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Motoring Monday… Cool Cop Cars…
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Come on… admit it. You think cop cars are cool. OK, some cop cars are cool. Some look like something that your boring uncle would drive, but then there are the ones that are really sleepers… loaded with power and ability, like Superman disguised as Clark Kent.
I ran across a post on Raw Justice that outlined a bunch of Bad@$$ cop cars. They looked at some squad and pursuit cars that are used elsewhere in the world, and there are some that are pretty surprising.
Among the rides that I really didn’t expect to see in Police livery were:
- Lamborghini Gallardo from England
- Lotus Exige from England
- Spyker C8 from the Netherlands
- Peugot RCZ from Hungary
Of course, there were some American cars that I wasn’t too surprised about, like Hemi Chargers, Mustangs, and a Viper. And then Germany had some strong entries with Mercedes Benz, Porsche and BMW providing local flavor… And of course there are some killer cars in Japan, so why not have a Skyline cop car?
Enjoy. Let me know what your favorites are…
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101 Cars, Part 67…
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Lotus may be tops for the most cars on my list. And here is another, the Lotus Esprit.
While it certainly changed from 1976 to 2004, it didn’t change all that much. Only the Lotus 7 and Porsche 911 have longer runs… ok, maybe the Morgan Plus8… probably some others, but the point is that the Esprit went for 28 years with only minor tweaks to the formula.
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Lotus. Some companies march to a different beat, and Lotus is one of those companies.
While other supercar companies were worried about gross horsepower numbers, Lotus looked to losing weight and balancing their cars handling as ways to make them faster.
And they have been making them faster for a long time… Colin Chapman revolutionizing Indycars wasn’t the start and it wasn’t the end. In fact, that design was the Lotus 38 in 1966. The revolution was that they put the engine behind the driver. And actually, the Lotus 34 had managed to get on the poll in 1965. They ended the dominance of front engine roadsters at Indy.
The Exige is no different. The S 260 weighs in at 2020 pounds. That is about 2/3rds of the weight of a Honda Accord. Its modified Toyota 1.8 liter engine produces about 260hp. The top of the line Honda engine makes about 10 more horsepower… from a 3.5 liter V6… basically, twice the displacement.
The Honda manges 0-60 in about 6.5 second. The Lotus does it in 4 flat… The fuel mileage is around 20/24 city/highway for the Lotus and 19/29 for the Honda…
But the Lotus is WAY cooler, too. And if you want to feel green… there is the S 265.
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