Dubai Police cars

FEB 10, 2015

CAR CULTURE

Dubai police show off their supercars at night It's like a Need for Speed trailer, but it's real. And it's awesome. BY ALEX KIERSTEIN

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Exotic cars in police livery scream across a causeway at night, lights blaring. It's a Ferrari FF and a Mercedes SLS-AMG racing to meet up with a Bugatti Veyron, Mercedes G63 AMG, McLaren MP4-12C … and more. The music swells, the cars burst out of the tunnel … RELATED GALLERY

Photos: Dubai Police Lamborghini Aventador

… and are crowded by tourists, locals, and happy kids getting a chance to sit behind the wheel. No explosions, sadly, but that's not really the point. The Dubai Police cars are ostensibly public relations tools. They get more attention inside and outside of the country than nearly any other police vehicles, anywhere. That is to say, they're an extremely effective tool to build goodwill towards the police force, and that's just the way that the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is the biggest city, like it. The reality is a little less exciting. The attention-grabbing cars aren't out doing normal patrols … conventional, boring cars, mainly SUVs and sedans, do the grunt work. Commit a crime and you probably won't be thrown into an Aston Martin One-77 and taken in for booking. ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW

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Still, every time the Dubai Police put out a video like this, you have to give credit where credit is due: there's no greater form of PR than appealing to a car enthusiasts' supercar fantasies, is there?

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Dan Dunham · Top Commenter · Indianapolis, Indiana I would speed just to get pulled over by the Bugatti. :-). That is as long as they don't put you in jail for that over there Reply · Like · 3 · February 10 at 6:36am David Molinarolo · Top Commenter · Race Car Driver at Real Racing I painted up my Lamborghini Aventador in RR3 to look like the Dubai police version. Reply · Like · February 10 at 11:22am Cimpeanu Cristian · Oradea cristian Reply · Like · February 11 at 1:46am Facebook social plugin

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