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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Screw SL" data-source="post: 15027381" data-attributes="member: 455444">ලන්කාවෙ පොලිසියටත් මෙව්වා දෙමුද?<img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwautos/624_351/images/live/p0/19/j4/p019j4mj.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Felony speed   Somewhere, from the counter of the  all-night doughnut shop in the sky, Buford T Justice is shaking his fist  in the direction of the United Arab Emirates.  With their recent acquisition of an Aston Martin One-77, police in  the capital city of Dubai have made driving a squad car look a lot more  interesting.  The bespoke coupe, limited to a run of 77 examples, has less to do  with helping officers solve crimes than with enhancing Dubai’s  hyper-rich image. While it is not the first time that a police  department has drafted a supercar into service, Dubai’s latest action  has certainly upped the game.  Workaday, sedan-based squad cars factor less and less in the world’s  police departments, and officers have grown accustomed to protect and  serve from behind the wheel of faster, more luxurious vehicles of  varying body styles.  But some vehicles blow out the departmental spend sheets. And while  nobody would hope to score a ride in these cars’ back seats (where back  seats exist), there is a lot to like about law enforcement when it is  administered in such machinery.<img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwautos/624_351/images/live/p0/19/j4/p019j4pg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Aston Martin One-77 (UAE)   The city that <a href="http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20110218-dubais-hotel-revolution" target="_blank">introduced the seven-star luxury hotel</a>  to the world and counts among its attractions a man-made archipelago  and an indoor ski resort brought an Aston Martin One-77 to its police  fleet in April. Officers in Dubai who drive the ultra-exclusive  hyper-coupe, which has a top speed of 200mph, will have to write nearly  $2 million in tickets just to cover the purchase price. Dubai’s fleet of  patrol cars already includes such modest, understated vehicles as the  Lamborghini Aventador, Nissan GT-R and Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.  Pub fact: Female police officers in Dubai will take the helm of the force’s new Ferrari FF. (Getty)  <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwautos/624_351/images/live/p0/19/j4/p019j4qs.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia (Italy)   Officers  of the polizia di stato were grinning in 2008 when Lamborghini  presented them with the Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia. The car, which  supplemented two Gallardos previously gifted by Lamborghini, achieved a  top speed of 203mph and was well-equipped for the rigours of duty, with  an onboard defibrillator and advanced police equipment for autostrada  chases. Unfortunately, the LP560-4 Polizia met an <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/nov/30/italy" target="_blank">untimely demise</a> only a year after it entered service.  Pub fact: Less desirable, but more manageable in the piazzas, is a  police version of the Fiat 500 Abarth, which splits the difference  between cute and menacing in its sky-blue livery. (Lamborghini)  <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwautos/624_351/images/live/p0/19/j4/p019j4s8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Ford Focus ST estate (Britain)   The Focus ST hatchback is Ford’s front-wheel-drive response to decades of hot-hatch dominance by the <a href="http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20130430-volkswagen-gti-king-of-kicks" target="_blank">Volkswagen GTI</a>.  In Britain, Ford outfitted the wagon version of the ST –  not sold in  the US, mind –  for police duty. While most of Britain’s police make do  with plebeian Vauxhalls and Volvos, officers lucky enough to command the  ST have a nice excuse for engaging in hot pursuit up to the car’s  154mph top speed.  Pub fact: The ST estate police car premiered as an unmarked, black model in The Sweeney, a 2012 film set in London. (Ford Motor)  <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwautos/624_351/images/live/p0/19/j4/p019j4z3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Lotus Evora (Britain)   In 2011, officers in the West  Midlands were among the first to put a Lotus Evora into service as a  police car. With a top speed of over 160mph, the gifted Evora kept  speeders in check.  Pub fact: Lucky cops in Romania were also loaned a police-outfitted  Evora S for two years, as was the highway patrol in Italy. (Lotus Cars)  <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwautos/624_351/images/live/p0/19/j5/p019j59b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Spyker C8 Spyder (Netherlands)   Though countries like  Germany use their police forces to show off some of their best and  strongest domestic-vehicle offerings, the Netherlands has little to draw  on. But Dutch sports car maker Spyker gave it a go in 2006, creating a  police version of its C8 Spyder for the province of Flevoland, located  east of Amsterdam. As is common among its counterparts from other  regions of Europe, the model that entered service was painted in locally  recognizable colours.  Pub fact: Spyker, quiet in the years that its parent company struggled to uphold the struggling Saab, showed a new car, the <a href="http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20130305-the-spyker-surprise" target="_blank">B6 Venator</a>,  at the Geneva motor show in March.  No word if it will also see police  service, let alone when it will become available. (Spyker)  <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwautos/624_351/images/live/p0/19/j6/p019j60k.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Cadillac CTS-V (US)   As part of a mutually beneficial  understanding between the city of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and  General Motors, some fortunate police officers in the Detroit area have a  reason to spin doughnuts rather than buy them. The Cadillac CTS-V  police car, which wears patriotic grays, reds, whites and blues, makes  use of the bog-standard 556hp V8 engine found in the civilian model.  Retired police cars of Bloomfield Hills include a Chevrolet SSR and a  Cadillac XLR-V.  Pub fact: The paint scheme on the Stinger in the Grand Theft Auto IV  video game is clearly indebted to that of the southeast Michigan  cruiser. (Lt Noel Clason, Bloomfield Hills Department of Public Safety,  Michigan)  <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwautos/624_351/images/live/p0/19/j6/p019j6bt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Porsche Panamera (Australia)   Late in 2012,  Australians living in the country’s southeastern state of New South  Wales were given new reason to mind traffic laws and give way when  police enlisted a Porsche Panamera in their daily patrols. The  manufacturer provided the Panamera with the stated goal of spreading  awareness about opportunities for community engagement – and unstated,  for brand extension. No one but the cops needs to know that the Panamera  is powered by the standard-grade V6 engine.  Pub fact: Australia’s own Holden Caprice serves as the basis for  General Motors’ most recent police-car offering in the US, the Chevrolet  Caprice PPV. (Porsche Cars)  <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwautos/624_351/images/live/p0/19/j6/p019j6pq.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Renault Twizy (France)   In contrast to sports  car-based police cruisers, the most unorthodox French police car on duty  is the battery-powered Twizy. It is not fast. It is not particularly  expensive. But intended primarily for urban work, the Twizy is likely to  provoke apprehension-facilitating stares of confusion from bandits in  Paris and its environs. The 17hp EV is unlikely, however, to figure in  Ronin-calibre chases through the City of Light.  Pub fact: The New York Police Department employs the Westward Go-4  Interceptor, a three-wheeled scooter powered by a 69hp gasoline engine,  alongside its standard Chevy Impalas, Ford Fusions and Nissan Altimas.  (Getty)</blockquote>

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