What cars do the police use?

[biscuitman]

What engine vectra do they use?

And is the 3.0 CDTI much quicker than the 1.9(150)????

And will there be any high performace(v6) engines on the new insignia?

Thanks!

[KieronGSI]

They used to use 3.2 V6 GSi's or SRi's with the 3.2 specially put in for them. In the Thames Valley area they now use the 2.8 V6 Turbos.

[gtr1000]

IIRC, mostly the VXR engine, manual box, with SRi trim (at least in Thames Valley) but each force differs, each to their own as they say.

EDIT - beat me to it (again).

[KieronGSI]

Too slow. lol.

[_ZS_]

SVO spec is 2.8V6T with manual 6-speed, Elite rims, SRI interior.

They do an SRi-based 1.9CDTi and there seems to be a few V6-CDTi ones floating about too. The PSNI has a load of SRi based 2.2Direct cars as well.

There's a writeup on the SVO spec cars in Total Vauxhall a few months ago.

[Robbie69]

As above, I work for TVP, they've got 2.8 and 2.2 depending on their role. Still might have some 3.2's floating around but not sure now.

[solorider]

in wiltshire they are now using f**ds,they used to use hondas,they have other makes but very few vauxhalls

[_ZS_]

Aye, PSNI have got a few pieces of **** 1.6 Focus Estates now, and a huge rash of Octavias. 2.0TDi Octavias, wonderful stuff.

[MalcGSI]

And will there be any high performace(v6) engines on the new insignia?

Thanks!

Still the 2.8T

[VeronicaTheVectra]

I think the police around this way (North Norfolk) used to have Vectra C pre-facelifts, 1.9 diesels. Now... all of their marked cars are mostly new Mondeo's, and the un-marked and new Focus'!

Ford ****e.