This Is the Country With the Most Powerful Police Cars

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Mar 23, 10:30AM EDT

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Many police cars in America are vehicles modified by such major manufacturers as Chevy, Chrysler and Ford. Among those the public is most likely to see are the Dodge Charger, Chevy Tahoe and Ford Interceptor. They have been modified with police equipment, more powerful engines and even special tires. Of course, each has special electronics for communication and radar to detect speeding cars.

Police cars are used in a wide array of circumstances. In New York City, most patrol city streets. Many state police cars are meant primarily to work on widely traveled roads.

The primary purpose of The Global Police Index by auto dealer Peter Vardy is to examine police car fleets by country: “Across different countries lies a varied range of police cars and specifications, ranging from an army of standard patrol cars such as the Citroën C4 to sought-after supercars like the Lamborghini Huracán.” The methodology was based primarily on engine size. The highest possible score was 100.

Australia topped the list: “Equipped with the BMW 750d, which scored 95.6 out of 100 points, Australian police cars have been respected and loathed equally for their execution. The high-performance, but factory-spec, 750d is no exception.” The top speed of the car is 155 miles per hour. BMWs are usually very expensive, which raises a budget question.
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These are the best and worst police car fleets by country:

Country	Model	Score
Australia	BMW 750d	95.6
United Arab Emirates	BMW 5 Series	94.0
Panama	Ford Taurus	90.0
Belgium	Audi A4	88.4
Lithuania	Audi A6	84.8
Netherlands	Volkswagen Golf	84.4
South Africa	Volkswagen Golf	84.4
Canada	Ford Explorer	84.0
Israel	Skoda Superb	80.0
Qatar	Nissan Patrol	78.8

Country	Model	Score
Romania	Dacia Logan	4.0
Colombia	Renault Duster	6.8
Thailand	Toyota Corolla	14.0
Philippines	Toyota Corolla	14.0
Spain	Citroen C4	18.0
United Kingdom	Vauxhall Astra	19.2
Singapore	Chevrolet Cruze	19.6
Argentina	Ford Focus MK2	32.4
South Korea	Hyundai Sonata	35.2
Malaysia	Honda Civic Sedan	36.4

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.