. So then the local P.D. got out their 5.0 Mustang Interceptor. That chase didn't last long after that; the Mercedes lost it and wrecked or something.

The best police vehicle is the one parked outside the bakery. At least parked there, they aren't pestering the drivers or shooting unarmed black men in the back.

automobile mag tested one of the new crown vics a while bak
it did 0-60 like 8.2 quarter in the 16's and it topped out at 120mph, 115 with the light bar

so its not very fast but they put more heavy duty parts on it like battery, brakes, suspension

one time i saw a truck load of state trooper cars at a gas station they had the new car sticker on them and all

it had a list of heavy duty parts on it but no speed performance parts :D



jus 2 wks ago i saw an old early 90's 5.0 mustang with a blower (huge hood scoop) then i saw the state trooper badges on the side, i was like wtf!!!:eek:

The coolest cop car would have to be in Denver, a red Lamborghini Countach. I have a poster of it in my room and it makes me scared to death to ever visit Colorado. Around here they have the new Crown Vic's and some Impala's. I heard that the reason the Cop Crown Vic's are so fast is that they are made form a completely separate factory from the stock Crown's.

yeah in canada we have the new impalas, i think they have corvette engines in them...... never seen anything else except for the crown vics and patty wagons

I not sure if I said this before cause if getting slow but Italy has got 1300 BMW 328i's in the force. As for my point about the cars getting away, you think it's good publicity and good TV to show the people getting away? It says to people that when you break the law, assuming your not drunk and a Dumb-Ass, you can get away. That it why they don't show it, I've seen some failed police chases before involving British Police and their way better than american Cops, No offence. The Us cops just ram the rear fender sending the car into a spin, the Brits do that rarely and manage to take less damage than Americans. (This is what I have assesed and watched over the years, I not trying to start a flame war or anything so don't give me negative feedback that will start something , it is merely my opinion and not a fact.)

how do the europeans stop the fleers?

I get what you're saying, but you have to remember my end. I live in L.A., where every police chase gets televised live. Maybe I can't speak for law enforcemnt in America as a whole, but I can say that LAPD, L.A. County Sheriff and California Highway Partol are doing all right.

We averaged about a chase a month for a while. Two weeks ago there was a chase that lasted about two hours, from about 4pm to 6pm, so it preempted the evening news on some channels.

here we have the crown vic's and cherokee's, and some new Impala's. People don't speed much in Arkansas! lol! but we have the motocycle cops too. and alot of off road state policemen cuz we got alot of backcountry here. But the big thing here is undercover cops. People in everyday cars like Z3's and camaroes, and even those new celica's. No markings at all, they just drive around and nab speeders and lawbreakers. VERY scary. gotta watch what you are doing all the time. I h8 'em.

Originally posted by Darkwing
here we have the crown vic's and cherokee's, and some new Impala's. People don't speed much in Arkansas! lol! but we have the motocycle cops too. and alot of off road state policemen cuz we got alot of backcountry here. But the big thing here is undercover cops. People in everyday cars like Z3's and camaroes, and even those new celica's. No markings at all, they just drive around and nab speeders and lawbreakers. VERY scary. gotta watch what you are doing all the time. I h8 'em.

Do those undercover cops have the gov. plates? that is so unfair do they have the lights inside?

if they dont have any blue and red lights inside or out and no gove plates i wouldnt pull over

Originally posted by VTEC V6


Do those undercover cops have the gov. plates? that is so unfair do they have the lights inside?

if they dont have any blue and red lights inside or out and no gove plates i wouldnt pull over

no, that's how they are so sneeky, they have a little light on the inside that they set on the dash. Invisible unless they set it up there and turn it on. gov plates, not sure.

SS2K; If you live in LA that's different everything gets televised and American Cops are doing it right. As for the answer to the Question after my previous post, the British have it a bit easier, most people aren't crazed Psychos that are on crack or something. They usually end up making a mistake or get the Stinger. IR on the choppers helps the 50% of them that get out of the cars and run off. The British I feel are less aggressive and don't have to hit the cars nearly as much. One of the rules for Cops and Law Enforcement is let them make the first mistake. The Americans have to hit more cause like in LA, there are people walking around and are potential victims Britain is a little bit Different. (Smaller cities- Less People & 50% of chases are on M Class highways and backroads) Hope that answers your question.

Cops here will wait-out a chase, too. Unless the suspect is recklessly endangering civilians. That's why the chases last so long. :rolleyes:

We also have slow-speed chases, which are laughable, but they let them go until they screw up. Some guys use their turn signals and everything while they're being chased. LOL!

What's an M-class highway?

