Is This The FASTEST Police Car In the UK? - Kia Stinger 

has someone jumped on the pillar above the window? 🤣

Probably just standard with uprated brakes and suspension that's it

​@kurtdreslin4406 suspension won't need tweeking it's electronic adjustable dampers and brakes are brembos

Feds don't tune cars, they need them to be reliable without a maintenance schedule. Need them ready for when they need to not investigate a break in

​@@CobaltSkiesfeds?

The car is like 3.9 0-60

😂

Was it an 07 Boxster?

@@Rookiereece 911

Don’t need to access the radio unit, once turned on and booked into a call sign. Apart from rare instances where I imagine they’ll be stopping to change channels or getting their crew mate to do it. Radios also regularly go in the glove box.

@@johndory649 It's sometimes necessary to change channels, and if you're in a pursuit while single crewed it's going to be impossible. I'm not a police officer I should hasten to add, but I do know a few through my work. As a radio amateur, I change channels quite often, so the console really needs to be accessible.

Which bmw ?

Then you're an idiot because they're not that far off in price.. the BMW is better but the Kia is a great car

The question is have you driven a new 330d or any 30d model ? And compared it to a stinger…. My mum has a 17 plate Sportage gt line s and I love it but I do get where you are coming from

Even an m5 comp haha

@@malvinjnrn7784 I own a 2017 335d estate. It’s a weapon. I know in Yorkshire (which is where I’m from) police did use 330d for a while.

PS5S or the Conti sport 7s both out perform the PS4S

PS5S are only on a couple of OEM cars such as Aston Martin so far and not available for the rest of the market. The Continental are the new top dog in outright grip though.

Likely just similar tyres with a higher load rating.

Got one of those for my amateur radio PTT.

So if you’re a cop, then you should know stage one and stage two in cars and customising them voids warranty, that’s why police cars are slower than the same car because of all the gear we have to carry 👍🏻

As an owner I can confirm they are! Brilliant cars but you cannot boot it around a corner in the wet. Rest of the time they are brilliant to drive and get a proper shift on when you want

Failed to mention why BMW are no longer supplying them or ACTUALLY, why the police force no longer wants them. They are death traps & can't handle being driven hard by the police.

4wdrive actually, which is better, of course……till it does let go… would the advanced cops perhaps prefer 2nd ? Enjoying my stinger on the good roads in Spain, tho seems to be not quite as many,maintenance of some roads is a bit hit and miss!

Simple answer. They’re expensive. Brand new rs6 is like £100k how much are these stingers half the price ?

@@TheBang911 I hear you. I really do. But, if money was no object. And the best tool in the right hands could be a thing... I'd argue for a RS6. Not a fleet of them, just one per force. As a start. Audi could look to subsidise the cost Question. Any current serving or retired Traffic Officer, Would the RS6 be a bad option? The modern day T5 estate?

​@@imaner76to understeer into a tree on a B road?

@@imaner76 I really don't see the point of just having 1 nice vehicle, I mean what difference can it really make you might as well just use that 100k to update the other vehicles or something. It's not like you're going to destroy a 1/1 100k vehicle just because it's a "special pursuit vehicle."

@@imaner76 absolutely agree with you in terms of the rs6 being arguably the best for the job if money/budget wasn’t an issue. I’m no expert regarding the police budget, etc just sharing my humble thoughts. I think they factor in more than just the initial cost of the vehicle too. Sometimes they use these vehicles to ram someone. Don’t know if they’d be happy doing that with a 100k car or if Audi would subsidise knowing that this would be on the cards etc. I wonder within the police fleet how many get written off for reasons like this. I also imagine a sizeable difference in running costs between having a fleet of 4.0 V8’s compared to a fleet of 3.0 V6’s

Sadly manuals are dying😢

@@robc1014 Auto boxes are too easy and takes a big part of the joy away. Very little freedom with an Auto and a massive headache when they go wrong. Nothing beats shifting gears in rapid motion and the extra freedom you get.

