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I think a 430 Scuderia would be a good transplant vehicle.

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That one off Renault Espace with the F1 engine in from the 90's. Only had 2 seats so plenty of room in the back for injured people ;) Supposedly reached 124mph in 6 seconds. Although you'd have to be mad to test it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaW_35KPDBY

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Notarzt means "emergency doctor". So far almost all of the Notarzt cars I've seen here in Germany have been Audi A6's. Despite being able to get more stuff in a Mercedes E or C estate, and being able to get their quicker in a BMW 3 or 5 Touring, they love the A6 (both the current C6 and previous C5 models).

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Also in a sort of related story.. Warickshire police have got Focus ST's with a Mountune kit on them apparently lol

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A Ford Transit Supervan ought to do the job. Obviously, the rear needs some modification (I wouldn't like to be transported with a howling engine next to my ear). Also, Smart Fortwo.

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There's a Porsche Cayenne GTS in ambulance livery that I occasionally see blasting up and down the roads where I live in Germany. Otherwise, it's gotta be a Corvette ZR1. Or the Ssangyong Odious, if you wanted to administer anaesthetic but were too afraid of needles...

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Actually an Ariel Atom...bulance, isn't a bad idea. So long as the injured only initially requires a man or two and a first aid box. As for the X6, surely seeing this huge, hideous brute charging towards you will only make you faint or damage your eyes more? What about the Cadillac CTS estate in white with a red stripe down the side??? Bring back the Ecto 1! Or, and here's a mad idea, an M5 TOURING! Must handle much better than that X6 and goes faster with 507bhp. Plus the boot is a reasonable shape, UNlike the X6.

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This article actually reminds me of the Caparo T1 Rapid Response Unit from a year or two ago that they made to raise money for the Met' Police. Blayney (post 4), I think that's called fighting fire with fire!

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I think a peel P50 ambulance would work, although you would have to put the blues-and-twos on a tall stick. It would also give you a chance to tune a peel P50.

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so its a pointless car turned into a pointless ambulance!!

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My ambulance? Has to me an Aston Martin V12 Vantage RS. No siren needed, just that huge V12 masterpiece...

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an aston db9 ambulance would be my choice

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It's a worthless worthless car. Ooh we can't sell any of these damn cars so lets turn it into something else it's rubbish at. Are BMW still trying to find a use for it? I thought they'd given up with it...

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You would see this coming towards you and then feel even worse.

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I actually saw one of those, not the ambulance one though, last week. And it wasn't at a BMW showroom either, it was parked in the street midtown Trondheim, Norway. I walked by it and stopped. Never having seen a BMW X6 before I was stunned by it's ugliness. I just stood there staring at the car, trying to find out what the h*** it was. I finally decided on snapping some photos with my cellphone just so I could show people this ugly beast. It is truly horrible, and I don't know what's wrong with people that actually go into the BMW showroom and says "Give me ugliest car you got. I don't care what it cost. Just give it to me! I want to look like a complete idiot wherever I am." Should actually be a coroner's car, not an ambulance. Cause if you are dying to begin with, any number of X6-es won't help you get better.

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A HGV would be good. Bring the hospital to the accident. Eventually.

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I am thinking more like an Aston Martin ambulance. It wouldn't help with traffic but it will drive the injured one in style and comfort.

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I am thinking more like an Aston Martin ambulance. It wouldn't help with traffic but it will drive the injured one in style and comfort.

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i myself am a jehovah's witness and i am very displeased at the way Jehovah has been used in this article! it is completely unneccessary to use it in such a context.

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A really hateful slow car should be an ambulance. Think those Indian things. Or those little Korean things. Or Rover. Or a Smart car. You see, they'll be so slow the patient will die of slowness or boredom or go insane for their hatred of the car and die. Or a brilliant car, so they die of excitement/G forces. This will keep population down and so minimise people's carbon emissions and help solve global warming. Foolproof and enviroticked.

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The Veyron should do the trick...just think...1001bhp getting you to the hospical quicker that the paramedics shout "CLEAR...".

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Don't care if it drives well or any of that. It's a stupid and pointless thing. If you want to have a first response vehicle thats fast and can carry some equipment as well, there are loads of alternatives M5 touring, E63 estate, Range Rover sport......the list goes on. And anyway, you'd end up scaring the patient to death when you turn up at the scene of the accident with a car that looks like a monster from Dr. Who.

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how about the lambo estoque in NHS livery? Speed,looks and comfort 'Yes i know you're in pain, just don't make a mess off the interior please. Blood is so hard to remove from these seats you know.'

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That 'modern Royale' is almost definitely a photoshop prediction of a rumored '4-Door Bugatti', the Land Cruiser is a large barge, arguably dated, but still less ugly (IMO), the 1-Series is also a BMW, thus isn't a strong argument, and the A-Class has improved leaps and bounds over the original design. But this mutant elephant needs to be put to sleep. Want a good off-roader? Get a BMW X5. Want a practical 5-seater? Get a 5-Series estate. Want a big, 4-seat coupe? Get a 6-Series (also ugly). Want a car to show off how small your penis is? Surely a black X5M with spinners will do? There is no place for the BMW X6. The Bavarian Motor Works should stop kidding themselves and work on something else.

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