Yeah, especially the French, I think it is, or maybe spanish, cars. They're like white and yellow.Who's idea was that. And American police mainly used the crown vic. It's not exactly a race car, but it'll get up and go. But since ford discontinued them, I've seen some dodges, not chargers, although there are a few. And some Ford Taurus-es. But for the most part, it looks like they're trying to hold on to their crown vics. Oh that never happens over here. EVERY cop has a gun, and some civilians. My dad has his concealed carry permit, meaning he can legally hide a pistol in his jacket. I'd say I'll get it too, when I'm old enough.
First (during communist times, and a few years after the government change), it was all blue with a white stripe on the side, like this: Then the doors got white: And then, it got changed to what it is currently. From what I remember, it was done for visibility sake or something. - The colors got lighter, the reflective stripes on the sides were added. A bit darker blue would look better, I guess.
Because American drivers are rarely paying any attention, you would be surprised at how many police cars are hit by careless people, and how few won't give right-of-way or pull over. Maybe they thought more lights would help this, I really don't know one way or the other, but now we have newer sirens that "rumble" a car's seats to get the attention of drivers, that might help explain a few things for you.
I don't really know. All of our emergency vehicles are like that (Police cars, ambulances, Fire trucks). Police cars usually have some in the grill, the front headlights will flash, the light bar, back window, and the tai lights will flash. I saw a Tahoe in Kentucky once that had lights in the side windows. Ambulances are about the same way, and they usually have quite a few lights on the medic box thing that makes it an ambulance (don't know what it's called). Im not too sure on fire trucks, but I know there is usually a light bar and some on the front of the cab. I know there are some on the back just not sure where.
I Hate that car. Funny thing is I think it is really well built, (not visually but...) not so refined, but that versus a chevy aveo would womp it. (although the Aveo is really a Korean junkbox lol) However, that comment was pretty abrupt and baseless. I don't like European cars because they are ugly and heavy. Just my opinion.
You dont like: Porsche, Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW, Lamborghini, Ferrari and many other cars? LOL.... I like most of all cars... American, European, Asian... I just dont like thery ugly cars and ugly cars are EVERYWHERE not just in Amerca, Europe or Asia.
In france about the police... : (imported from here) Peugeot 308 I the most of time, or Citroen Berlingo... or cars with the same size of 308 (megane, megane sw..) (imported from here) And for gendarmes : (gendarmes are a branch of the military, policing rural and semi-rural areas.) (imported from here) Megane III RS for fast guys... or normal cars like megane sw, citroen c4... and vans. But nowadays they buy Ford... (imported from here) Voila voila..
All of the posts about Chrysler being awful I tend to agree with. They produced the most hideous car I've ever seen (Concorde), destroyed the awesomeness that was the Dodge Viper, put the Challenger and Charger on some pretty bad chassis, turned the Jeep brand into an ugly, cheap (quality-wise, not price-wise) Hummer knockoff, and don't even get me started on Plymouth. Before 2006, though, you couldn't beat a Jeep Wrangler or Cherokee for pure bad-ass American looks and off-road performance. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
About the guy who said American cars aren't as refined, that was the 80's. I sat in a Mercedes at the North American International Auto Show, and I felt a KIA Forte and a Ford Fusion (mondeo. My mother drives one) more comfortable. I was in my cousin's '01 E-Class and it had terrible build quality at 140,000 miles (225,300 Km). Don't even get me started on the S-Class. And no, I'd rather not drive a supercar to the guy whoever said that. BMW has a hard-to-control SatNav. Terrible customer service according to my grandmother who recently traded her 2010 3-series. My mother's MAZDA6 from 2004 had amazing quality (although a tiny bit plasticky). Never let us down until 180,000 miles. My brother's 2004 MINI is great. I don't know why the stereotype is that all of our cars are gas guzzling boats if my mom's fusion/mondeo gets about 26-31 MPG, and my neighbors' Buick Regal (Insignia) is only 15 feet long. The last actual boat I think would've been the 2005 Cadillac DeVille...
The fusion used a euro derived engine not american, it is pretty much a european car in all regards. Mondeo itself was designed by ford in the UK, the current fusion is a rebadged mondeo. Yet oddly a UK specced mondeo does better than 26-31mpg... 35-50 instead. Wonder what on earth it is they are doing to engines in the US to get such poor economy figures in comparison...
So American cars are good because the Japanese mazda is reliable and so is the German mini? (MINI is owned and ran by BMW fyi) The KIA is Korean and they seem to be doing very well recently on pretty much all terms. In the UK customer service is usually done through the dealer, i am assuming its the same in America? But every country has its priorities, the UK will differ to the US considerably.
Mini was developed in Britain though (yes the current BMW owned one) and actually started development under rover before BMW bought mini, it did become much sportier post BMW purchase but was still designed by British designers in Britain, BMW just provided the paycheck.
That is true (haven't heard about the rover thing but i will believe you on that one ), i think the engines are assembled in the UK too. I probably should have elaborated on that point. But still, its not an American car.
I wasn't necessarily trying to say that they (MINI and KIA) are American. I was comparing them. I was saying how I'm not a "buy american" this and "you'll save your job by buying American," because I know people try to use that as a "counter-attack." Yes, I know MINI is BMW owned and their dealer service here sucks a$$. All in all, I was simply trying to say that the American cars aren't as low quality as others were saying and that they've become much more refined than the 70s when it was true because of the over-sized bumpers, opera tops, etc. as well as the all-around bad American build quality of the 90s
