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…
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I remember these from the late eighties and early 90’s when joyriding become a real thing, and super common in Manchester and Liverpool. They also had the Sierra Sapphire Cosworths for the speciality units chasing down joyriders.
Motorway units also used to use Volvo T5’s.
I’ve seriously just given away my age…
It’s all good no judging here
It’s for crowd control, why spray them with fire hoses when they can just crash into them? Simple!
It seem like there are some protests coming up and they want to be prepared.
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I smell a conspiracy trojan horse coming from America here! :D
Australian highway patrol acquired a Mustang and ran it through some tests to see if they could use it in Febuary/March….
aaaaand it FAILED. The automatic transmission overheated after “three minutes” then set itself it in a limp mode until they brought it to a Ford dealership.
Unless they fixed it since then, I wouldn’t get my hopes up on seeing a UK police ‘stang.
I’m not quite sure about UK, but most european police cars use manual transmission.
So while yes, the automatic overheated, which made the car useless for australia (which is pretty warm country) I don’t think manual has any issues in cold England, even if those rare sunny days.
So why would they even consider a two door mustang? Or an M2?
High speed pursuits that typically end with the officer strategically ramming the perp off the road.
The UK likes the taste of Amurica
It’s why we have Five Guys popping up everywhere.
they will be just useless. becuse carspotter will surround them
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