SEAT Leon Cupra Police Car Testing in Romania
By Zack Newmark
June 4, 2009 4:27 PM
Filed Under: European, Seat, Specialty
Romania's highway patrol is currently testing the Seat Leon Cupra as a potential squad car. The police will use the vehicle on loan into November before making a final decision on its usability.
The Seat Leon Cupra has a 240 horsepower 2.0-liter TSI engine, which takes the car from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.4 seconds. This car goes from a dead stop to the one kilometer mark in 26.4 seconds, topping out at 247 km/h.
But is it enough to catch speed cheats racing to the beach for a day of sun? To compare, the Jaguar XF Diesel S being considered for the same purpose in the U.K. gets to 100 km/h a half-second quicker, with a top speed of about 250 km/h.
Executives at Porsche Romania, the official importer for the SEAT brand, thinks the car will do just fine. "We are very happy to make our contribution to reduce accidents on the highway," said Seat Brand Manager Bogdan Militaru. "Our clients are people that appreciate sportiness and dynamism but we do not encourage braking the rules and trafic. It's our way of declaring that we encourage driving sporty but not outside the law."
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you want to buy stuff using taxpayer's money, and you can test the products, you need to do the test with at least 2 different products. Like if they put an EVO X, a WRX STI and that euro Ford Focus RS in this soup, the Seat won't sand a chance. BTW, the romanian police trim looks pretty crappy, still slightly better then the flashy blue and green all over the car ones they are using in the UK.
Edited by user on June 4, 2009 at 5:21 PM
OT: That Cupra is one hot fuzz car! Police cars around the world are getting better and better!
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Hannover_(DerHexer)_Polizeifahrzeug.JPG&filetimestamp=20090311184337
It's too bad that only for 6 months will be this kind of car on their car lot.
in a way, yeah..waste of money. they have so much other problems over there. like food and crap like that.. but whatever, give `em the cupras boss.
There is only one highway in romania and its about 5 meters long!
JK
I love Romania!
P.S.: ShinyG, you are right. This is the way we are :)
Edited by user on June 5, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Little investigation into UK Jag: 'Powered by the same 275PS (202kW), 600Nm 3.0-litre parallel sequential turbo diesel engine, the Police-spec XF will do 0 - 60mph in 5.9 seconds, deliver a C02 emissions figure of just 179g/km and an average fuel economy figure of 42mpg'... less emissions than my Golf 5 GTI with tons more power and torque. Ok costly granted, but you can't argue with progression over the 5.5 litre V8's.
Edited by user on June 11, 2009 at 7:49 PM
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