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Title: top 10 panda cars
Post by: Richie London on 12 March 2008, 23:30:22

http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/Top_ten_article.aspx?cp-documentid=2517116

Title: Re: top 10 panda cars
Post by: Richie London on 13 March 2008, 10:13:36

can you imagine the police driving about in no.11    ;D

Title: Re: top 10 panda cars
Post by: Bandit127 on 13 March 2008, 19:02:39

I work just down the road from Hampshire Constabulary's training centre in Hamble. As I go home I pass the trainees comng back from a day on the roads and the Skoda seems to be the weapon of choice. Often 2 or 3. All black. Easy to spot on the roads - just count the ariels..

Surry used to have a green mk1 Scooby WRX that they used for chasing bikes but I think it's gone now.

I seem to remember a story about all the remaining MV6s being bought up when Vx stopped making them too.

Title: Re: top 10 panda cars
Post by: Vamps on 13 March 2008, 22:16:17

Practical classics mag just done their top 10 police cars;
1.      Rover SD1
2.      Ford Consul Granada Mk1
3.      Jaguar S-Type
4.      BMC  1100/1300
5.      Morris Minor 1000
6.      Triumph 2000/2500
7.      Ford Zephyr 6 MK3
8.      Rover P6 Not just P6B My favourite.
9.      Volvo  221 Amazon
10.      Wolseley 6/80

Some lovely cars here. Imho.
 :) :) :)

Title: Re: top 10 panda cars
Post by: theowletman on 13 March 2008, 22:20:34

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Practical classics mag just done their top 10 police cars;
1.      Rover SD1
2.      Ford Consul Granada Mk1
3.      Jaguar S-Type
4.      BMC  1100/1300
5.      Morris Minor 1000
6.      Triumph 2000/2500
7.      Ford Zephyr 6 MK3
8.      Rover P6 Not just P6B My favourite.
9.      Volvo  221 Amazon
10.      Wolseley 6/80

Some lovely cars here. Imho.
 :) :) :)

Where are the Omegas then?
We never had them in Durham Plods area, they reckoned the electrical system wasn't up to all the extra plod equipment, didn't seem to bother the Met / Thames Valley etc.

Title: Re: top 10 panda cars
Post by: Vamps on 13 March 2008, 22:23:50

No, but we did have the Allegro :(

Title: Re: top 10 panda cars
Post by: zippo on 14 March 2008, 00:49:13

how can they have a top 10 and not include a
vauxhall senator or a sapphire cosworth :(

Title: Re: top 10 panda cars
Post by: markey mark on 14 March 2008, 08:44:28

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how can they have a top 10 and not include a
vauxhall senator or a sapphire cosworth :(

or escort cosworth  ::)

Title: Re: top 10 panda cars
Post by: VXL V6 on 14 March 2008, 08:47:34

.....and the Lotus was only ever a demo car (Was at a motorshow I seem to recall) it was never a real police car.

SD1's Senator's and Omega's where all stockpiled at the end of production by various forces so they must have rated them!