The Lamborgini Gallardo - Italian Police Car


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Lamborgini Gallardo - Police Edition

---- Specifications (Stock) ----

Price - $165,900

Engine - 5 liter V10

Weight - 3153 lbs

HP - 500 @ 7800 rpm

0-60 - 4.3 seconds

Top speed - 190 mph

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(from Lamborghini Press Release)  A Lamborghini Gallardo has been donated to the Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato) by Automobili Lamborghini SpA. The V10, 500 bhp 190 mph performance car has been liveried in the colours of the state police and includes a siren and flashing lights on the roof. This is the first time that a Lamborghini will be used by Italian police.

The Gallardo police car will be used by the traffic police (Polizia Stradale) during emergency situations on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria highway in southern Italy. It is equipped with apparatus to transmit and receive information and images in critical situations such as road traffic accidents, fires and other disaster situations. It will also be fitted with the Italian police?s Provida system which records traffic violations and sends images in real-time, and has a direct connection to the police database as well as the Elsag ?Autodetector? system for number plate recognition.

so its sorta like KITT from night rider.....ki:woot::woot:

Lamborgini Gallardo - Police Edition

----  Specifications (Stock)  ----

Price - $165,900

Engine - 5 liter V10

Weight - 3153 lbs

HP - 500 @ 7800 rpm

0-60 - 4.3 seconds

Top speed - 190 mph

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so its sorta like KITT from night rider.....kickass :woot:

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Man, have always loved Lamborghinis. I'd be such a badass cop if I had that thing...go out and try to start chases, lol.

Anybody seen the episode to Rides where they were in the Lamborghini plant watching one of these come to life? very cool.

I just noticed the postd 0-60 time. The normal Gallardo's rated at 3.9 seconds...maybe it's from all the extra equipment?

Fisrt off, why does Italy need a Lambo? They have that many open roads, and people have cars that could outrun a normal cop car?

Second, what's that red paddle thing inside the passangers door. Looks like a stop sgin thing.

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There are quite a few open roads, yes. There's also quite a few fast cars (ferraris, porshe, bmw, lamborghinis, etc.) So having any advantage is good. This is also a fairly small car with quick acceleration, which is what is needed for the cities.

I remember reading about this a little while back - I'm curious as to how they made all of the standard police equipment fit - it's not exactly spacious.

Update: Clicked on the link and saw the interior pictures. Impressive. I guess I'm accustomed to American cops carrying shotguns in their cars, as not the whole world does it.

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I love Lambos. Lamborghini is definitely my favorite car brand. If I lived in Italy I'd become a cop just to drive one of these things. :D But yeah, what's that stop sign paddle on the passenger door? It looks like a spanking paddle or something. Spanking isn't a form a punishment in Italy is it? :p

I love Lambos.  Lamborghini is definitely my favorite car brand.  If I lived in Italy I'd become a cop just to drive one of these things. :D  But yeah, what's that stop sign paddle on the passenger door?  It looks like a spanking paddle or something.  Spanking isn't a form a punishment in Italy is it? :p

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Hah..those wacky Italians. Seriously, though, I think it's probably used for stopping pedestrians and/or traffic manually.

That color scheme is killer. But I still prefer yellow.

Fisrt off, why does Italy need a Lambo? They have that many open roads, and people have cars that could outrun a normal cop car?

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The Gallardo police car will be used by the traffic police (Polizia Stradale) during emergency situations on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria highway in southern Italy.

its all explained in the press release under the pictures :D

Oh yeah, I read about this a while ago....it was cool. And how they had to have a chase car behind them for when they pulled someone over, since they couldn't carry "the perp"..LOL

Id like to have one of these in my garage, so I could drive it around my city and attempt to dodge all the potholes! Including all those toys on the dashboard. So how do I go about this, do I send an order to my South American friends, and tell them I need one of these boosted, then wait for a response including a fee which I can't afford :rofl:

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