Police car

  • 2013 BMW M5 police car

    Police in Germany already benefit from BMW 5-Series sedans and wagons in their fleet, but soon they could get a lust-worthy M5 to chase after crims. BMW has unveiled an M5 decked out with police gear, though this one is only a concept. The M5 police car, which is on display at the BMW Welt museum at the automaker’s headquarters in Munich, Germany, was developed in conjunction with a number of real law-enforcement vehicles that will be making their debut this month at the General Police Equipment Exhibition & Conference in Leipzig, also in Germany. BMW will also display more police...

  • BMW X3 and 5-Series police vehicles
    BMW Unveils New Law Enforcement Fleet

    In Europe it’s not uncommon to find law enforcement officials rolling around in luxury models like an Audi A6 or BMW 5-Series. Most major automakers overseas offer a series of modifications to their usual fleet aimed at customers looking for a little extra safety, and some, such as BMW, even...

  • The Dodge Durango Special Service
    Dodge Cranks Out A 'Special Service' Durango For First Responders

    Dodge is introducing a Special Service Durango aimed at police departments, fire departments and fleet sales.

  • 2011 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor
    Ford's New Police Interceptors Maximize Economy And Performance

    Ford's newest police vehicles use up to 35-percent less fuel at idle, while delivering improved performance.

  • 2011 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor
    Watch Out Chicago, New Police Interceptors Coming Soon

    The city of Chicago has placed the largest order for Ford's new police vehicles to date, purchasing a total of 500 Police Interceptor Sedans and Utilities.

  • Ford's Police Interceptors, now serving as NASCAR pace cars.
    NASCAR Drivers Get To Chase Ford's New Police Interceptors

    At the upcoming NASCAR race at Florida's Homestead Speedway, Ford will use its new Police Interceptors to pace the field.

  • The 2012 Ram Special Service pickup. Image: Chrysler Group LLC

    Ram has created a severe-duty pickup truck, designed to meet the needs of police departments, fire departments and other first-responder agencies.

  • 2012 Dodge Charger Pursuit police car
    Study Finds Police Car Tech May Cause Distracted Driving Accidents

    “To Protect and Swerve” is not its title, but a new study suggests tech devices in squad cars pose distractions and contribute to police-involved accidents. Through the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust, Public Safety Administration grad students from St. Mary’s...

  • Unmarked 2012 Nissan GT-R police car
    A 2012 Nissan GT-R... Police Car: Video

    If you travel the highways and back roads of Virginia, there's now an added incentive to obey the speed limit - an unnamed police agency has added a 2012 Nissan GT-R to its fleet.

  • 2012 Dodge Charger Pursuit police car
    2012 Dodge Charger Pursuit Police Car Gets Mopar Accessories

    That big, mean Charger grille in your rear-view mirror soon may have more to it that just the authority of the law: it could be packing Mopar upgrades. Chrysler announced today that it will offer Mopar upgrades to both the V-6 and HEMI V-8 versions of the cars. A full 24 Mopar parts and accessories...

  • Lotus Evora S enters service with Italian Carabinieri
    2011 Lotus Evora S Joins Italian Carabinieri

    The 2011 Lotus Evora S pushes aside Italy's finest supercars to find a spot with the Italian Carabinieri.

  • Rogue driver drifting around a police Dodge Charger
    Driver ‘Arrested’ For Drifting Around Police Car: Video

    Before the angry comments start coming in, let us be the first to state that this is not real and is in fact just a mock scenario involving a rogue driver in a parking lot drifting around a police car. The video is a promotional piece for the Joe Usry Auto Group located in Jackson, Mississippi, a...

  • Woodcliff Lake police in New Jersey take delivery of MINI Cooper

    We’ve seen plenty of special police cars in the past, including a Lamborghini Gallardo, Porsche 911 and even an impounded Dodge Viper, but the latest is just too cute to ignore. BMW has this week presented the Woodcliff Lake police department in New Jersey with a brand new MINI Cooper. The car is emblazoned with the message ‘DON’T TXT & DRIVE’, highlighting a local initiative to stop drivers using their mobile phones while behind the wheel. “This vehicle drives home a critical point,” said Woodcliff Lake police chief Anthony Jannicelli. “A driver...

  • 2011 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor
    Ford Police Interceptors official test drive

    Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] aging Crown Victoria, loyal servant to police forces around the country for the past several decades, is soon to be replaced by a new generation of cop cars such as the Carbon Motors E7, Chevrolet Caprice PPV and the Blue Oval's Interceptor duo. Presented here...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV)
    Video: Chevy Puts The Caprice PPV Through Its Paces

    The Holden-built, Commodore-based Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV) will be hitting the streets in search of lawbreakers soon, and this video shows the car in testing by U.S. agencies at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix. In addition to some solid tire-squealing parking lot...

  • 2011 BMW UK Police vehicles
    UK Criminals Delight: New BMW Police Cars Unveiled

    If you're up to no good in the United Kingdom, you may get the chance to experience BMW's latest variations on the X3, X5, 3-Series, and 5-Series first hand. BMW's U.K. arm has just unveiled a slew of new police vehicles for both marked and unmarked use. The latest 5-Series headlines the new Police...

  • Bumblebee Camaro crashes into real police car
    Video: Bumblebee Camaro Crashes Into Real Police Car On Transformers 3 Set

    The production of the third installment of the Transformers franchise has suffered another setback this week with one of the stars of the show, the Bumblebee Chevrolet Camaro, getting involved in a crash with a real police vehicle. The accident took place in the heart of Washington DC and involved...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV)
    2011 Chevrolet Caprice PPV tops tests against Crown Vic, Charger

    General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] is crowing about the results of the latest testing by the Michigan State Police of the 2011 Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle. Turns out it jaunts to 60 mph, 100 mph and gets back to a stop quicker than the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor and the Dodge Charger...

  • 2011 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor

    The last couple of months have seen three different police vehicle concepts unveiled by each of the domestic automakers: the Chevrolet Caprice Police Detective PPV from GM, the new Dodge Charger Pursuit from Chrysler and the Taurus Interceptor from Ford. Now, the Blue Oval has unveiled a second Police Interceptor vehicle based on the latest 2011 Ford Explorer SUV. Joining the Taurus Interceptor late next year as an additional replacement vehicle for the outgoing Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, the new Explorer Interceptor promises greater fuel economy--as much as a 20 percent...

  • 2011 Dodge Charger Pursuit police vehicle
    2011 Dodge Charger Pursuit: First Photo

    We all knew the 2011 Dodge Charger would be restyled. Now Chrysler has issued the first factory photo of the new model, decked out in full police pursuit gear. The new styling--the press release actually calls it "sinister"--should neatly toughen up the Dodge Charger's credentials as one of the few...

  • Leaked: Chevrolet Caprice Police Detective PPV
    Leaked: Chevrolet Caprice Police Detective PPV

    The Chevy Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle gets a plainclothes detective version.

  • Jaguar XF police car
    British Police Choose Jaguar XF For Patrol Duty

    It’s good to be a cop in the UK. While local law enforcement agencies get around in Chevrolets and Fords, across the pond they’re rolling in Jaguars. The first ever police-spec XF is about to go on patrol across the Midlands. The Central Motorway Police Group, which patrols highways across...

  • Italian Police Crash Lamborghini Gallardo
    Italian Police Crash Lamborghini Gallardo Patrol Car

    The Lamborghini Gallardo patrol car was given as a gift to the Italian State Police

  • Abu Dhabi Police Nissan GT-R
    Nissan GT-R Police Car: For the Force That Has Everything

    Abu Dhabi police in the United Arab Emirates have a Nissan GT-R police car.

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