From what I've gathered it's a British Interstate they call them "M" for Motorway I think. (Ex. M1, M4, M25) Ask Austin Powers or someone, he'd probably know a bit more about this.

how would you get away if you got a helicopter on your ass?

Originally posted by gang$tarr
how would you get away if you got a helicopter on your ass?


get in a tunnel or a long bridge and get the fuck out
change cars or whatever

they wont know until they see the car empty on the side of the road. but the cops would have to be way bak not to see u do it

damn that'd be hard as hell

Originally posted by gang$tarr
how would you get away if you got a helicopter on your ass?

In L.A., at least, you don't. Not only do you have a police heilcopter on top of you, there will be 5 or 6 news copters above him, so that's six cameras on you. The closest I've seen to anyone getting away is when they get out and run through backyards in a neighborhood with lots of trees. But still, with six helicopters looking, where are you ever going to go?

dig a hole to china

Originally posted by hermunn123
what does the police do to the normal police cars(caprice, etc..)?? do they drpp a blower in there or what? i've always wondered what they did.

here's what they do :p :p

here's the pic...

That is real scary. as for the Tunnel solution, Choppers don't always "Hunt" down suspects but they are the "Eyes" of the ground units. Choppers tell the Ground units where the suspects are and where they're headed. If you stop in a tunnel, they will get you with the cars. They have a good system going and rarely do people ever get away. It's worse at night if your a suspect, you stand out like a whit dot on a black background with the Infra Red.

That infra red shit is awesome.
Watch that C.O.P.S show and you really dont have a shit show in getting away once they pick you up with that.

damn, i guess i should pullover when i hear the chopper

In Switzerland the police drives Volvos and souped up BMWs and some Porsche 911 for highspeed driving!:bandit:

Good chance to get away is beeing a race driver and owning a Hajabuza:D The chopper wont have a chance to follow you:bandit:

Assuming you could unleash the Hayabusa of course. Traffic is a bitch in high speed chases. The only "Good" getaway vehicle is a tank, and it has been done before. oh ya, Spike Strips aren't much fun either.

this reminds me of need for speed games :D

if you think the evo is scary, wait till you see this bitch.....

what bitch?

i'm trying to figure out how to post the damn pic!!!
Hold on....
Lemme try again....

shit! how did you post a pic?

ah, here we go....

the xj's photoshop:d right? but that would be real scary!!

the evo's photoshop:d, I know (promocampaign from Mitsubishi). but there are cars like that out there.... I know the swedish cops has had Ford Cosworths of all flavors and a few 911's, incl one of the first 911 copcars ever.

i dunno, looks real enough to me:)

I know that the Dutch have Imrezzas in civil colours which sort of provoke you to race them...

That Jag must be photoshopped. No police force would ever need such a car or be able to afford it.

Plus, those police decals don't look like they're real, no police force in the UK has anything like that.

The XJ220 has the same license plate as the car in the XJ220 "Wheelie" pic. It's posted in the burnout thread.

the all time HIGHWAY pursute vheical were the old 60s thru70s dodges with the bigblocks in them you could stand on the gas all day doin 150mph with a 440 and not have the slightest worry that the motor would fail or overheat

Actaully, and older freind of mine who is a police officer, bought a used highway patrol crown vic, with everything but the markings and lights (bulletholes included)
Let me drive it....that is one fast car....

BTW, there was a high-speed chase in L.A. today. It lasted about an hour, and the guy got caught. During the chase he was doing 60 in residential areas, so the police backed way off, but the choppers stayed on him the whole time. I still don't get why people run...
:confused:

Originally posted by Silver S2000
I still don't get why people run...
:confused:

...Because they dont want to get caught...doh :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :finger: :finger:

This thread is so funny. Do you people believe EVERYTHING someone tells you? Impalas (I'm assuming new ones) with Corvette engines! Police cars of the 1960s-70s doing 150mph! New police cars doing 200!!!! Come on!

The RWD Caprice (I don't know of any Impala police cars of the 1990s, but there could have been) had "Corvette" engines...but so did the civilian cars. You could get an LT1 in a regular Caprice and it put out basically the same power as the police cars.

One of the "buff books" tested police cars in the late 1980s/early 1990s and clocked them. Top speed of the Crown Vic/Caprice was in the 110-120 range. Honestly. Aerodynamics of the cars would have prevented even the big block police cars from nearing 150...and the old-style light bars would have (and did on some occasions) act as a wing....you'd lose control above, say, 120.

Newer police cars will not top 130, and they don't need to. With all the flack from "high-speed" chases, police really can't get going too fast without getting into trouble (by their superiors or by the public). Besides, with helicopters and radio, super-fast cars are unnecessary.

