New Cop Cars??

[Oldandslow]

I would be surprised if they don't go with the cheapest option, no matter what it is. I know the cops in NSW have been told to spend as much time on the side of the road as possible to reduce fuel costs due to the State's poor financial position.

[Bird]

I would be surprised if they don't go with the cheapest option, no matter what it is. I know the cops in NSW have been told to spend as much time on the side of the road as possible to reduce fuel costs due to the State's poor financial position.

I hear theres plenty of Prius in stock

[gronk]

I would be surprised if they don't go with the cheapest option, no matter what it is. I know the cops in NSW have been told to spend as much time on the side of the road as possible to reduce fuel costs due to the State's poor financial position.

They certainly will.....IF they can find something to replace the Falcoons and Commodes.

European stuff is too dear, and can't compete with the old Aussie performance, so for hwy patrol, the Stang looks likely. But they want/need a 4 door, so who knows ??

They also want a country wide "standard" car for everything, and NSW was the only state to have performance cars with upgraded brakes, so we might get downgraded to come in line with other states. Victoria are using poxy Camrys for hwy patrol ??

2018 will be the year to be a crook......you'll only need a souped up Toyota Camry to outrun them !!   

[tk421]

We've seen the last of the V8 interceptors

There's a difference to the requirements for responding to an incident vs pursuing someone. There's many 4 door cars that could do the job around town once you get rid of that pursuit requirement. 90% of Australians live in urban areas. Having a car capable of 220km/h isn't really a requirement if they're not chasing anyone on a long open country road or a freeway, and most chases are in the suburbs or built up areas - You don't need a big V8 to chase someone down Oxford Street or through Manly.

There's talk of banning high speed pursuits in NSW currently because of the fatalities and they consider the risks too high.  Tasmania banned all pursuits except those relating to serious crime in 1999. Queensland did the same in 2012. Vic Police changed the rules in 2015 (cannot pursue a vehicle for offences such as theft or minor traffic offences).  So they just don't need the big high powered cars any more.

[gronk]

We've seen the last of the V8 interceptors

 So they just don't need the big high powered cars any more.

The cops disagree. It's not only pursuits they need power for, it's response times as well. Many a time the hwy patrol is the 1st on a scene, and the beefed up brakes eliminates brake fade, so safety of officers and the public is better as well.

This info is from an article with police input, so not my opinion only !

A vehicle doing 200 k/ph wouldn't be a minor traffic offence, so there is always a need for powerful hwy patrol cars.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Give 'em a Chrysler 300C to use.

Go like stink, handle like a greasy pig on wet linoleum floor...
Even our Jeep could out handle one of them, just make sure ya get chased on a good mountain road.

[gronk]

Give 'em a Chrysler 300C to use.

That was one under consideration.. Don't go as well or handle as well as the pursuit Falcons etc, and dearer....but cheaper than anything from Europe...who knows ??

Another one on the list was a Golf R...awd and plenty of go....but small ?

[Nick74]

Who ever choses the cars holden rebadges as thier own needs to be held acountable.
Name a car holden rebadged that wasnt a heap of Shit other than a corolla

Holden Apollo - SV21 Camry
Holden Rodeo - Isuzu now called dmax, not sure what it was called before
Holden Jackaroo - Isuzu Trooper

[stabicraft]

I vote for the Hyundi Getz or perhaps the Cherry.

After all, they dont need to chase people until they crash do they?

Every police chase always gets called off 10 seconds before the pursued vehicle crashes.......yeah right

[kylarama]

Holden Rodeo - Isuzu now called dmax, not sure what it was called before

Used to be Chevy Luv.

A mate had one and everyone used to lose their mind over it, cause it had a factory Chev badge.

78 mdl with a 1.8 Gemini petrol, 4 on the tree and drum brakes. Absolute snot box, but had a line of buyers when he sold it...

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[tracker]

   The way the world is going maybe camels would do the job.....

                                       Cheers Tracker.

[gronk]

   The way the world is going maybe camels would do the job.....

                                       Cheers Tracker.

Got plenty of them......as well as the camel jockeys !!

[Champin]

Don't knock the camel jockeys mate, they kicked off the transport industry in this country.

[Cruiser 105Tvan]

That's right Champin, he's obviously not heard of The GHAN.