Police

By Stephen Ottley · 26 Feb 2024

As modern performance cars have become faster and more complex, car companies have developed race track-specific driving modes as part of the search for the ultimate in speed and handling.

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Is it legal to drive through a red light to make way for a police vehicle?

By David Morley · 28 Jul 2023

Q: Is it legal to drive through a red light to make way for the police vehicle? A: Here’s one of those questions that is very difficult to answer simply. Not only do different states and territories have their own laws on this, there’s conflicting advice from legal and motoring club outlets, as well as some truly grey areas in the law itself.

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How to check if you've been caught by a speed camera

By David Morley · 11 Jul 2023

We’ve all done it; you drive past a white or silver SUV parked by the side of the road and think, was that a speed camera? By the time you’ve looked down to check your speed, you’re past the parked vehicle and you discover, to your horror, that you were a handful of kilometres over the posted limit.

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New Kia Tasman to target police fleet

By Andrew Chesterton · 15 Jun 2023

The incoming Kia Tasman ute appears to have set its sights on official police duties, with sources shown a ute dressed in police livery and modified to become a 'divvy van' - or division van, used to transport crooks and suspected criminals.The image woul

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QLD Police using hybrid MG HS PHEVs

By Chris Thompson · 16 May 2023

Police in Queensland will be driving more and more kilometres under electric power, as the state’s police service introduces additional hybrid cars into its fleet.

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NSW Police add BMW iX to patrol fleet

By Chris Thompson · 10 May 2023

There’s a new sheriff in New South Wales… sort of. The NSW Police Force’s Highway Patrol division has a new toy, in the form of a BMW iX electric car.

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Is the Subaru Outback XT joining the police?

By Byron Mathioudakis · 08 Apr 2023

It’s only taken five years, but the police may have found the ideal pursuit vehicle to replace the trust old Holden Commodore SS V8, in the unlikely shape of the Subaru Outback Turbo. Spotted by an eagle-eyed CarsGuide reader in Melbourne last month, several representatives of the Victoria Police were observed pouring over examples of the newly-released flagship version of the popular high-riding

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Ranger Raptor ready to rip in for NSW police!

By James Cleary · 25 Feb 2023

Sources inside Ford Australia have confirmed to CarsGuide that NSW Police Traffic & Highway Patrol Command has expressed interest in the Ranger Raptor, and is in the early stages of assessing the high-performance 4x4 ute for a range of duties.

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Kia EV6 GT headed to the Highway Patrol!

By James Cleary · 12 Feb 2023

Kia Australia has confirmed "several (Australian) police fleets/jurisdictions have tested or are currently testing" its powerhouse EV6 pure-electric SUV across a range of potential roles.

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Kia Stinger to live on in Australia for now

By Byron Mathioudakis · 13 Jun 2022

Great news for people who love affordable old-school petrol-powered rear-drive performance sedans. The Kia Stinger will continue to be imported in Australia for the foreseeable future, despite some reports outlining its impending discontinuation in the key North American market later this year.

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