Victoria Police - SMART Car (5th Generation).
Victoria Police - SMART Car (5th Generation).
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Last edited by Warlord on Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:02 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Very sexy. Sure gives TE209 a run for its money.Schism_ wrote:Very Very Very nice car, looks better than TE209 thats for sure
Only thing that lets the Vic car down is the silly antennas on the top. Glassmounts for the win!
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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.Warlord wrote:LED's too I think.
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Re: Victoria Police - SMART Car (5th Generation).
what about the CV8 Monaro.. and also i remember seeing a BMW convertable at one stage... were these SMART cars???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
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No not really.what about the CV8 Monaro.. and also i remember seeing a BMW convertable at one stage... were these SMART cars???
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 Coupé, 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.