Fastest British Police Cars Ever #1 Hit 185 MPH On Duty

10 British Police Cars So Fast Criminals Never Had A Chance Britain built some of the fastest police cars in the world and paid for them with public money. These are the 10 fastest British police cars ever deployed on British roads, and number one reached one hundred and eighty-five miles per hour on active duty. In a Lamborghini. Bought by a Yorkshire police force. With taxpayer money. Speed in a police car is not about excitement. It is about the gap between what an officer can reach and what a criminal believes they can outrun. The Lotus Carlton was so fast when it launched in nineteen ninety that the Home Office received questions in Parliament about whether the police should be allowed to operate it. The Jaguar XJR had three hundred and twenty brake horsepower and an electronic speed limiter set at one hundred and fifty-five miles per hour a limiter that operational officers formally requested be removed for pursuit work. The Bentley Continental GT was donated to a British force by its manufacturer and deployed on motorway patrol because the publicity value to both parties was considered mutually beneficial. And the Lamborghini Gallardo was purchased by West Yorkshire Police in two thousand and nine, partially funded by seized criminal assets, and achieved a documented top speed of one hundred and eighty-five miles per hour during operational trials. No criminal in Britain in two thousand and nine was outrunning West Yorkshire. The Rover SD1 Vitesse was the fastest car in routine British police service in nineteen eighty-two and among the most unreliable in fleet conditions. The Vauxhall Senator was adopted specifically because it offered similar performance to the Jaguar at considerably lower running costs. The Subaru Impreza WRX gave several Scottish forces genuine all-weather high-speed pursuit capability for the first time on roads where the Jaguars and Rovers had been at a disadvantage in winter conditions. And the BMW M Five E Thirty-Nine was the first non-British car adopted by a major English force as a primary pursuit vehicle a decision the Police Federation discussed, and ultimately accepted. The Kickstart Files tells the real story of Britain across the decades fast British police cars, forgotten British history, and the moments that shaped the country's roads from the 1950s through to the present day. Every video is built around the history and the stories most channels never find. New videos every week. Subscribe to The Kickstart Files today. 🔔 Subscribe:    / @thekickstartfiles   ‎‎#BritishPoliceCars #UKPolice #FordSierraCosworth #JaguarMark2 #ClassicCars