"Speedmonkey" (Speedmonkey)
12/10/2013 at 18:09 • Filed to: Volvo, Cop cars
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"Speedmonkey" (Speedmonkey)
12/10/2013 at 18:09 • Filed to: Volvo, Cop cars | 3
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If you do anything naughty in Sweden and happen to get your collar felt by the rozzers there's a 90% chance they'll turn up in a Volvo.
Volvo makes between 500 and 600 police cars a year, and the vast majority are sold in Sweden, but the company has global ambitions.
The car that Volvo wants police forces around the world to buy is the 2014 XC70 D5 AWD. But not just any old XC70 with a radio fitted, this car has a bespoke cop chassis with upgraded anti-roll bars, shock absorbers and springs. It takes 45 hours to create an XC70 police car from the base car.
A recent test by the National Police Board in Sweden gave the XC70 nine out of ten overall, making it the highest rated car of the Swedish police uses (out of six manufacturers). Components of the test included emergency driving, noise, comfort, stability, elk and braking tests and evasive manoeuvres.
The 2014 XC70 cop car has started rolling off Volvo's production lines in Torslanda. Expect to see more Volvo police cars on UK and US roads over the coming years.
Hoccy
> Speedmonkey
12/10/2013 at 18:16 |
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They're also quite normal here in Norway. The police has used Volvos here since the days of the PV and Duett.
ddavidn
> Speedmonkey
12/10/2013 at 18:18 |
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I want one.
trynthink
> Speedmonkey
12/10/2013 at 18:19 |
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Highly doubtful we'll see any of these stateside.
duurtlang
> trynthink
12/10/2013 at 18:23 |
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Especially with the D5 (diesel) engine.
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> trynthink
12/10/2013 at 18:35 |
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sup
KirkyV
> Speedmonkey
12/11/2013 at 01:39 |
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They're not exactly uncommon in the UK as is. Mostly estates, rather than crossovers, though.
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trynthink
> duurtlang
12/11/2013 at 12:36 |
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Diesel in a police car? What are you, a f*ing communist?
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trynthink
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
12/11/2013 at 12:41 |
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Yeah, and there were some Saab police cars in CO, and a few Volvos were tested by CHP and some smaller departments in the 2000s as well. I guess I should have been more careful when I said "any." I'll admit there might be a handful, maybe a half dozen in total across the US. I really meant any major orders, e.g. 200 cars for the Dallas PD.