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15 May 2004, 20:40 (Ref:971911) | #1 | |
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Italian police to get Lamborghini Gallardo
Looks like I wont be speeding in Italy anymore when on holiday.
Italian police to have supercar Traffic police patrolling a motorway in southern Italy have a tough decision to take: who will get to drive the force's first Lamborghini Gallardo? The gift from Lamborghini has been unveiled in all its blue and white glory, marked with the word "Polizia". With a top speed of 309 kph (192 mph), it should have the edge in any chase on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway. However, the car is just as likely to be used for emergency deliveries such as human organs for transplant. The sleek two-seater, topped with a flashing blue light, was put on display in Rome at a police event before entering service on the notorious motorway in the south. It is a six-speed luxury vehicle with a 500-horsepower engine designed to go from zero to 100 kph (60 mph) in four seconds. Donated by the Lamborghini factory in Bologna, its list price is US $165,000, probably making it unlikely that the Italian police force will actually buy any for its fleet. Other traffic police forces which cannot boast a Lamborghini resort to devices of their own against speeders: in Russia, for example, officers have been known to shoot out the tyres of offenders with machine-guns. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/h...pe/3717471.stm Published: 2004/05/15 14:36:02 GMT |
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