New Australian police cars

Last year, the NSW police force got new police cars for the highway patrol unit and today I am going to tell you what they are. As well as that, I will also tell you a little bit about them. Now let’s get into it. P.S sorry that it has been a long time since my last post. I have been in japan for 2 weeks with my family – I’ll have more to say about my time in Japan in my next post.

The new highway patrol police cars for NSW police are the german Mid-size luxury sedan the BMW 530d and the American-built V8 Chrysler 300 SRT8 sedan. The NSW police force have picked these cars for 2 reasons. The first is that they have both passed rigorous testing and the second is that they are Police cars in their respective countries or continents, i.e the Chrysler in the US and the BMW in Europe. The Chrysler has a 6.4 litre V8 with possibly a turbocharger under the bonnet (perhaps if someone knows for sure you could let me know in the comments) and the BMW has a turbocharged 3 litre V6 diesel engine.

The BMW’s that were given to the NSW police had some of it’s standard equipment taken out to make way for police equipment, but the good bits remained in the car like the incredibly comfortable leather seats, perfectly smooth suspension and incredible infotainment system (in case somebody bought it at auction and wanted to drive it on the road. That is if they took all the police equipment out). The other good thing is that a normal 530d sells for about $110,000 out of the BMW dealer, but since most of the has been taken out of the police force version that price has dropped to about $65,000.

The Chrysler, on the other hand, has a bigger engine so Chrysler doesn’t have to do any stripping down, although I’m sure some bits were taken out as they had to fit police equipment, like the BMW. But apart from that, the majority of the interior has remained untouched so it is pretty similar to the car you and I can buy at the Chrysler dealer for about $80,000. Although like the BMW, I bet the NSW police has gotten it for about $65,000, which is like the BMW as well.

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