Lol I doubt it most of he others are restricted and would leave this for dust it might have big power but it’s also got bit weight

Police bmw 340i would smoke this

The interceptors has suped up evos but this is definitely up there

Lol stop trying to big up a kia u pleb

​@@asseater247 Xdrive 340i makes much more sense.

Nobody's building any 😿

British cars can't see the police driving a McLaren Morgan or a Noble can you

@@kurtdreslin4406 Jag, Vauxhall, Ranges / Lands, a bloody Mclaren isn't the only british car

@@luuifyi love a jag as much as the next man but they’re gonna pick a brand with a better reliability reputation. You need a reliable car for police use.

​@@luuifydid you miss the bit where Jag and LR are no longer a British brand 🤣😭

I used to watch him on 'telly as well. Then I met him in t'pub. He's a right knob. Seriously, I went to tell him I love your vids and that, and he looked at me like something he'd scraped off his fancy boots. He can go fk himself.

Oops 😋 Glad everyone is ok, though.

Can't brag about a diesel

Most RPU cars are autos these days keeps hands free to steer/coms control 🤔

Shitbags are rarely all that good at driving, though.

They don't unfortunately unless it's standard

@@TheManLab7 thats mad, so they have to wait until it gets recovered but if they have runflats they can drive up to 50 miles with a flat tyre.

Run flats don’t stay inflated after a stinger.

@@Danfrank24 i know that, thats why they are called run flats, you can run your car on a flat tyre 😂

@@JosephRawsthorne31 sorry maybe I didn’t explain that great. It chews the tyre up because there’s so many holes in. They’re meant for driving at 30 mph to a garage not 100mph sliding round corners.

Seemed to review very well, top gear died long time ago

Yep, I got the 4th last off the line, Kia is ev central now!

Eh..?

Last month

Using these, u can find responding videos of them on yt

Yer of course they're actually using them. They would not buy a £45,000 car just for show.

Travelling in convoy with another vehicle at night so that driver isn't dazzled is one reason.

​@@mstevens113ahh ok. What about the rear blues and rear reds

@@tomalex4806 stopped on scene, say on a dual carriageway. No need to warn anything in front since you aren't moving through traffic, only the traffic from the rear needs warning of a hazard ahead. Helps prevent rubber neckers on the other side of the road being drawn to the sight of blues and not watching their side of the road. Or at night when working in front of the vehicle it removes the potentially disorientating bright flashing.

All wireless cars are easy to steal

OH yes 😁

Money wasted on this show car. While they ignore hundreds of reported crimes. Phone up to say your house has been burgled or your business has been robbed and the police let the victims down.

Typical stupid comment

You feeling ok

Lack of boot space is one reason

I bet you can fit a load of kit in the back

You must be joking..! That's not a proper Mini, it's bigger than a sodding Maxi..! Alec Issigonis must be rolling in his grave 😡

South Yorkshire police have

The pre facelift version has much better unique tail lights, not sure why they went for light bars like most new cars now

Hit the nail on the head there sir, so many 4 wheel drive cars that would just gap them and if it was wet they totally screwed.

This is what watching 1000bhp youtube builds does to people. It keeps up with 99% of cars on the road though, 350 brake is plenty quick enough

the average hp for cars on UK roads is between 100-200, so it is 100% a high powered car.

Even my mums car is 280bhp I had a 200bhp car when I was 21 I'm 41 now and lots of cars make way more than 200bhp a 2 litre BMW makes that and its low engine power compared to the 3 litre which is BMW best engine. A rear drive Kia is a rubbish choice it's got to be 4 wheel drive to put the power down, a s3 Audi would leave it in the wet on the twisty roads, poor choice but I bet Kia did a deal and that's why they got it

It is a high powered car - and don't forget the police drivers have better training than some spotty little herbert in a remapped shopping hatchback.

