In early June, the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) began taking delivery of the first of its 425 new Honda Civic 1.8 S patrol cars, and the final batch of cars are expected to be received by the middle of this month. However, the patrol fleet overhaul won’t stop there, as the force is set to add another 850 vehicles this year to completely modernise its patrol vehicle fleet.
These will consist of another 653 Civic 1.8 S sedans and 197 units of the Proton X70 SUV, bringing the total number of replacement vehicles to 1,275 units (1,078 Civics and 197 X70s). The police say that it will begin taking deliveries of the new batch of vehicles from July, with the overhaul exercise expected to be completed by September, as Sinar Harian reports.
Meanwhile, the new Civic patrol cars have been welcomed by the police. According to Bukit Aman crime prevention and community safety (JPJKK) director Datuk Zainal Abidin Kasim, patrol officers say the new car has had a positive effect, boosting confidence levels and improving public perception in the force.
He said the Civic 1.8 S was selected as the patrol car replacement for the ageing Proton Waja after a series of technical tests carried out by government vehicle fleet provider Spanco. The police Civics, which are equipped with RMPNeT communication equipment, dashboard cameras and digital video recorders, are being leased concessionally from Spanco for five years through a 2020 management allocation.
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Instead of buying Honda, Rakyat should buy single thousand of P2 Myvee to give to pdrm ppl
The didn’t buy the cars, they lease (rent) it for five years. After five years the cars will be given back to the vehicle fleet provider Spanco.
PDRM is making a terrible decision. By choosing Honda Civic and Proton X70, they will suffer a lot due to the high maintainance cost and high FC. If they have done more research, they could have bought the Game-Changing Perodua Bezza and Perodua Aruz instead. Those 2 cars are the most suitable Game Changers for PDRM
PDRM wants to catch criminals. They don’t want to allow them escape all because their patrol cars were crashing and easily wrecked. That’s why they don’t go for your “Game Changer” accident-in-waiting.
PDRM will not take their lives to risk, because these garbage cars will make them fall deadly when chasing criminals.
Bezza? Hello, the key is to catch up to the offenders, not crawl like a lembab grab driver in any lane.
Bezza cars should be burnt up as they are a cancer on our roads.
Pdrm chose civic because it’s honda which means bergaya, they dont want to be seen in proron cars because even criminals wont be scared by lembut cars like proton, besides the civic has good fuel consumption which won the hearts of malaysians instead of the x70 that drinks fuel like Bugatti
Oh my god. These Honda keyboard warriors are coming back to square one to bash proton
With myvi how pdrm gonna chase robbers la who could be on d way to rob your house
Eh…robber will be more scared when seeing PDRM coming in Myvi….Normal citizen driving Myvi will always go mad, imagine how PDRM will drives a Myvi when chasing a criminal?
There is no possible way the robber can outrun a Myvi..these Myvis are at the same league as supercars.
How many times PT wants to post same news on FB? Yeah we know, we know, China SUV is joining PDRM fleet. We get it already!
If want to race, x70 masuk longkang already..
1.8turbo but makan minyak like Accord 2008 2400cc. Not practical.
Better take X50 turbo
It’s not turbo don’t simply comment without knowing
Abang abang polis are now bergaya and handsome driving cop cars. Seen wearing rayban while on patrol….pencuri pun takmau samun.
Proton Exora?
0 – 60kmh almost 18sec… harap momentum.. Forget it bro… kimsalam
What would they need for a large MPV?
Wishing… If only national car is proven better than imported car….
National (as in Proton) cars have been proven better than imported cars for many years. Preve had 6 airbags & ESP way before Corolla Altis nor Civic. The thing is, many people were expecting C class levels at Saga prices which is unrealistic and people became disappointed when the impossible didnt happen.
Its proven multiple time bro..what are u smoking?
All these while PDRM are catching crook driving what? Toyota Vios?
Someone was insinuating PDRM no longer supports Proton but here disproved his claims. I wonder where is that liar now? Let me show him justice for lying to us.
Selamat menjalankan tugas
Kiri kanan Syed Mokhtar still make the profit either Honda or Proton.
U man, deserved a like from me. 5 years ago, if i found somebody said the same thing abt Syed Mokhtar, i will bash him/her for not supporting “local” business. But now i give up.
Now, whenever someone mention Syed Mokhtar’s name, i would remember another name that have been “2 times” (u know what i mean). And i cant stand to look at his face/photos (the “2 times” guy). I just hope he give up (from life?)
SM is one of the jembalang behind PH power rise and resulted in today’s governmental crisis.
In dubai use lamborghini and bugatti as police car…
And PDRM is not in dubai..
it shows that the civic is the best car among the lot as PDRM confirms that the new car has had a positive effect, boosting confidence levels and improving public perception in the force.
PDRM selected the Civic 1.8 S as the patrol car replacement for the ageing Proton Waja after a series of technical tests carried out by government vehicle fleet provider Spanco. Honda cars are well-known to be able to serve the the police force in other countries such as in China and Japan.
Looks like good news for our enforcement officer. Reality is that these flashy new cars will be distributed to bigger station first. Smaller station will get ‘used car’ from bigger station.
Bear in mind these smaller station does not mean they are controlling a small village, most of the time they are controlling a small town with indrustrial zone, commercial zone, and housing zone.
IMHO, the best patrol car PDRM had is still the Waja followed by the Inspira. The Wira? Thats a roller coaster, not a car.
Actually i saw honda civic patrolling on the small village. It was a surprised to me.
i wonder honda also give good discount for civic, thats how this gov reason to buy new car
back in my days as menteri, we all sit in perdana aje…mana ada lexus mercedes semua ini….if nak beli mercedes i use my own money (sort of)
If you lease a car, you will pay for the depreciation in value plus X. It’s possible that a more expensive car has a lesser depreciation. That’s why company cars in Europe are mostly Audi, VW, BMW, Mercedes and not Kia or Toyota (for tax reasons, most company cars in Europe are leased). Kia and Toyota have a lower RV in Europe, therefore the depreciation and monthly leasing rate is higher, although the basic car price is lower.
Why not the 1.5turbo?
Civic or Honda has serious quality issues. No wonder they are selected becoz it is so easy to trash a bad (quality) cars. Steering rack, fuel pump, airbags, uneven panel gaps are among the issues.