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Dubai splurges on 700hp, 217mph Lamborghini police cruiser
The Dubai police force can expect a flood of applications for its cadet academy now that it has added a 217mph Lamborghini Aventador to its cruiser fleet.
How much did it set back Dubai's Finest to get their hands on this stylish bit of four-wheeled extravagance? It depends upon whom you believe: Sky News puts the price at £250,000 ($385,000), Metro says £350,000 ($535,000), and the Huffington Post can't make up its mind, with one story saying $400,000 and another, $550,000.
Whatever. No matter what the price of this beast, it's a safe bet that neither you nor your ink-stained Reg hack will ever have the pleasure of pressing the Aventador's pedal to the proverbial metal, and having its 6,500 cubic-centimeter, 700 horsepower V12 engine's acceleration thrust us back into what we can only assume is its fine leather driver's seat as it accelerates from zero to 60mph in three seconds, as reported by the New York Daily News.
Oh, and the Daily News says it cost $450,000.
While the Lamborghini Aventador may seem a wee bit over-the-top for a cop car, it does have its practical uses. Sky News reports, for example, that 15 per cent of the traffic tickets issued on any given day in Dubai are for speeding in excess of 130mph – and this Lambo has more than enough giddy-up to overtake lead foots (lead feet?) with effortless celerity.
Sky News refers to as "the emirate's notorious Sheikh Zayed highway," site of many of the 122 deaths and 2,161 injuries in auto accidents during 2012 in Dubai.