Wow…….just wow 😂🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ never heard anything like it!

@@BenPearson1965 They don't seem to understand without ground units all the criminal has to do is drive around for a couple of hours and the 'copter will have to withdraw due to endurance times.

@@BenPearson1965 Helicopters would be better if they were fitted with air to ground missiles 🤣

What a hero! Yeah mine does too….plus my dad’s harder than your dad, my mums hoover is better than your mums, and when you had 2 beers I had 4,……what a child.

Wait until they get the Bugatti Veyron 😆

@@BenPearson1965 says the guy who retired from the police because your head went. Give it wobble mate you have got a scooby what speed is. 🤦‍♂️🤣

@@richie7361 You plonker. You have no idea what Ben went through. Big man behind your keyboard, aren't you. Disgraceful 😡 Oh well, I expect you'll get yours eventually, if you ride like a twonk for long enough. Then one of Ben's mates will have to inform your nearest and dearest why you're not coming home. Can't say I'd lose any sleep, though 🛌

@@TestGearJunkie. Or helicopter!

Ok….the amount of times I’ve heard that! I’m going to my first ever boxing match tomorrow too. It’s for the work championship! Never had one match, lesson or coaching…..but I know I can been him! 🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂

​@@BenPearson1965 I have 150 hp on you, 700nm of torque, DSG, proper sport suspension, wide tires, and all wheel drive. 4 second flat 0-60 and a 210-220 MPH top speed. And I know what you are going to say, experience, training, etc. Unlike most people I have had a lot of advanced driving training which includes category C, CE, and D endorsements on my licence, CPC, ADI training (Approved driving instructor), RoSPA certification, and ESDS training (Emergency services driver standard), the last of which I intend to continue and do the ESDS trainer course to become an ESDS instructor. That is to say, I have a full bookshelf of all the RSA and DVSA handbooks, including the Police drivers handbook to roadcraft; and know my cars capabilities, but more importantly its limits, inside out and backwards Your training is really good, having done something similar myself. However, trying to catch somebody who knows what they are doing, and is driving a car with significantly better performance and handling is going to be very difficult if not impossible even for the best trained drivers. With a car that hot the best thing to do is back off and wait until it runs out of fuel or stops (you can also try stinging it), because realistically you arent going to be able to safely put a box stop on it. Its a nice car, its quick, but not quick enough to catch the Audi. I'm pretty confident the only thing catching it is the helicopter or a spike strip 🤣

@@BenPearson1965 I'd give it a run Ben, i cut my teeth on RS2000 Escorts and RS3100 Capris, so oversteer is second nature even at racing speeds. Add in several years of club racing and i now run a near 700hp XFR. I think the poor Stinger might struggle if i decided to drop the pedal, especially with the weight penalty all the police gear imposes. Not that i would of course but theoretically!

Ha ha I like it. But unfortunately you have to abide by the rules and laws of the road, and tell that to all the RS6, SVRs, Evo 7’s, Ferrari and Lamborghinis, M140s we’ve caught as they’ve crashed at the first corner ha ha. Everyone’s all mouth until it happens then when we’re say 3 inch from your rear end at 100mph plus, the bottle soon goes.

@@BenPearson1965 I suspect most of those types have absolutely no idea about 'feel' or feedback if you like from the tyres and suspension of a vehicle. Give any of them an old RS3100 and a wet roundabout you would be scraping them up! There are some of us who can pedal a motor and know how to make big HP 4 door motors 'pick their skirts up and run'! Theoretically of course. These modern ones with paddles respond very well to 'trail braking' them in while downshifting and then feeding as much power in as they will take as soon as you see the apex. My Jag if you are in the mood and disable the traction you can still have 3/4 of a twist of opposite on 100yrds from the apex (on a track of course)! Trouble is these toey motors have become cheap enough to get into the hands of those to young to know, and those who can afford them new generally have not had the experience to handle them.