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Whatcha gonna do when they come for you - World's first purpose-built police car

By Glen Taylor - November 18, 2008

in Object Culture

The world's first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle, the Carbon E7 was recently unveiled at the "2008 Pure Justice Tour".

The car was designed to be robust and last to a 250,000 mile durability specification. Inside the car, many features aim to improve the officers job. There's an extensive list of integrated technologies like a heads up display, driver specific intelligent key, automatic license plate recognition system, nightvision compliant interior illumination, and an integrated forward looking infrared system (FLIR).

The interior ergonomics have taken into consideration the extra gear officers are required to carry, the rear doors are mounted 'coach' style to improve dealing with suspects and the vehicles safety has been addressed in a number of ways - it can even withstand a 75 mph rear impact crash.

The Carbon 'E7' is a temporary name until the law enforcement community selects a vehicle name, check out the full specs here and more videos with some pretty entertaining testosterone-fueled promotional tactics here.

via PSFK

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Giuseppe Vipes

16 years ago

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Oh man.... that thing is just tickling me pink. Too bad its just a 3D image. At a time when car companies are about to die, shouldn't police just buy Dodge Magnums for $10K and call it a day? gotcha? yay.
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god's mustache

16 years ago

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Here Here Podell! Leave that stuff for batman and knight rider.
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Ozcan Caliskanlar

16 years ago

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I believe our police should be scary angry looking people that intimidate people. Crime is increasing in a lot of cities and living in Chicago it would be nice to see a bad ass cop actually doing something, not just standing around. The design is interested though, it doesn't look futuristic at all but I like it. I think it's time that we need new cop cars, not just those Crown Victoria's.
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Rob Podell

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Something is wrong with our country. Our police should not be scary, angry looking people intimidating others. They should be serving the public, be available to help, and be approachable. This car looks like it's going to rip your head off and crap down your throat. We do NOT need cops getting this 'attitude' of how badass they are.
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