Australian Police Get McLaren and Aston Martin Supercars

An anonymous reader writes: Australia's New South Wales police department has added a pair of new cars to their fleet that are going to be very hard to outrun, a McLaren 650S and an Aston Martin Vanquish Volante. The vehicles aren't going to be used on the job, but as a promotional tool to help raise money for the families of fallen police. "These sponsorship arrangements are designed to promote community engagement with NSW Police. This agreement is designed to promote tomorrow's Police Legacy Wall to Wall ride and celebrate 100 years of Women in Policing," a police spokesperson said in a statement.

Comments

Re:A bit silly really

[Joce640k]

Why bother with these "supercars" when they can easily...

Very simple: Because the Australian Police can actually read an article summary on Slashdot before posting.

Re:so... two million Pounds buys what?

[Zocalo]

There's also this thing called a "trailer" that can be used to move a fuel inefficient vehicle (or two) around far more efficiently, and probably with less chance of them being involved in a traffic accident in the hands of an inexperienced driver as well - the Maclaren is even shown on the back of one at the top of the story. Other than a few VIP joyrides which will no doubt result in a sizeable contribution to the cause, I doubt these cars will be doing a lot of miles, fuel efficient or not, and will almost certainly bring in more donations than the outlays from fuel costs and moving them from fundraiser to fundraiser.

Re:How long will it take

[hackwrench]

That doesn't make what he said any less true. Nowhere did he say that these cars would be used on the job. It still maintains the illusion that speedy cars is what it takes to handle someone driving a vehicle that tries to elude police. Someone else in the thread pointed out that the illusion is better maintained in the US, but that does not make this instance not something that maintains the illusion.

Re:How long will it take

[delt0r]

Also as a result of not shooting everyone in the face, the police in NZ/AUS are generally not hated. It makes a pretty big difference. Where in the US the feeling is that they are out to get you. And my own experience is that they probably are [in the US].

Re:How long will it take

[delt0r]

Clearly you are white.