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UK police in hot water for "recreating car chase for 'petrolhead porn TV'

For an episode of the show Police Interceptors, which airs on channel five in Britain, the producers wanted to recreate a police chase. But instead of throwing together some archive clips and fast-cut footage of police cars caroming through empty streets, the show gave presenter Natalie Pinkham (right) a Lamborghini and told her to take off. Then the Essex police gave Pinkham a 20-minute head start and they took off after her – speeding, blue lights flashing, the works. Because the Lamborghini had a tracking device, the police knew how ... Read more →

"For Sale" of the Day: 1982 CHP Mustang Alex Nunez

Click image for photo gallery The news that the Indiana state police are adding new, unmarked Mustang GTs to their patrol fleet sent this blogger over to SSPMustang.org for a little nostalgia. ...

Pics Aplenty: The new FPV range launches Down Under Alex Nunez

Click above for high-res gallery of the FPV F6, more galleries after the jump FPV's seemingly endless rollout of its new FG Falcon-based lineup has finally culminated in the actual launch of the cars ...

VIDEO: Milwaukee recruits learn how to chase -- but not catch -- Tony Kanaan Jonathon Ramsey

Milwaukee police recruits have to learn how to pursue a speeding vehicle before they're allowed to keep the streets safe. On this particular training day, on the infield at the Milwaukee Mile, IRL ...

Brisbane Motor Show: Aussie Utes Dane Muldoon

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of Ford and GM Holden Utes. At the Brisbane Motor Show, which started on Friday, Ford and GM Holden, plus their tuning groups Ford Performance ...

Ford Performance Vehicles deliver "Performance Inc." Down Under 2 years ago on Autoblog

Down here in Australia, Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) are pushing their new range with a catchy advertising campaign including billboard style posters at airports like the one I snapped above on my camera phone. The new FPV range is billed as being "Performance, Inc." and features from left to ...

Five-0 meets F-1 3 years ago on Autoblog

Think you could out-run a police cruiser? Think again. At least not in London. London Metropolitan Police have apparently "acquired" two Renault F1 cars as pursuit vehicles. A police department spokesman enumerated a number of potential problems, including the noise, fuelling up, the overwhelming ...

GM spoils Pontiac dealers: Canadian Pursuit arrives as G5 3 years ago on Autoblog

Pontiac dealers have been complaining to General Motors about the void created when the Sunfire small car was cancelled. With no small car to offer, these dealers have had a hard time attracting fuel- and price-conscious buyers into their showrooms. Apparently GM has been happy to oblige by ...

Is a four-door Pontiac G5 in the works for the U.S.? 3 years ago on Autoblog

We at Autoblog love our eagle-eyed readers. From pointing out any spelling/grammar gaffes in our posts, to sending in cameraphone spyshots unsolicited, our site wouldn't be as good a product as it is without your help. But sometimes, your attention to detail and command of minutia can even scare ...

Chevrolet Cobalt second only to best-selling Impala 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Tribune-Chronicle reports that sales for the Chevrolet Cobalt through the first quarter of 2006 were nearly double that of the same period last year. The increase was seen on a month-to-month comparison as well. So far, over 52,000 Cobalts have been delivered this year. The Impala still remains ...






Autoblog Podcast #156: Paukert comes back for more! 

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert chat and give each other grief. Merriment ensues.

 
 

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