Comments on: Spyshot: UK Mitsubishi Evo 8 Police Interceptor

By: Rufus

Rufus — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:07:33 +0000

Fair point made by a couple folk….a 200mph supercar could outrun an Evo or Impreza in a drag race along a disused air strip or somewhere, but how many pursuits are there like that? Im guessing none. Try escaping an Evo in a Veyron (for example) through rush hour traffic through the centre of town…are you going to hit 200mph? No. Chances are due to the erratic nature of your driving trying to escape the police, combined with the riduculous power of the Veyron, you’re going to wrap the car round a lampost or smash into something.

The Evo may ONLY be able to do 155mph or whatever it is, but pair that with the exceptionally high levels of training the police receive to drive them…theres no danger ANY car will outrun one on a pursuit through a UK town/city….perhaps even motorway - any slight mistake by the driver of the Veyron is going to cause carnage if hes doing 150-200mph….and remember as he’s trying to evade the police theres a pretty good chance he’ll be driving like an absolute nutter cutting in between vehicles and across lanes etc, down the hard shoulder, waiting to the last second to exit onto a slip road. Trying doing all that at 200mph with the pressure of a few Evo’s and Impeza’s chasing you and guaranteed you will f*ck up and more than likely kill yourself as your not trained to drive like a fanny at that speed. No-one is….doesnt matter how fast your car can go, if your attempting to evade the police then its almost guaranteed your driving is going to be like the videos you see on all the police camera action type shows, road wars etc, and that at some point you will lose control.

You see people in little 1.2 litre cars going 80mph through a deserted town centre at 4am and lose control & crash…so how do you expect the same idiots to handle a 200mph supercar in the same situation?

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By: Dave.

Dave. — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:14:18 +0000

you guys are like watching the Keystone Cops ! you wouldn’t last ten minutes in the USA OR Australia.

You need more than Evos or Impretzzas to keep you alive.
What a Joke !!

By: Matthew W. S. Bell

Matthew W. S. Bell — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:44:51 +0000

I wonder if it has automatic grocer’s apostrophe recognition as well… “companies”.

By: Essex Police

Essex Police — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:13:41 +0000

As the manager of the team you are describing in your posts above, I thought it prudent to post a reply and explain the rationale behind usuing these particular vehicles in Essex. You are correct in stating we have two genuine Police evos.We also now have 4 subaru Imprezzas and a number of unmarked high performance cars. They form part of our ANPR Intercept & Tactical Operations Units. They are based at 3 locations across our county. Each unit is tasked with dealing with the ‘higher profile’ offenders and those comitting crime across borders. They are primarily aimed at dealing with Crime, however they are all Roads Policing trained, so can deal with innapropriate driver behaviour as well. Experience showed in the past the ‘criminal element’ we were dealing with often tried to out run the police, resulting in dangerous high speed pursuits. Since the introduction of these cars to the teams, our pursuits have now dropped two thirds, which is far better for the safety of all concerned. In addition to this, aprehension of prolific offenders across the force area has increased. Each driver is pursuit trained, as well as receiving regular training in all tactical options available to the police today.As can be seen, what may appear to the ‘uninformed’ as an extravagance,is in fact backed by very sound reasoning on the part of Essex Police.

By: Steve D.

Steve D. — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:04:23 +0000

Look guys. I stand by my original post. 160 MPH is NOT in supercar territory.

Let’s not resort to name calling to try and prove a point.
Put it on the Autobahn against a real supercar.

Think the evo can catch a Veyron or Koenigsegg ?
How about the McLaren F1 or the Dauer 962 ?

Can it catch an M5 or M6 ?

How about the Saleen ? the Noble……the Mosler ?

There are AT LEAST a dozen street legal SUPERCARS that will beat the pants off this car.

One more thing………
We’re all adults here ( I hope )

So stop the name calling.

If you like the Evo, that’s great.

Just don’t make it out to be MORE than what it is.

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By: WRCEURO

WRCEURO — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:28:54 +0000

Sound like you guys know what you are taling about. Hahaha you guys are a joke. All they have to do is change the final gear wich is no more then $1000 and your precious over priced exotic cars are gone. I know I own a evo with a different final gear and AMS GT35R and I hit 187 MPH with ease. I can shit on your ferrari and lambo with my $30k car which if better in all aspects almost. I will laugh when I will see you dumb asses on TV trying to run away and crashing into other cars and building and what not. Hahahaha Evo’s GOT YOU BITCHES!!!!!!

By: Cowbell 1

Cowbell 1 — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:39:17 +0000

I reckon thats pretty much the scariest thing in any police forces arsenal.

A regular panda car (Astra diesel etc) is easy to escape from down a b road, this on the other hand WILL catch you.

As for its top speed, the police have a couple of other things to aid in that situation. Radios, helicopters and lots of other police friends.

And lets not forget that other great thing. British traffic!!

I myself have been (coughs) stopped by a number of faster style police cars. A Subaru Impreza in Dorset and a BMW 5 series on the M3 (not finished in blue unfortunately), not sure if it was an M5 though. Was too busy eating humble pie on that occasion!!

By: Turbo Tuning » Fear the man: British cops channel their inner Makinen with EVO cruisers

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:14:15 +0000

[…] As if that wasn’t disconcerting enough (albeit incredibly cool), our new friend Alex of Team Polizei fame was fortunate enough to have a reader send in shots of one of two Mitsubishi Evolution 8s currently used by the UK ANPR police. His story is accessible by clicking the “Read” link below, but according to Mr. Ed these two Evos won’t be the only AWD rally rides carrying the boys in blue - they’ll be getting two new Subaru WRXs, complete in yellow and blue livery within the next couple of months; all paid for by traffic offenders. Drive right and read on. […]

By: popo

popo — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:41:00 +0000

lambo ha ? well check this out. haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uExWe1lm0BM&mode=related&search=

By: Dan Penny

Dan Penny — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:51:32 +0000

Obviously you haven’t seen the Jags, Beamers, or Audis the old bill have here yet, don’t think anyone has been fast enough to grab a pic. They come in all colours and you only see the livery when they stop, sneaky gits!!!!!! These puppies catch the supercars on a regular basis, think the faster stop and check was done on the M6 near Birmingham at 187mph. The Evo and alike cars are used just for the boy racers………..

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:16:50 +0000

Don’t know why the Police in the UK want such a rice burner.

try be like the sly mothers in Canada, the Cops play hide seek, drive around in vehicles with local radio station decals, park at night with no lights, hide in gullys, to catch canadian’s who drive at 4km over the limit, the limit being a mear 100km. or 60 mph.

when I drive in the uk, I use my foregin licence, so it does not bother me driving over the limit.

Thanks.

Rob.

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By: NR

NR — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:01:58 +0000

I agree with Winn….Steve D has his head in the clouds…

Unless he is Tony Kanaan or Hamilton on a closed circuit or Taniguchi San…The boys in blue will tear up his 18 year old Nissan…or Ferrari. Steve don’t forget the helicopter, the boys in the EVo will call.

Steve is an idiot and I am very happy the boys are getting back….

I want to be safe on the road and not have to contend with a moron who can’t shell out dosh for advanced training or a day at the track or afford a Ferrari and wants to show off in his dodgy Japanese import on public road