Police cars how fast

What is the best country to try and outrun the cops? Comoros, Africa, where the fastest police car in the country is a Zhongxing Grand Tiger topping out at a paint-blistering 50 mph.

There are countries, after all, and they all have police departments. Luckily, an Australian website called chasingcars. The Veyron is the top of the heap in police cruisers, hitting mph. Luckily for you, however, the car is not used for pursuits, just for public relations. So Dubai wins. Police in New Braunfels, Texas, acquired this Z06 during a drug raid.

The department says the car had "aftermarket modifications for racing" that boosted output to hp and a top speed of mph. Like the UAE's Bugatti, though, it's not used for pursuits but for community outreach. The top speed is mph. Don't try outrunning it! So this one will track you down on the highway and pull you over.

It has horsepower. Even the burgundy hue of its paint seems calculated to temper our expectations. The blue and red lights go on behind me and, for the first time in my life, I do something other than pull to the shoulder. It feels so unnatural to open the throttle instead of hitting the brakes.

The act of fleeing, of indulging the taboo, unleashes a torrent of adrenaline that has me thinking, for a moment, that maybe I can whip this horse hard enough to make my escape.

With my nervous system short-circuited by dreams of freedom, I drive way too deep into the first corner, skid off, and plow into the overrun area in a geyser of sand. From the moment the lights went on to the moment I went off: 10 seconds. You can be as cool as you like, but a lit-up Charger in your rearview mirror would turn Norm MacDonald into Bobcat Goldthwait. We finish the lap and I discover that the little Yaris is actually hilarious on the track, given to huge lift-throttle drifts.

Sure, those drifts happen at 40 mph, but style points must count for something. Is the hp Ferrari GTB quicker than a police car? A few years ago, it was hard to imagine that Ferrari would build anything faster than the But it always does, and the GTB is a whole new kind of quick. Ferrari quotes a zero-tomph time of 8.

The 3. Khris is a classic car aficionado and adores his Jags and Alfas, although he keeps tabs on everything from super exotics like an old EB to the latest from Lucid. Formula One is very close to his heart, and he diligently makes time to tune in for the Grand Prix on Sundays. Khris also loves his road trips and he prefers stick shift over an Auto any day. Read full bio. Related Articles. What do you think?

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