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Top 9 Emergency Service Vehicles from around the world
For would-be criminals, the police supercar is a bit of a paradox. Unless you have some serious get-away hardware, there is no freaking chance that you're going to outrun, say, a Lamborghini Gallardo "fuzz edition." On the Yang side, an officer would have to have some serious fortitude to cut you off or bump or your back end, and it's not likley he or she will haul you off to the slammer in a two-seater.
The folks over at Deputy Dog have compiled a list of their nine favorite emergency service vehicles, and we think they've done a bang up job. The Italians and Germans dominate this list, and with good reason. The two countries stamp some of the hottest metal on the world market, and it only makes sense that their police departments have a shot in hell of catching suspects with like power. One of our favorite models is the Porsche Cayenne ambulance. If you required emergency medical attention, wouldn't you want to get to the hospital as fast as possible. Check out the entire list of top emergency service vehicles by clicking the Read link. Just one question though, why the Top 9 instead of 10?
Thanks for the tip, deputydog!
[Source: deputydog]
Top nine emergency service vehicles
9. Brabus police car
8. Porsche cayenne ambulance
7. Segway i2 police transporter
6. Lamborghini gallardo police car
5. Lotus esprit s4 police car
4. Porsche 911 carrera police car
3. Ferrari 250 gte
2. Lamborghini murcielago lp640 police car
1. Peugeot h2o fire engine (shown above)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
narcszm 9:00PM (6/19/2007)
Warning: strong language.
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Guenther 9:38PM (6/19/2007)
The 911 actually has a long history as with the Autobahnpolizei in Nordreihn-Westfalen (sp). They were used in the day to haul down speeders. Because of their plain white paint and relative small size they were sometimes called the "white mice".
My personal favorite is the M5 that the highway patrol used down in Spartanburg.
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Phil L. 8:41AM (6/20/2007)
Yeah, WARNING: My work's filter block this site - so I'm guessing there might be items that are NSFW on the site. Think before clicking...
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Ryan 9:58AM (6/20/2007)
Quote from article:
"9. brabus police car (germany)
ever heard of brabus? neither had i."
uhhhhhh....hmmmm.....uhhhh....what?! Did the author of this piece really say that? I'm offended.
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gerard Vandenberg 10:20AM (6/20/2007)
This is ideed a nice front of the car!
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K 10:27AM (6/20/2007)
"6.5 litre v12 (again, i’m assuming those numbers are good)"
"‘the porsche 911 carrera s has been completely modified by techart and reaches a top speed of some 300 km/h thanks to 370-hp / 272-kW performance tuning.’
anyone understand?"
who is this guy, and why is he writing about cars?
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Evan Brom 11:39AM (6/20/2007)
I agree many of those cars are great, however many are one off's like the gallardo. At home in the US I always though the Camaro z28 DPS cars were pretty sweet.
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IPSEC04TL 1:25PM (6/20/2007)
Ohh damn...no archaic crown vics...what gives?
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bmoredlj 2:21PM (6/20/2007)
"For the geeks out there, it’s got a 5 litre engine. that means nothing to me in real terms but i have so much faith in this car that i’m impressed anyway."
I feel like this guy doesn't even know anything about cars.
A real "geek" would want to know that "The Gallardo uses a V10 engine based on Audi's old straight-5 design. The engine was split again to become the straight-5 engine found in the new Volkswagen Jetta. The 5.0 L engine (basically the same engine featured in Audi's S6 and S8 models) is a current Audi 4.2 L V8 (featured in Audi's S4, A6, A8, and Q7 models) with two extra cylinders added and a slightly smaller bore diameter."
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darsh 7:24PM (6/24/2007)
"2. Lamborghini murcielago lp640 police car" The car was a promotional stunt for the MPH ‘06 motor show. It was never a real cop car it always belonged to lamborghini.
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