Cars
A scary sight in your rear-view mirror…
This article discusses the history of supercars being used by law enforcement agencies around the world. It mentions some of the most famous patrol cars, such as those in Dubai that include million-dollar hypercars.
Moscow. A Porsche Panamera Turbo S is parked in front of the Bulgari boutique. Three human mountains armed with AK47s and balaclavas pulled down over their faces get out of the car and make their way towards the safe full of jewels. When they make their escape, the police arrive with a standard VAZ 21-06. Goodbye bandits and goodbye jewellery. But this is not always the case: among the most famous patrol cars are undoubtedly those in force in Dubai that include million-dollar hypercars from the Bugatti Veyron to the McLaren MP4, but also Europe takes its line up seriously: A Caparo T1 and an Ariel Atom have appeared in England, in Italy the Lamborghini Huracan, which replaced the Gallardo. Another Gallardo joined the LAPD “CHiPs” in Los Angeles while in Germany, the Polizei Autobahn are armed with a Mercedes-Benz AMG GT. We're at Formula 1 Grand Prix levels here.
But this is nothing new: law enforcement has been using supercars for years. If you made a museum featuring just these cars it would be a really big one. We'd like to talk about a few which, luckily, have never chased us.
