28 July 2009 - 11:00
Feel the IS-Force
Hull scallies beware: Humberside police have got their hands on a Lexus IS-F, and they're coming for you.
They're coming for you, armed with 417bhp. They're coming for you in a great cloud of tyre smoke and a blaze of Northern sirens.
What a magnificent choice of car. All-wheel-drive security? Nah. Diesel economy? Nah. Estate practicality? Nah. What we need is a slidey rear-drive Japanese saloon with a fat V8 under the bonnet, gents.
We appreciate proper fast police cars here on TopGear.com and this is one of the finest, we reckon.
It's certainly a sight lairier than the Insignia police car we saw a couple of months ago. And we might even take one instead of that Jaguar XF jam sandwich.
But the Italians are still heading the Ultimate Fast Police Car league table with this magnificent Gallardo. Come on, British bobbies, let's take the fight to the Italians. Who's up for an Ascari police car? Or a Gumpert Apollo patrol vehicle?
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Looks great! One of my favorite cars. :) ..From one of the best car makes there is
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Nah, if we're going to have supercar cop cars, they have to be British. Aston V8 vantage anyone? "Right, your nicked. Get in the, er, boot..." Ariel Atom? You could put the cufflinks round the scaffolding at least?
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All i can say is that its better than a vauxhall astra diesel
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Hmm, I'm just thinking what will happen if the AM Rapide comes out and turns into a cop car ^^
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Strathclyde police have taken deliver of a few Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X's, the traffic division that is
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my favourite is the caparo t1 police car http://www.worldcarfans.com/10711013210/caparo-t1-police-car
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How can the Police justify the purchase of such a car, better off spending the money chasing real crime!! I also understand they have had £30,000 worth of extras, including engine upgrade and electronic equipment inside. They purchased this car last year (that's why its on a 58 plate) and has taken about 9 months for the upgrades
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If the Lexus logo in the grille was removed, would anyone be able to identify what that car would be? Looks like a Detroitmobile, and Impala. You can take an exciting looking car and make it really unexciting by writing "police" on it. Is it the font or the color or is it something else? TG-trio was on to something when doing their police cars; make it cheap and put the sort of bumpers on it that you can crash into things and not worry about fenders.
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It looks good but is it going to be fast catching criminals. I think the astra was better.
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3hlang, the Caparo T1 police car was just for show sadly. Anyway about the article, "But the Italians are still heading the Ultimate Fast Police Car league table with this magnificent Gallardo. Come on, British bobbies, let's take the fight to the Italians. Who's up for an Ascari police car? Or a Gumpert Apollo patrol vehicle?" I certainly wouldn't want to in a car chase with an Ascari but isn't Gumpert german?
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3hlang, the Caparo T1 police car was just for show sadly. Anyway about the article, "But the Italians are still heading the Ultimate Fast Police Car league table with this magnificent Gallardo. Come on, British bobbies, let's take the fight to the Italians. Who's up for an Ascari police car? Or a Gumpert Apollo patrol vehicle?" I certainly wouldn't want to in a car chase with an Ascari but isn't Gumpert german?
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What you are doing is that you are encouraging baddies to buy even faster cars for their bank jobs, hahaha =P How about M3s? Painted black with white stripes and flashing lights on top. More flamboyant?
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What you are doing is that you are encouraging baddies to buy even faster cars for their bank jobs, hahaha =P How about M3s? Painted black with white stripes and flashing lights on top. More flamboyant?
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What about a Ginetta british police car?
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Humberside Police certainly have both extremes of vehicles - they used to run Imprezas (I did get a stern talking to in the back of one...) but also the very "cop in a reasonably priced car" Proton Gen-2's, Wira and Impians which you'll probably need to google to recall. My local force, South Yorkshire run some Evo X's, and I'd love to see them go head to head with the Lexus...
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i for one would not want that police car after me with its v8 and the hoodies in a 2002 punto beast with a 1.6 litre engine ha ha!
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I think we need some Jackal military trucks (as featured shooting Clarkson). Not as fast but the terror when you see one in your mirrors! Brilliant! AH64 Apache police helicopters would be handy to.
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*Exit the IS-F* *Charge the MP5* "Drop it, punk."
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Didn't James May try builidng a Lexus Police Car?
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I just don't uderstand the idea of fast police cars... You would pursuit the breaker at 200kmph and then what? You would beat him? Or stop in front of him at 200kmph? Is it legal to do pursit at all?
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why buy a lexus when there is the bmw m3 and m5. the mercedes c63amg and audi rs4 these are much more interesting and better looking cars and just as quick if not faster
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james may is getting his way with the lexus police car
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This isn't really what James meant by Lexus Police car, the LS400 is comfortable this isn't
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HazardO commented on this article
28 July 2009
Humberside plods used to have an escort cosworth years ago. Also was it Sheffield that had a Lotus Esprit?
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