BMWs to disappear from UK Police fleets

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https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/bmw-halts-the-sale-of-all-police-cars-to-forces-in-the-uk-with-immediate-effect/277526

[Yugguy1970]

They'll have to go back to V8 SD1s

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Or Triumph 2.5Pi's - as long as they replace the original wheel trims to reduce them slicing into the tyre valves ....

Or Wolseley 6/110's with bells instead of sirens.

[Baytree]

Jam sandwich

[Rhymes with Paris]

Maybe black MK3 zodiacs to chase any criminal element among the classic car crowd.

Hmm, maybe not, most people with classic cars seem to be law abiding.

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Ford Zephyr 6's used in the long running TV series Z-Cars were 'daffodil yellow' as they showed up better than white on videotape .....

[Rhymes with Paris]

I remember reading about Railton (sp?) cars being used by the London police during the war in the 40s.

Sounds like they shifted a bit quick.

 

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46 minutes ago, Rhymes with Paris said:

I remember reading about Railton (sp?) cars being used by the London police during the war in the 40s.

Sounds like they shifted a bit quick.

Probably would have been the Railton Cobham

Rather than the 24 litre Napier- Railton Special

or the Railton Mobil Special (which is in Birmingham Science Museum)

As there was no place to put the blue light on the latter two

[Rhymes with Paris]

That one in the first picture, I like the looks of that.

To me, that is a proper car, makes me wonder if these were available to the generation before me at auction,as some ex police vehicles are now.

A pal some years ago, bought a Granada 3 litre triple carb ,ex police, from Newark auction.

It shifted a bit too.

[Bper]

I thought the police drove this car.😅

[Markyswan]

Is that from the old noddy TV programme.  My boys have a miniature of this. LoL