Alfa Romeo 159 new Italian "Pantera"
Many precincts in the U.S. are ecstatic over their new Dodge Charger police cruisers, but Italian police are just as pleased to replace their fleet of Fiat Mareas with the new Alfa 159. Police cruisers in Italy are called Panteras, which means "Panther" in English, and the crime-fighting Pantera patrols the boot with a bulletproof windshield and windows, separated passenger compartment and remote-controlled, roof-mounted search lights. You may remember the Baby Blue and White paint scheme from the last Italian police car we told you about – a Lamborgini Gallardo. Man, Italy knows how to serve and protect in style.
[Source: Italiaspeed, autoblog.it]
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Nathan Sweeney 3:09PM (5/13/2006)
I wonder if they use these to fight against Cowboys from Hell...
Man, Alfa makes an awesome looking car. I can't wait until they start selling in the US.
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Jonathan C 3:35PM (5/13/2006)
Here you can see the version used by Carabinieri:
http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foto725du.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foto71mod4fg.jpg
;)
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MacroEQ 4:25PM (5/13/2006)
London's Met Police use BMW 5 Series cars and BMW motorbikes nationally.
http://www.mywebexpress.com/images/UK/UK7%2016.jpg
http://www.mywebexpress.com/images/UK/UK7%2019.jpg
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scott 4:43PM (5/13/2006)
"London's Met Police use BMW 5 Series cars and BMW motorbikes nationally."
sure their in luxury, but they cant carry guns ;)
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bloggaru 5:13PM (5/13/2006)
not a fan of that blue
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Beanspants1 5:14PM (5/13/2006)
what a vulgar display of power....
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Philip Dunlop 5:44PM (5/13/2006)
No mention of their adoption of Audi A4 Avants, either?
The Carabinieri 159 looks cool. But I can't help but laugh when I see a bunch of Carabinieri driving around in clapped-out old Fiat Pandas. if there's one way to piss off a Carabiniera armed with a machine gun, it's making them drive a shit-heap like that.
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tom 10:04PM (5/13/2006)
Nice, very nice.
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Howard Kerr 11:27PM (5/13/2006)
"Police cruisers in Italy are called Panteras, which in English means panthers."
Police cruisers in many American cities are called panther (as in the panther-chassis based Crown Victoria).
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Stoneman 12:01AM (5/14/2006)
Jonathan Baker, you are as nuts as that police car color scheme.
Stoneman
http://www.stonemanautoreview.com
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Nathan Sweeney 2:47AM (5/14/2006)
Alfa makes the most beautiful car line on the planet. If I owned one, it would be Far Beyond Driven!
Ahh, to be pulled over by an Alfa, not to mention the climate and food!
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Whiplash 3:52AM (5/14/2006)
Glad to see some Dimebag fans here. :-)
This is a cool looking car, but that is the ugliest paintjob I have ever seen.
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Mattias 9:37AM (5/14/2006)
German police uses Porsches, so what?
http://www.polizeiautos.de/index_db.php?bereich=bwfustwpor-neu
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Thomas 11:42AM (5/14/2006)
One look at those windows tells me that they are not bulletproof (no such thing anyway). But if they were, I wonder how they would boost the suspension, door hinges, and interior trim work to handle the weight. Especially in an entire fleet. Hard enough for us to do here in Iraq with our HMMWV's.
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Mattias 3:40AM (5/15/2006)
For your service in Irag you'd better get some Dingos:
http://www.panzerbaer.de/types/bw_atf_2_dingo_1-a.htm
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Pool man 5:57PM (10/13/2009)
They need to make this in the us
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lawl 7:45PM (11/06/2006)
hay guys, welcome to america!
http://www.motorcities.com/media/image/640/06E9B304125210A/2006-Hummer-H2-by-GeigerCars.de-700hp-Police-Car-A-640.jpeg
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Bitto 8:00AM (2/24/2007)
It's the proud of our police...after the Lamborghini, obviously!!I saw the police and the Carabinieri ones here in Milan, the state is giving them here in these days.It's a beautiful car and its paintjob is traditional(the light blue and the white V on the rooftop are history)but innovative at the same time.You can find more phtos of the Alfa 159 police and the Fiat marea here:http://www.fiammeblu.org/album/indexalbum.htm
or for the Carabinieri here:http://www.fiammeblu.org/album/indexalbum.htm
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