Author: P. Dejnak
A police car is a unified emergency vehicle used by the police and uses light and sound warning systems. Since marking their cars after 2004, the Polish police use blue stickers with white inscriptions, and the color of police cars is usually silver. At the beginning of 2018, there were about 21,500 police cars of various types in the Polish police, including: passenger cars, off-road vehicles, vans, trucks, but also buses (96) or specialized vehicles (approx. 450 pieces). Among passenger cars, Kia Cee'd, Kia Venga and Opel cars (especially the Astra, Vectra and Insignia models) were most often used. The most frequently used vans were Fiat Ducato and Fiat Doblo, but also various models of the Volkswagen brand, for example: Transporter, Crafter or Caddy. It is also worth adding that for several years there has been a special unit in the Polish police called "SPEED" designed to prosecute road pirates on highways. It is equipped primarily with Kia Stinger GT cars (with an engine power of 366 HP) and BMW 3 Series cars specially adapted to the service.
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class is a German off-road car that was first presented to the public in 1979. Serial production started in the same year and continues to this day. Its main production site was the city of Graz in Austria.
Work on the Mercedes G-Class began in 1972, and their goal was to create a car with the best possible off-road characteristics, high reliability and relatively light. Moreover, the main recipient of these cars was to be the Bundeswehr, that is - the West German armed forces at that time! Finally, the car, to a limited extent and later than planned, went to the German army, but was used by the armed forces of other countries, including Greece and Hungary. In 1979, the civil version was introduced, which with subsequent modernizations evolved into an increasingly luxurious passenger car, but retaining considerable off-road capability. In 2018, the latest generation of the car (designation: W464) was presented, which underwent a facelift, improved styling and off-road ability, and used two basic power units: V8 engines with 420 and 585 hp.