Tuesday, January 1, 2013
The most powerful Police car In Australia
We know that the Aussies like their V8s. A number of their current Police cars are powered by V8 engines.
The former title holder of most powerful Police car in Australia was the Holden Special Vehicles V8 used by Queensland Police with 436HP (quite a lot more than the Police cars you see in the United Kingdom).
This is the Ford FPV Falcon GT RSPEC
Now that right there is a proper Police car. This is the most powerful car Ford Australia has ever produced, in standard trim it produces 450HP, which you might think would be enough, however for the New South Wales Highway Patrol it isn't.
Thanks to new injectors and a larger exhaust the Police spec FPV Falcon GT RSPEC produces an earth moving 536HP, it is fitted with all the required equipment for use a Police car and each example costs over $100,000AUD or £65,000.
It is part of a community outreach program and will be used to catch speeding motorists, predominately young motorists. It features all the Radio and Speed Motoring equipment required along with and arguably most importantly the Blues and twos (Lights and Siren).
You might think that with cars such as the above Australian Police would take a relaxed approach to speed limit enforcement as long as you weren't too stupid in your style of driving, however Australian laws are renowned for being rather strict when it comes to enthusiastic driving (Australian readers please correct me if I am wrong).
The word "Hoon" is quite a common site on motoring forums and is used to describe going for a rather enthusiastic drive in order to have fun. In Australia there are laws against "Hooning" in brief the Anti-Hoon legislation is a piece of law which makes driving which may be viewed as anti-social illegal, anyone committing an offence under this legislation is liable to have their vehicle confiscated and their licence revoked.
If I had a choice of what Police car to drive, this would be high on that list.
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