UK Cops Are Actually Trialling A V8 Ford Mustang
Whenever we see a sports car or supercar liveried up in UK police colours, we don’t tend to take a whole lot of notice. Why? Because unlike the Dubai Police Force with its fantastically ridiculous supercar fleet, in the UK the closest we normally get is a borrowed car stickered up for a publicity stunt. A Lamborghini Gallardo, a Lotus Evora, even an Ariel Atom - we’ve seen them all undergo temporary rozzer transformations for events and campaigns, so when we saw a Ford Mustang police car last week, we thought it’d be the same deal.
Turns out it is - it’s been created for the 2016 National Association of Police Fleet Managers show (our ticket must have got lost in the post), where it’s displayed amongst other absurdities like a police BMW M2 and a Renault Twizy patrol quadricycle. However, Motoring Research got in touch with Ford UK, and while the show car is for, well, show, there is currently a Ford Mustang GT being assessed by British cops.
It gets better, as apparently several forces are seriously considering the V8 Mustang as an addition to their fleets. You can see why: it’s affordable, fast and relatively simple. It’d be easy to get the cars serviced, too - UK police forces already have thousands of Blue Oval vehicles on their books. And while officials will probably never admit it, the fact a Mustang would make them look a hell of a lot cooler is surely a factor…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Well. Looks like the UK police is gonna start having crowd problems
Good for stopping protests
Yeah, instead of Cruise Control, they’ll have Crowd Control
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crowd control has arrived
Well at least they will be easier to ESCORT out when they are injured and less rowdy.
lol, crowd control unit
..By,what, mowing ‘em down?
But but but what about the humble Vauxhall Astra?
nothing beats the Astra
LS swap it
Whilst a boring car, a properly trained police officer in one of those can seriously hustle it along and quite the terrifying turn of pace.
they should have opel mantas and lotus carltons
Aerial Atom? uuuuuuuuuhhhh did non-carguys invade CT? XD
Yes, I also saw the problem too.
At least you won’t have to worry about it overheating…
Is the government in the UK planning some sort of dictatorship or why are they attacking demonstrations now?
*lives
Not anything to do with this post, but where is the thing to make a post??
I was about to help you and then saw you’ve already found how to ☺☺
That’s the 2.3 turbo Mustang, not the V8. Still very quick though!
It says gt on the rear logo
They’re V8 GTs. There’s a video somewhere on the Mustang forums of a driveby in that exact car and its very much a V8.
Ecoboost models just have a running pony on the back. V8s say GT.
There’s also an unmarked Mustang on that trailer.
How to stop a riot/strike with UK police ?
Use a Mustang and made burnouts, the mustang will naturally chase humans !