Category: POLICE

We now have the Volkswagen Touareg four wheel…



We now have the Volkswagen Touareg four wheel drive. This is available with a choice of engines, including an enormously powerful 5 litre V10 diesel.This Volkswagen LT46 van is used for police personnel transport. It is also fitted with a riot shield and light protectors for when it is being used in a hostile environment.



As you can see from this photograph, the air suspension has been fully raised up. This enables the vehicle to have massive ground clearance. It can be lowered to provide more control when driving over tarmac surfaces.

A12 FNC tows an Iron Horse Security mobile barrier…



A12 FNC tows an Iron Horse Security mobile barrier, equipped with two rotating blue lights. The barrier folds out from the trailer to seal off a street or other area. It can be used for crowd control at riots, at sieges, at football matches or at motorway incidents to stop rubber-necking. The unit can be deployed by two people in under 15 seconds.

AO52 UXW is a Santana 4×4 used by Norfolk…



AO52 UXW is a Santana 4×4 used by Norfolk Police. This is essentially a revised and modernised version of the series 3 Land Rover built under license in Spain. Notice that this vehicle is not equipped with blue lights and has minimal livery.

LX53 AWC is another BMW 5 series, except this…



LX53 AWC is another BMW 5 series, except this time in estate form with a diesel engine. This particular vehicle is used by the Metropolitan Police.



The rear view. Powered by a six cylinder turbo diesel engine producing 184 BHP this car is both quick and economical.



The rear view of another 2004 5 series, except this time a 530d Touring.

Here we have the MG ZT-T police…



Here we have the MG ZT-T police demonstrator. Powered by a 190 BHP 2.5 litre V6 engine, this is a very quick estate car.



The rear view. This car has an enormous load carrying ability suiting it ideally to traffic police use.

This is an un-registered Pinzgauer 6×6 all…



This is an un-registered Pinzgauer 6×6 all terrain vehicle. It is amoured to prevent ballistics penetrating the skin of the vehicle. It is also resistant to hand grenade and land mine blast shrapnel.



The rear view of this Austrian built vehicle.

RY03 BZH is a Honda Accord Type S demonstrator…



RY03 BZH is a Honda Accord Type S demonstrator. Notice the extremely dated side livery which looks like it would not be out of place on a 1980’s Matchbox or Corgi model car!



The rear view showing the high visibility stripes.



The front view of another Accord with the same dated side markings. Notice how this model has a different light bar to the model above.

We finish this section with WP52 VTD which is…



We finish this section with WP52 VTD which is a Honda CRV four wheel drive used by Wiltshire police. This force operates a lot of Honda’s in its fleet, presumably because of the location of the Honda factory at Swindon, which is in the county.