There was an early question about international police cars. I've seen Volvos and Saabs primarily in the Nordic countries, and Alfa Romeos and Fiats driven by the Carbineri in Italy. I have heard of Porsches (rarely), Ford Cosworths, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW in some countries. I did read of BMW donating an M5 to the local sheriff's office in South Carolina. And I have heard of cars confiscated by drug busts being donated to police departments and (usually) DARE programs (one picture had a Lamborghini DARE car).

Originally posted by Hudson
This thread is so funny. Do you people believe EVERYTHING someone tells you? Impalas (I'm assuming new ones) with Corvette engines! Police cars of the 1960s-70s doing 150mph! New police cars doing 200!!!! Come on!


Just come here where I live they're replacing the crown-vics with the 2001 Impalas, don't call me a liar!!
and i didn't state that as a fact that there are corvette engines in them, i said I THINK they have corvette engines. That's what a cop told me when i was trying to make conversation so that he wouldn't bust me for underage drinking...... that's another story :D

I'm not denying that Impalas are being used by police forces...I've seen them. But they all have 3.8L V6s. They don't put "Corvette engines" in FWD Impalas...for police or the public or anyone.

helicopters

To have an Impala with the Vette engine they'd have to make it rear wheel drive. Not gonna happen, at least until a production, civilian version is offered.

Maybe he had an old Impala, pre-1996.

i guess he was just tryin ta scare me so i don't speed :D what a jackass.... atleast he didn't bust me

Hehe, If you had your Bimmer at the time I think he would have said that to make himself sound fast. At least your putting your car knowledge to good use. :D

While cruising around down southern VA, I saw a F150 Lightning With lights, paint, and the whole works. It was bad ass.

what would cops need a pick-up for?

So they can pile up the crooks in the back of course!

Originally posted by gang$tarr
what would cops need a pick-up for?
Hauling away "contraband." :smoker2:

haha, i guess it would be useful then :)

none of them are working here, but i havent tried the url yet.

they all work. you got them all from carpictures.com didnt you?!?

I saw some a mustang pull over by a beat-up stationwagon here in Iliinois. Image that piece of junk pull you over and give you a speeding ticket.:flash:

the pictures don't work because they're on geocities, geocities doesn't allow pictures to be linked to other sites... so you have to save the pictures then post them straight from your hard drive... I did it for you for the first pic

Like so....

That's scary! They have one like that in NFS V: PU, The problem with German Autobahn Cops is that if they have to take someone down to the station, they have next to no space to take them. Either put them in the front trunk or fold them into the back seat. :)

Ohh, thanks. But how do I post them directly from the hard drive? No, I didn't get them from carpictures.com, it was from webshots.com or something like that.

when you're posting a reply, look right above the "submit reply" button. you can attach a file. click on browse and find the pic in your computer, then click ok or attach or whatever.

I was looking for a pic. of a Viper Cop car I have seen, and happened upon these....

911:

'94 Vette:

I think its a 993?:

'82 Vette:

Hummer:

yes, that would be a 993

Lotus 300S, I think:

M3:

Finally, a street rod:

that is the coolest cop car i've seen(M3). wouldn't want to get in a high speed chase with that beast!

Thanks guys:) To me, the Hummer and the Streetrod look photoshopped. Still, I don't think I would want to get into a chase with any of them...

The 300ZX has markings for the county where I live. :D I've seen, in person, driving down the street, an early model Q45 for the same agency. They must have flirted with Nissan for a while. ;)

yikes. does anyone else think that this looks photoshopped?

Thats the Viper I was looking for. Actually I don't think its phototshopped. The picture I've seen of it had a different setting, but the same viper...black on black with chromed five spokes and only lights, no markings. It was from Texas also. Its probably from a drug bust or something. If it is photoshopped, thats pretty damn good; look at the reflections on the car, especially the lights.

i don't think that Viper is Photoshopped...

OOOOOOOOhhhhh :eek: :eek: :eek: Those cops are awesome! I love the Lotus (Espirit V8) and that 993 Turbo, Those Germans sure love thier cars, good to see there's Porsche Cops. I wouldn't run from them! That M3 is also awesome! as for the Vr, It looks fake and real, i just couldn't pictures such a Shiny Sweet-Ass Viper with that Flower-Box Light Bar! It just dosen't look right. Great Pics!

