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Dutch speeders take note: the police have a new weapon in which to chase you down and write you tickets. And with its 420-horsepower V8, it's more than capable as a pursuit vehicle. The car, of course, is the new 2008 BMW M3, and if the burnout shot at right is any indication, the officers who get to drive the car are probably going to have a little more fun with it than the average patrol car. That's what we call a favorable work environment. And here we think it's cool when our local police departments get Chargers. UPDATE: From a commenter - "It was a stunt from the local BMW dealer for the national police day, they removed the stickers the next day...same thing happened last year when the KLPD got a Spyker for a day."
Back to Opels (or whatever) for you, coppers!
Thanks for the tip, Lou.
[Source: M3Post]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
LeRobert @ Oct 14th 2007 12:35PM
That's smart economics, using the speeding ticket revenue to generate more revenue... damn I hate traffic cops.
James @ Oct 14th 2007 2:15PM
It was done with a Spyker last year:
http://www.sybarites.org/2006/10/17/dutch-police-receive-spyker-c8-police-car/
aman @ Oct 14th 2007 12:41PM
Why do the Europeans get all the hot cars? We want some too!!
Krony @ Oct 14th 2007 1:19PM
Seems like it would be hard to toss someone in the back seat. Hmm - maybe there are other vehicles that catch up to the chase to do that.
Khanh @ Oct 14th 2007 1:43PM
Yeah, I was wondering why they didn't opt to use the sedan/saloon version of the new M3 so they could nab criminals. Maybe they only plan on issuing tickets with it after all. And probably the reason why we don't get the "hot cars" is because we don't live in Europe or Japan unfortunately. Don't worry, you're not alone wish a wish to get better cars here in the States. Just be greatful for our gas prices compared to Europe; their prices are nearly 2 times as much as ours.
Harrison @ Oct 14th 2007 5:43PM
So... who's the poor bastard who buys this "new car" after all the burnouts by the police?
Fiid @ Oct 14th 2007 7:41PM
I'd believe if it was real. I got pulled over by a Police M5 in the UK a few years ago. He showed up REAL fast.
Mark @ Oct 15th 2007 6:26AM
you, UK police get some nice cars, for anyone in the area, Avon & Somerset's and Devon & Cornwall's unmarked cars are usually 530d estates, but D&C also have 2 Ford Focus ST's, a black one and a blue one for belting up and down the A38, you can tell if it's them by looking at the grille, you can just about see the lights either side of the ford badge, behind the grille. so before you go racing that ST that has appeared behind you, look carefully.
mdm-adph @ Oct 15th 2007 9:33AM
Attention People of Holland: The "thumbs-up" symbol is no longer cool.
That is all.
st170ts @ Oct 16th 2007 6:28AM
This was a stunt from the local BMW dealership, the had to give it back the next day. It was for the national police day. Last year, the KLPD got the Spyker for the same occasion. The KLPD did used to drive Porsche, a long time ago...