We don't always find this to be the case anymore. The Sport 410 sounds better, too. The whine of the supercharger spooling up — efficient and modern yet still hinting at a climbing WWII fighter plane — is gravy on a substantial auditory main course, the addictively throaty bellow of a DOHC V-6 breathing hard, with a raw and authentically fruity (no synthetic noise here) exhaust note in Comfort ESP mode that's only accentuated when running in Sport or Race modes. An optional, high-flow titanium exhaust system further rounds out the fab sound while sparing the car another potential 22 pounds. Most important in a Lotus, grip, balance, and steering feel are phenomenal in the 410 and the ride is better than ever, still pinch-yourself surprising in a car so flingable and performance focused, and with a relatively short wheelbase. Credit serious smarts in the chassis department. Optional lightweight carbon seats covered in leather are handsome, lighter, and perfectly comfortable over the course of a couple long days behind the wheel, despite being entirely manually adjustable.
The $140, 000 car can reach speeds of up to 220 mph (320 kmph). Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Dubai The two seater, powered by a 563-horsepower engine, is equipped with gullwing doors and can reach from 0 to 62 mph (0-100 kmph) in 3. 8 seconds. Bentley Continental GT, Dubai The massive $200, 000 luxury vehicle is armed with powerful 500 HP engine and can clock up to 205 mph (330 kmph) on the speedometer. Mercedes Benz Brabus G63 AMG Widestar, Dubai The modified version of the famous G-Class, Brabus was inducted in the fleet to patrol in tourist areas. Like other supercars, Brabus too was used for PR activities rather than fighting actual crime. Bugatti Veyron, Dubai At $1. 4 million this is one of the most expensive purchases by the Dubai Police. The Veyron is capable of clocking speeds up to 253 mph (408 kmph). The Veyron along with the other cars make Dubai Police the owners of the world's fastest and most expensive cop cars. Ferrari 348 Targa, Colombia In 2011, Bogota police cheerfully converted a black Ferrari 348 Targa, seized from a drug lord, into the trademark green and white police patrol car.
HETHEL, NORFOLK, England— I've just spent a couple hours lapping the new Lotus Evora Sport 410 around the legendary Norfolk sports-car maker's 2. 2-mile test track. As you might suspect, it is more than a mildly pleasant diversion on a gray English afternoon. I should mention this was only after three sunny days and more than 500 blissful miles spent getting to know the most powerful Evora yet by hammering it down a variety of pastoral English country lanes of the narrow and sacredly curvy sort that gave birth to this Lotus and its many esteemed predecessors. The Sport 410 is also, undoubtedly, the car Lotus wishes it built when it launched the Evora line of mid-engine sports cars in 2008. 9/9 SLIDES Think of this car as an upscale, upsized retake on the more miniscule mid-engine Elise that returned Lotus to volume production in 1995. The Elise boasted a groundbreaking chassis of bonded aluminum extrusions and the new Evora was a great car at the time of its U. S. introduction in 2010 — an Elise with a V-6, just shy of 11 inches more wheelbase, and a tiny but still useful backseat.
However, the $250, 000 car's role was limited to public relations activities before it was put away in the police museum. BMW X5, England The diesel-powered four-door SUV was inducted as a high-speed pursuit vehicle in the British Police Department. It was also a part of the London Olympic Torch Relay Protection Group. Caparo T1, England In 2007, Caparo Vehicle Technologies joined hands with London Metropolitan Police to develop a variant of the famous T1, called Rapid Response Vehicle, at the MPH'07 auto show. However, the car never went into production. Ford RS200, England The vehicle remained in production for little over 2 years and was inducted by the English police force. Only 200 models were ordered for production and another 20 were manufactured to be used by racing teams. Lamborghini Gallardo, Italy A set of three supercars were presented to the Italian Police to tackle the growing menace of speeders on autostradas. Unfortunately, in 2009 an Italian police personnel, especially trained to drive the Gallardo, crashed the 500-housepower vehicle in a line of parked vehicles, as he attempted to avoid a SEAT Ibiza.