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0BMW showcases range of police, fire and paramedic vehicles at RETTmobil 1305203520
With its SLS AMG first-response vehicle, Mercedes-Benz may have gotten our attention, but it's hardly the only automaker offering specially equipped emergency vehicles at the RETTmobil expo this year in Fulda, Germany. While Mercedes used the Gullwing to highlight its range of emergency ...
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Official: Mercedes-Benz showcases SLS AMG ambulance concept at emergency vehicle expo 1305118860
Retasking a supercar as a pace car for a racing series has almost become standard fare. We've even seen the odd exotic commissioned to serve as a police car. But as an ambulance? Of all the vehicles that could fit the task, the supercar might seem the least likely, but Mercedes-Benz is evidently ...
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Barrett-Jackson 2011: JFK's 1963 Pontiac Bonneville ambulance? *Update 1295743500
JFK's 1963 Pontiac Bonneville ambulance? Could be – Click above for high-res image galleryNormally, events such as Barret-Jackson's annual soiree out in the desert of Arizona are newsworthy to those of us who obsessively cover the auto industry... and pretty much nobody else. But when ... -
Car and Driver's newest project car: The Ambivalence. So what should they do with it? 1270119600
You want to know what car guys do in the Midwest? Look above. That's the Ambivalence. In another dimension, it was a mild-mannered Ford Econoline E-350 ambulance doing laps in "Northern Ohio meth-country." Car and Driver, claiming to be seeking nothing more than "a cheap diesel," took possession ...
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Vauxhall unveils new police package Insignia 1242394020
Vauxhall Special Vehicles Police Package - Click above for high-res galleryGM UK Special Vehicles has just introduced its take-no-prisoners Police-specification Vauxhall Insignia. Available to police fleets throughout the UK, the car is available in sedan or Sports Tourer body styles (shown ... -
Bizarre Medical Wagon: BMW presents X6 ambulance at rescue vehicle show 1242233880
BMW X6 xDrive50i Ambulance – Click above for a high-res image galleryYou know you've always wanted to drive a four-hundred-horsepower BMW through city streets like a bat out of hell, and now the Bavarian automaker has the legal remedy. All you'll need to do is get certified as an ambulance ... -
The Rumbler: The Fuzz supplies the sounds, you get out of the way 1197075420
Police and rescue vehicles pump out an array of aural and visual warnings to tell motorists and pedestrians to get out of the way. With distractions like cell phones, MP3 players, eating on the run, and applying a fresh coat of Revlon, civil servants still can't seem to grab our attention. That's ...
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Supersize your patient: Canada gets ambulance suitable for 1,000-lb human 1182812580
As waistlines expand in Canada, so, apparently, do the country's ambulances. Calgary has unveiled a new heavy-duty model designed to transport obese patients weighing up to 1,000 pounds. Standard ambulances, by comparison, are equipped to handle individuals weighing up to 350 pounds (which is also ...
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Alberta woman fined $632 CDN for passing a cop too fast 1171332120
Alright, do we have your attention? The details of this story make it a bit more understandable. As it turns out, Valerie Montgomery was fined $632 Canadian dollars for not slowing down while passing an emergency vehicle, in this case a police car that had pulled someone else over on the shoulder ...
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2007 Barrett-Jackson: Somebody call for an ambulance? 1169247660
Clickable for high res versionLot Number 1544: 1939 Packard 1701-A Custom Ambulance Dark green/cream/earthtonePowered by a 330hp Chevy 350 mated to a 700 R4 automatic, this Brantford Coach and Body-produced ambulance should get you to the hospital quickly, and in style. The company built ambulances ...