Why the hell have a Viper as a cop car :confused: :confused: :confused:

there's something i can't quite put my finger on that makes me think it's photoshopped... but i think it's real

I don't know, it's probably just one of "you can't run from the cops, they'll bust you" things. It would intimidate the hell out of me if I were in a high speed chase:eek:

As for the Viper.... Someone balanced a set of lights on the hood and then took a picture. No police department in their right minds would budget a GTS as a police cruiser. Can you imagine the outrage of the taxpayers. I know I'd raise hell if they did that around here.

Maybe its one of those drug bust cars...we have a C5 cop car with a bumper sticker that reads "We give thanks to your local drug dealer for his donation." I'm guessing its the same kind of thing.

now they're thanking the drug dealers?!

Originally posted by gang$tarr
now they're thanking the drug dealers?!

its supposed to be sarcastic:rolleyes:

i dunno about that viper. it looks real enough... but it just doesnt fit. it doesnt look right. maybe im just not gonna accept the idea that there is a such thing cause it scares me too much:uhoh:

Originally posted by YogsVR4
As for the Viper.... Someone balanced a set of lights on the hood and then took a picture... That's what I figure, too. :)

The shadow on the bonnet dont look right to me....it looks like a building or something. Doesn't look anythink like that sign.

Originally posted by hakka


its supposed to be sarcastic:rolleyes:

duh! obviously... i was joking :rolleyes:

i think this wins most scary

Sure it will win the most scary machinery but it is not a car. We are talking about car not helicopter???? Anyway it's just another good pics.
I am sure I don't want to get stop by that thing. :flash:

yeah i know its not a car, but i just had to throw it in. seemed like a good idea at the time:)

and... now that i look at it... its best police vehicle. so take that Mr.Itsnotacar :finger: lol

Mr. YELLOW we are talking POLICE VEHICLE not POLICE HELICOPTER.
I think you should take this back.
:flipa: :frog: :finger:

As the thread starter, I rule that a helicopter is a vehicle. I can understand the confusion, as this is an automotive website, but you can see that in the very first post I mentioned a motorcycle, purposely opening the discussion up to more than just cars. :D

On the other hand, that helicopter doesn't seemed to be marked as a police 'copter, and I can't recall them using attack 'copters anyway. Oh, well. ;)

ahh, but, the definition of vehicle (according to Mr.Webster) is

A device or structure for transporting persons or things; a conveyance: a space vehicle.

and i do believe that a helicopter transports persons or things. so my comment reamains the same:finger:

Originally posted by YellowMaranello
ahh, but, the definition of vehicle (according to Mr.Webster) is ...
Screw Webster! Just read mine! :D ;)

Originally posted by SilverS2000:
As the thread starter, I rule that a helicopter is a vehicle.


HA! moderator agrees with me!:flash: its two to one now Mr.Max:D

Originally posted by YellowMaranello
HA! moderator agrees with me!:flash: its two to one now Mr.Max:D It's not a contest. :rolleyes: And I also said I don't think it's a police helicopter.

Mr. Yellow
I never heard of police using a attack helicopter as their vehicle. What, fire their missile if anyone of us speeding on the road and if we refuse to stop???:flipa:

Originally posted by gang$tarr
now they're thanking the drug dealers?!

They should! Imagine how many law enforcement type people would be fired if it wasn't for your local drug dealer.

Originally posted by MAXIMASE2000
What, fire their missile if anyone of us speeding on the road and if we refuse to stop???

well it would stop you wouldnt it?


Originally posted by Silver S2000
It's not a contest. And I also said I don't think it's a police helicopter.

i just like to argue. arguing is fun. and yeah, its probly not a police helicopter, its just your everyday apache hiding in the bushes ;) lets hear it for photoshop gentlemen

yeah, i seem to start arguements for no reason... liek unconciously, just cause i like arguing... then i start arguing about somethin i don't really believe in :D then i can't get out of it, so i gotta keep arguin, hehe

i'm an idiot

Everyone likes to Argue, it's no fun when everyone agrees.

I am sick and tire of argue, I am going to a different thread so I can have fun.

:argue:

Originally posted by MAXIMASE2000
I am sick and tire of argue, I am going to a different thread so I can have fun.

awwwww. you just wait, im gonna hunt you down and start another argument:flash:

Originally posted by YellowMaranello
awwwww. you just wait, im gonna hunt you down and start another argument:flash: Is that really a good idea?:devil:

Originally posted by Porsche
Everyone likes to Argue, it's no fun when everyone agrees.

yeah, think of how boring everything would be if everyone agreed

They have a names for That: Dictatorship, nobody agrues, everyone agrees.

dictatorship works perfectly on paper, just not in real life for some twisted reason

I wouldn't mind being a cop with this RX-7

why the crap do they have that thing on the hood? and what is it?