German police unit opt for Opel Insignia Sports Tourer

*FACEPALM*

Ist "Hessen" and not "Hesse". And you forgot VW as a policecar. In my city, 98% of the policecars are VWs. There are Tourans, Passats and the T5. No BMWs or Audis - but a few E-Classes...

...and Opel has a long tradition as basic cars for police vehicles. There were alot of Omega, Frontera, Vectra and Astra in Germany. Even some amall Corsa for the city patrol.

The Passat and the Touran aren't really jaw droppers, but the Insignia, I have always found it utterly ugly. Even the present Skoda Octavia looks better and the Superb is way over it.. and probably cheaper! Of course, that would mean that the order money goes to the Czech Republic and not Germany, but Skoda is under German ownership and Opel sits under the GM dome, so it wouldn't be such a difference...

In Germany it has nothing to do with "opted for something a little less expensive". It depends on the state which police cars are used (Hessen=Opel). In the Saarland which is adjacent to and historically closely tied to France, vehicles from French companies as well as European Ford are used as police cars. The Bavarian State Police uses mainly BMW and Audi vehicles, as both companies are based in Bavaria (BMW in Munich and Audi in Ingolstadt). In the eastern states of Germany, mostly Volkswagens are in use (Volkswagen is based in Wolfsburg, close to the eastern states). The Hessian police prefer Opel cars (General Motors-brand Opel is based in R?sselsheim near Frankfurt am Main in Hessen). Baden-W?rttemberg (where Mercedes is based) mostly uses Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen brand cars for their police force.

In Austria most police cars are ugly VW Touran :-(