Victoria Police - SMART Car (5th Generation).

phreak · Post by **phreak** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:01 pm

thanks for the photos mate!

Schism_ · Post by **Schism_** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:51 pm

Very Very Very nice car, looks better than TE209 thats for sure

Post by **vk6hgr** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:38 pm

Schism_ wrote:Very Very Very nice car, looks better than TE209 thats for sure

Very sexy. Sure gives TE209 a run for its money.

Only thing that lets the Vic car down is the silly antennas on the top. Glassmounts for the win!

Post by **Tyranus** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:36 pm

looks like strobes instead of rotators in that light bar too

Warlord · Post by **Warlord** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:15 am

LED's too I think.

elm · Post by **elm** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:37 am

Vic one has more LEDs, WA one has funny white corner Lights (are they pursuit or alley/takedown lights)?

As for the Lightbar, VIC wins (was grilleflashers too - yummy). As for the rest - It's pretty even in my eyes.

Post by **Tyranus** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:50 am

Warlord wrote:LED's too I think.

Yeah LED's under the main red and blue casings, but I was wondering if in the top level there are strobes or rotators...have to wait and see when it goes priority I spose.

elm · Post by **elm** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:56 am

th grille lights: are they halogen or strobe or LED? Flashpattern? Brightness?

One thing for sure: they're buttUgly!

Warlord · Post by **Warlord** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:35 pm

I was wondering if in the top level there are strobes or rotators.

Strobes I think for the top.

Grill section are LED's. Very effective.

elm · Post by **elm** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:44 pm

Warlord wrote:

Grill section are LED's. Very effective.

yummy.

donks · Post by **donks** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:00 pm

Warlord wrote:The current batch of high visibility Traffic Management Unit vehicles are the Holden VE SS Commodore.

Generation 1 was the VX SS Commodore - Gold in colour. (This started the big decal and varying angle trend - similar was adopted by the WA Traffic guys also).
Generation 2 was the VX Series II SS Commodore - Silver in colour (Also 1 x SAAB 9-5 Aero).
Generation 3 was the BA XR8 Ford - Blueprint blue in colour.
Generation 4 was the VZ SS Commodore - Devil yellow in colour

what about the CV8 Monaro.. and also i remember seeing a BMW convertable at one stage... were these SMART cars???

Post by **Tyranus** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:18 pm

[sarcasm]Whoops I think someone got the Police stencil on the bonnet the wrong way round

[/sarcasm] (Can't be too safe on this site

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Post by **Toottoot** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 5:17 pm

Tyranus wrote:[sarcasm]Whoops I think someone got the Police stencil on the bonnet the wrong way round [/sarcasm] (Can't be too safe on this site )

[sarcasm]Its sposed to be like that so you can read it through the bonnet when it is up[/sarcasm]

Warlord · Post by **Warlord** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:14 pm

what about the CV8 Monaro.. and also i remember seeing a BMW convertable at one stage... were these SMART cars???

No not really.

The HSV GTO Coupe was not really permitted to leave the CBD area for general Traffic Policing. It was only a promotional loaner from GM / HSV. You rarely would have seen it outside the CBD or Metropolitan area. It was not part of the SMART Car program, even though it was about during the initial program.

The Powder Blue CV8's were just normal TMU also used for Commonwealth Games Duties initially then normal TMU ops.

The BMW was a just a Community Policing tool really, it was used to reward safe drivers in conjunction with drive time radio programs and the like.

The SAAB was meant to be for that too, but seing as it was the same colour as one of the generation of SMART Cars they used it for such in the end.

We've also had a Doge / Chrysler Viper GTS CoupÃ©, Ford Mustang Coupe etc.

There was a Chrysler PT Cruiser that was part of the Youth Liaison Program at one stage. There is a Jeep Wrangler in this role at present.
For the local Community Policing program we've had all sorts of unusual vehicles marked up as Police Vehicles.

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