I am pleased to report that after my review of The Sweeney several weeks back, Ford, probably as a direct result, has decided to logo up a Focus ST estate for demonstration purposes only.
Developed and engineered at Ford Special Vehicle Preparations (SVP) in Earls Colne, Essex, and equipped as a compact traffic car, it meets the latest National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) standards for fast response vehicles inside and out. The light bar on the roof is all-LED, and the dashboard is fitted with a mobile data terminal (MDT) and screen to illustrate the Focus ST’s versatility for multi-role police use.
So I just wondered, in the absence of a truly British cop car, what would get your vote for blues and twos duty. I'm thinking a Morgan 3 Wheeler panda, or an Aero Supersports for the traffic boys.
Actually, I can’t believe that McLaren hasn't seized the PR initiative in the way that Lotus used to do. Imagine what an MP4-12C would be like in retro jam sandwich colours?
Am I mad, or do others harbour thoughts of wildly inappropriate police vehicles?
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By FiberStore
The police need Focus STs
Most police forces currently drive BMW 2.0 diesels, which are slow (but with good mpg) and are no where near as expensive as some would have you believe, with big discounts being given to private family car buyers, let alone the police who buy them on mass so as to get them dirt cheap. Nearly all companies have been providing them for years now, as rep-mobiles to their employees, and the police are just doing what makes economic sense. Don't be swayed by all this "junior exec" nonsense - it is exactly that, just nonsense, so I don't see what the problem is with the police driving them. A Ford Focus ST is another matter though, and you can't blame the police for wanting fast cars like the ST to keep up with lunatics on the roads today.