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Fact: British police need supercharged Jags and nitrous-powered Lotus Elises with machine gun turrets. Not, erm, Hyundais...
The Korean manufacturer has been awarded 'preferred supplier' status for British rozzers by the National Association of Police Fleet Managers, meaning you'll see a lot more Korean reasonableness on the road.
Now, there's nothing massively wrong with Hyundai. But as a cop car? Think of the picket-line slogans as cops rallied for better cars: "What do we want? Seven-year-warranties! When do we want them? At-a-time-of-increasing-insecurity-about-the-future-of-our-economy-and-cuts-to-public-services!"
Anyway, the most popular choices, reckons Hyundai, will be the i20, i30, ix35 and Santa Fe. Yes, a Santa Fe. For chasing down drug-lords and axe-wielding murderers, probably not that quick. For following up nuisance-noise calls or cats-up-a-tree, probably spot on.
We will of course, be utterly swayed if Hyundai announces a Special Police Combat Edition ix35 complete with a 5.0-litre V8, shotgun holsters and grille-mounted tazers, but we're not holding our breath...
The chaps showed us how they would make a cop car - but what would your ideal police motor be? Answers below...
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What do you think?
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airbuggy commented on this article
at 04:32 pm on 27 September 2010
uk rozzers-if you're reading this then i have a suggestion to make GO WATCH HOT FUZZ AND THEN GET YOURSELVES IMPREZA'S!!with the golden wheels!
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airbuggy commented on this article
at 04:35 pm on 27 September 2010
hyundai must love Blighty now,first the scrappage scheme and now this.the chaps in korea must be laughing their heads off.i imagine the boys at top gear must be fuming especially after hyundai's dig at them(remember 'top dear'?).idea for series 16,take a TG styled dig at hyundai.
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StigsIrishCousn commented on this article
at 05:06 pm on 27 September 2010
An Aston Martin Rapide would be ideal as it is so beautiful crims would stop to check it out then they'd be nicked. It's also reasonably quick for pursuits, you could stick a stinger in the boot and I think people would get out of the way quicker if they saw the blues and twos behind them in an Aston! Plus can you imagine the queue of people looking to join the coppers, recruitment wouldn't be a problem!
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GR1P commented on this article
at 05:14 pm on 27 September 2010
You. Are. Joking. That's just great, the 5-0 are going to be rolling around in Hyundais now? >.< My ideal Police car would be a Vauxhall Insignia VXR or a BMW 335i. They are both quite fast and they actually look sensible.
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gogmorgoaway commented on this article
at 05:29 pm on 27 September 2010
A police car needs to be strong and reliable, above everything, then fast, and with a decent amount of space in the back so a wall can be put in, and then a decent sized boot for equipment. There's a reason the Crown Vic is so popular in the States. It's not exactly a precise handling track car, but it does the job pretty well. And it's also not all that expensive, for a car of its size.
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