The world’s fastest police car

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By Barry Ritholtz - November 15th, 2008, 10:30AM

Sweet!


A Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4, in Italian state police trim.

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Source:
Lambocop Stalks Italian Speeders
NYT, October 27, 2008, 6:05 PM
JERRY GARRETT
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/lambocop-stalks-italian-speeders/

3 Responses to “The world’s fastest police car”

  1. jmborchers Says:

    That light bar on top knocks 10 MPH off that top speed. So who are you trying to catch with this? Sweet but silly waste of money.

  2. Barry Ritholtz Says:

    my guess would be touristas visiting Maranello and Sant’Agata Bolognese, driving high powered italian sports cars . . .

  3. wunsacon Says:

    Somewhere online, there’s a video interview of one of the policemen who drive this Lambo. Yeah, they pursue speeders. (But, I wonder why they don’t just rely on traffic helicopters to give them intel….Not enough of them up there?)

    Speaking of high-speed chases, here’s an instance of “life imitates art”:
    http://tinyurl.com/5h67lj