Italian Police Destroy a Lambourghini

jumpguy

Italian police have crashed their most valuable patrol car, a 165,000-euro (£150,000) Lamborghini.

The accident happened near the northern Italian town of Cremona where it was on display at a student jobs fair.

Reports say the car swerved to avoid another vehicle which crossed into its path, ploughing into two stationary cars. It was damaged beyond repair.

One of the two officers in the vehicle at the time of the incident suffered a broken rib, the other received bruises.

The Lamborghini car, painted in the Italian police force's blue and white colours, was a gift to the force from the carmakers in 2004.

The six-speed luxury vehicle with a 500-horsepower engine is designed to go from zero to 100km/h (60mph) in four seconds.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8388128.stm


Ohhh...just look at that picture....only in Italy.

Daemos

Kind of stupid to use a supercar as a police car, don't you think?

They must want top billing on Police, Camera, Action this week :rolleyes:

Dempsey

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

Kind of stupid to use a supercar as a police car, don't you think?

They must want top billing on Police, Camera, Action this week :rolleyes:

It was a gift, why not?

orourkeda

When are they appearing on Italys dumbest criminals?

mfays

Cant believe it lasted 5 years!!!

Banter Joe

I think it's weird that when I hear about some car bomb in Iraq that's killed 30 people, I hardly even notice, but the picture of that smashed Lambourghini made me feel a bit sad.

partyatmygaff

Well lamborghini might give them another gift. For all we know this gift could have a bribe, If people think Ireland is corrupt they should see Italy.

GLaDOS

It's a car, what's the big deal?

RMD

I would break the law just to end up in the back of that car. Knowin how Berlusconi runs the place he's probably got 2 hotties patrollin in that thing as well.

Jet Black

Id say there was fights in the station every moring on who got to take that out. Not anymore..

GLaDOS

RMD wrote: »

I would break the law just to end up in the back of that car.

From the looks of the picture, someone way trying that

Wagon

I think it was used to chase stolen supercars because normal police cars couldn't keep up with it.

dr.bollocko

I would love to write off a lambo. Plus everybody I know completely abuses cars provided by work anyway.

ScumLord

Ha Ha, stupid Italians.

jumpguy

Banter Joe wrote: »

I think it's weird that when I hear about some car bomb in Iraq that's killed 30 people, I hardly even notice, but the picture of that smashed Lambourghini made me feel a bit sad.

Same...when I saw "damaged beyond repair" it brought a tear to my eye.

Wagon wrote: »

I think it was used to chase stolen supercars because normal police cars couldn't keep up with it.

Are you a politician?