Comments on: French police procure Subaru Impreza WRX chase cars

By: honda_driver

honda_driver — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:20:03 +0000

yup.. the test that clarkson did is not indicative of the real world. no evo driver in his right mind is going to plonk his gearbox into 6th gear when going only 20km/h.

dont forget, the subarus are popular as police cars, also because they have 4 doors and a boot, allowing them to carry more equipment, or to carry arrested suspects..etc. unlike a lambo. plus.. these “rally” roadcars are well known for reliability, and toughness. they can take quite a lot of damage to stop them.

By: Joe v2.0

Joe v2.0 — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:02:24 +0000

the lag was tested on the top gear of both cars, starting at low speed, for sure la big turbo will be causing lag.

By: chuamike

chuamike — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:27:19 +0000

To Kody, i saw that video too. Imagine Evo 8 being able to go so fast and stick so close to the Murcielago’s butt for a fraction of the Murcielago’s price? Even though the Evo 8 didn’t exactly overtake the Murcielago, it sure did cause the latter to skid and go out of control ;p Clarkson also demonstrated the Evo 8’s turbo lag where it was slower than a 1.6L Suzuki Liana (not sure if i recall correctly). It took some time for Evo 8’s turbo to “wake up” and overtake the Liana ;p

By: shaif

shaif — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:11:41 +0000

Don’t forget Custom’s BMW 3 series that burned chasing the car and hit by a lorry. Most of Custom’s car is high end, BMW, Volvo.

By: ariz8

ariz8 — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 15:42:44 +0000

Eh, I saw a BMW police car about a month ago. Maybe for very high ranking officer.

By: ariz8

ariz8 — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 15:39:12 +0000

Definately the police had done their assessment before procure the cars they wanted to use.
1) Whether for highway patrol or suburb area. – Lamborghini might be good for highway chase but it’ll be expensive to maintain.
2) Overall performance
3) Maintenance cost
4)Practicality

* Lamborghini also is a AWD cars (those models under Audi era) fyi.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:35:01 +0000

Ofcourse, if you break the law, you break the law. Why shouldn’t they saman those idiot cars if park wrong place? If let them park like that, then in the future they will do again and obstruct the traffic. Just like the idiots at Jalan Klang Lama. Park their cars on the side and cost a long traffic jam. Selfish idiots. I have seen the police saman before and it happens again.

By: ingolstadt

ingolstadt — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 12:11:03 +0000

Malaysia police no need high speed cars, better give them syillings for buses.

The other day i was at SS2 mamak (some call it indomie mamak) … around 1 am in da morning. A bunch of uniformed nitwits (jpj + mppj) came to the mamak there and saman those cars parking beside the mamak.

Do they have nothing better to do? saman cars that DID NOT OBSTRUCT TRAFFIC ? fork them gao gao …. should go clear up the pot holes to reduce traffic accident and driving conditions here mar… .fork the government.

By: Isamu

Isamu — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:13:18 +0000

This French cop post reminds me of Taxi 1, 2 & 3.. I wonder if they use the “latest model” radar gun as well.. :p

The police livery on the this WRX is ugly..

By: afhstingray

afhstingray — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:41:49 +0000

remember i posted once the london police use ordinary ford focus……….well it looks normal heheh……….;behind the radiator grille are the flashing lights and under the hood a cosworth raccing engine……….something like a less drastic version of james bond car hehe!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:40:20 +0000

Guys, the Lambo for italian police only a gift la. They only have one and use it mostly for transporting human organs. That’s what i heard. I think our police need faster cars to catch those Singaporeans and Ah Bengs on our road. Why does the SG police need WRX as their police car la?

By: narrowband

narrowband — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:27:37 +0000

Damn it. I wouldn’t mind being a policeman if I get to drive the Scooby.

The V6 and Satria GTis are police cars here… very few, and they’re usually for “Peronda Lebuhraya”. Same goes to the white Volvo 850’s they had last time (I used to see many, nowadays it’s the PV6 or Waja only).

The ‘higher-performance’ Waja for police force may be a lie :p Scare people mah.

