[sanders54]

Recently the Norwegian Police has acquired new cars to replace the aging Passat fleet in service (I'd say it's quite the upgrade).

Specifications: Moderate equipped 525d (diesel, yes) xDrive's with some special order options from factory. 4 cyl 2.0 211 hp. The price for one of these suckers with the retrofitted police equipment is around 800K NOK (or 95K US).

Pictures:





Also bonus pics of the X5 that has been in service for some time now. These cars are actually M-sport models, featuring either a 4 cylinder or 6 cylinder engine with 218, 258 or 313 hp respectively. The price for the top 313 car is around 1.4 million NOK (or roughly 166k US)

Bonus pics:


(X5 footage starts around 0.40)

[.BMW.]

Thanks for sharing.

I haven't seen any X5 M Sport police cars in Sweden.

[krautmeister]

It's peculiar to me why they wouldn't opt for the Volvo variants??? BMW is cooler but Volvo being a domestic product, they have a pretty bad ass SUV and wagon too!

[sanders54]

Originally Posted by krautmeister

It's peculiar to me why they wouldn't opt for the Volvo variants??? BMW is cooler but Volvo being a domestic product, they have a pretty bad ass SUV and wagon too!

Every 5th or 10th year or so there is a "competition" car manufacturers can enter to become the new official police vehicle in a particular class. Cost, driveability, height clearance, AWD capacity, size and so on. Police officers test them on a track and give their opinion which weighs heavy when the final decision is made. This competition round BMW squashed their competition in driveability, space and noise levels (but not on the price level... ). You can see some depth of the test here (Google Translate of Norwegian article).

Volvo is a product of Sweden, not Norway. There is a actually several XC70's in use in the police force, as K9 units (which is a vehicle class Volvo won). Here's a picture:

[jackaleyess]

Damned.... its quite a price to own BMW in Norway I guess?

[sanders54]

Originally Posted by jackaleyess

Damned.... its quite a price to own BMW in Norway I guess?

Most cars independent of brand are very expensive to purchase in Norway due the taxation system of new vehicles that doesn't favour gas powered cars.

[mike@x-ph.com]

Nice!

[eleniki]

i can see why they choose this one. from 0 to 60 in just 3.8 sec. if it is the vehicle i am thinking about.

[The_M6]

I rented a 128 Touring in Bergen a few years ago. The turbo diesel was great and for a small 1 series, it had plenty of room for our gear.
I don't know why the wagons don't sell here in the states, they're practical and look great.