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The BMW X5 drives more like a car than a heavy four wheel drive. However, its off road abilities are very poor. This is a 3 litre diesel sport model.

This 2004 BMW 3 series is powered by the same diesel engine as the X5 and 5 series estates on this page. It is seen here in an unusual police livery.

WU53 CMO is a Mercedes Sprinter used by Wiltshire Police as a mobile CCTV unit. The camera is mounted on the roof of the van. Notice how the blue lights are built into the body work above the windscreen.

This Renault Traffic is operated by Thames Valley Police. It is also equipped with CCTV facilities. You can see the roof mounted camera on this photo.

MX53 VHT is an Iveco communications vehicle used by Greater Manchester Police. It is not equipped with blue lights. From this photo, with the side awning out it looks more like a camper van! Notice the satellite communications dish on the roof.

Here we have the MG ZT-T police demonstrator. Powered by a 190 BHP 2.5 litre V6 engine, this is a very quick estate car.



The rear view. This car has an enormous load carrying ability suiting it ideally to traffic police use.

This Mercedes Vito is used by Merseyside Police. It is not equipped with blue lights.

This is an un-registered Pinzgauer 6×6 all terrain vehicle. It is amoured to prevent ballistics penetrating the skin of the vehicle. It is also resistant to hand grenade and land mine blast shrapnel.



The rear view of this Austrian built vehicle.

This 4 door Honda Civic saloon is used by Hampshire Constabulary.



The rear view.

RY03 BZH is a Honda Accord Type S demonstrator. Notice the extremely dated side livery which looks like it would not be out of place on a 1980’s Matchbox or Corgi model car!



The rear view showing the high visibility stripes.



The front view of another Accord with the same dated side markings. Notice how this model has a different light bar to the model above.

WM04 LPV is another Accord, except this time is estate form. It is operated by Wiltshire police and has a far better livery than the models above.



The front view showing the bumper mounted repeater lights.

Looking like something out of a computer game, this Honda NSX has been liveried up in Police markings.



This 3.2 litre V6 supercar is capable of reaching speeds of over 160 MPH. However, it is not approved for Home Office use within the UK.

Here we have a Honda Civic 5 door police demonstator.

We finish this section with WP52 VTD which is a Honda CRV four wheel drive used by Wiltshire police. This force operates a lot of Honda’s in its fleet, presumably because of the location of the Honda factory at Swindon, which is in the county.

We start this section with a Nissan Xtrail demonstrator. This four wheel drive is equipped with two small repeater lights mounted on the front bumper.



The rear view showing the Police markings.

This Nissan Primastar van is identical to the Renault Traffic and Vauxhall Vivaro. This particular version has very minimal Police markings.

Next, we have a Nissan Primera in police livery. This UK built car is available with a choice of powerful petrol and diesel engines.



The rear of this 5 door hatchback. To aid with reversing, a small camera is mounted above the number plate which displays an image on the centre console on the dashboard.



The side view.

FH04 LNU is a specially extended Citroen Dispatch used by Leicestershire Constabulary. It is intended to be used as a mobile silver command. This command unit will co-ordinate situations where there is a large Police presence such as public order or sporting events.



From this view you can see the entrance into the control section of the vehicle. You can also see the awning which can extend out of the side of the van.

This is the estate version of the versatile Renault Megane. This car has a conventionally roof mounted light bar and two large repeater lights mounted on the front bumper.

This Renault Laguna Estate has a different light bar to that of the Megane. This time it is mounted on the roof rails. It however shares the large repeater lights on the bumper. It also has the full battenburg markings on the side.

HV53 DYN is the five door version of the Laguna. Its livery is identical to the estate version above apart from the roof mounted light bar.

This large Renault Master van has seating in the front for the crew…..



….and cages in the back to carry dogs. There is also space to store equipment beneath the cages.

This Renault Traffic is physically identical to the Nissan Primastar shown above. However, it has a more comprehensive livery and a different light arrangemnet.

Here we have a Mercedes Benz C-Class saloon demonstrator in a rather smart livery.



The rear view showing us the the high visibility markings. The lettering MBD 147 stands for Mercedes Benz Demonstrator vehicle 147.

This Mercedes Sprinter is unusually liveried in bright yellow all over. It is fitted with roof and grill mounted blue lights and a riot shield.

This Sprinter is very different to the one above. Firstly, it has an all over silver paint scheme. This aids the re-sale value of the van after its police life and is hardly seen with modern all-over liveries. Secondly the light arrangement is different. We have blue lights built into the roof both front and rear. There are also white lights on the sides of the van for night time scene illumination.

This Mercedes Vito is also intended for police use. Note the small roof mounted front and rear blue light sets and the cage in the rear.

This Volvo V70 is used by Humberside Police and runs on LPG.



The disadvantage of this is that the LPG tank is fitted in the space where the spare wheel is usually stored. This means that the spare wheel now sits in the boot taking up vital space for equipment that a traffic car has to carry. Note the additional blue lights inside the boot so that the car is still highly visible when the boot is open.

This is an unmarked Ford Mondeo ST220 Suffolk police car. It is being used here as a demonstrator vehicle for Premier Hazard’s emergency warning lighting. It would be very odd to have an un-liveried police vehicle with a conventional roof-mounted light bar. This would be removed before the police force made the car operational.



The rear view. Here you can see the additional repeater lights mounted on the parcel shelf as well as the dot matrix sign.



When the boot is opened, the parcel shelf can be folded to display this high visibility striping. Two cut outs enable the the blue repeater lights to remain visible.

Next we have a Ford Transit Connect small van used by Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary in Scotland. As if not obvious, the blue sticker on the drivers side window says ‘Emergency Service Vehicle’.