By: aesthari

aesthari — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:26:22 +0000

I agree with accordmania, lamborghinis, lancer evos, impreza wrx, whatever, they are useless if the driver isn’t capable of handling it, they might just end up crashing before they get the job done. That’s why I said earlier that the drivers *ahem, policemen* must be capable too. And are they? I donno.

By: Driven2020

Driven2020 — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:31:29 +0000

Singapore also going to use imprezzas for police use liao. I saw a whole truck load of it with police stripes being transported in Singapore..

By: faizazmi

faizazmi — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:03:06 +0000

In new zealand police r using holden cars. smart wo..if only kat msia ada holden. alaa macam ford tu XR8 , XR6. cun…

By: Initial D

Initial D — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:29:23 +0000

haizzzzz…………if Malaysian police has Impreze WRX or other AWD cars , then many ppl wil apply to bcome policeman and policewoman, hehe

By: motorhead

motorhead — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:10:47 +0000

i guess impreza ve better handling compare to diablo.. its a AWD car… & proven in WRC… so it suit as chase cars.. impreza cost double here.. thanks to our NAP.. there goes my dream car…

By: accordmania

accordmania — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:04:43 +0000

what so ever car police have, it is still depend on its driver. first we must train our police personnel to have the skill. And then even in modified kancil also can get rid of big car if the chase is in busy street or urban area

By: jonjwlee

jonjwlee — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:55:49 +0000

The Evo VIII MR mentioned is the limited-edition 400bhp version, badged FQ-400.

The Americans use Chargers and Magnums. Bring on the V8 power!

By: aksMs

aksMs — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:58:17 +0000

Wahh..kody, even the Diablo cannot out perform an Evo8 MR drove by the lousy Clarkson eh?

I don’t how true this is. But I heard rumors that our highway patrol’s Satria GTi’s are actually ’supercharged’. I saw it once a this car chasing a 3-series on KL – Seremban highway just after Bangi before the Bukit Mahkota interchange. Damn fast!

Impreza WRX, huh?

By: Ricc

Ricc — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:49:14 +0000

Pls correct me if I’m wrong… The Waja used by our police here is an enhanced version. They’re different from the normal waja we can buy. Their car is more powerful. Is it correct?

By: nz5000

nz5000 — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:44:54 +0000

i’ve seen malaysian police using satria gti but very rare on the road..

By: kody

kody — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:28:58 +0000

Wahlaueh…

chuamike said,
March 31, 2006 @ 4:24 pm
Nobody beats the police in Italy where they use Lamborghini Diablo for their patrol cars :p

chuamike bro, i saw a top gear clip for test on mitsu. EVO8 MR & Lamborghini, Lam. drive by professional driver, EVO by jeremy clarkson. u know what the result… EVO8 is a super sedan that out perform better than Lamborghini. it give superb handling & performance, the Lamborghini try to keep distance from EVO but at last it lost to EVO8 MR.

By: rexis

rexis — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:54:58 +0000

Should be: TFNTF4 : France Sprint

The police back in M’sia should consider mod a few V6 with turbo, but then, perdana is too heavy to be a sport car…

“156 lucky police officers” yeahh rite, indeed…

By: Paul Tan

Paul Tan — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:26:04 +0000

the rexton here is polis bantuan, not polis.

By: chuamike

chuamike — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:24:05 +0000

Nobody beats the police in Italy where they use Lamborghini Diablo for their patrol cars :p

By: E-Nabill

E-Nabill — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:23:16 +0000

the imprezas thy use in australia are the 1.6 la nt the wrx! ive seen vovlo v70s and rexton oso as police cars here

By: chuamike

chuamike — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:22:27 +0000

Singapore’s traffic police has already started using WRX since last year

By: whatsoever

whatsoever — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:19:56 +0000

The Fast and the Furious 4: Fance Drift

I seen once, police with V6 chasing ah beng car in setapak and it was right in front of my eyes. The police is very fast but ah beng is even faster. So the police end up round and round the same housing area hope to find that ah beng.

By: napps

napps — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:12:43 +0000

big deal!

in australia, they’ve been using imprezas as highway patrol cars for at least the last 4 years