Top 10: TV cop cars
We all love a ‘proper’ TV cop show, don’t we? The kind of series that offers intrigue and action in equal measure (if we’re lucky). But for many classic car fans, it’s often the four-wheeled stars that we remember before the human ones.
So join us on this celebration of ten of the best cop cars used in some of the most successful series of the last forty-odd years. From Bodie and Doyle’s RS2000 to Starsky and Hutch’s Gran Torino, there have been some truly memorable cop cars on our screens. Oh, and don’t forget to comment with your personal favourite.
Heartbeat – Ford Anglia 105E
One of the longest-running period TV dramas was Heartbeat, which first aired on ITV in 1992 and continued for a mammoth 18 series, right through to 2010. It was gentle Sunday evening viewing for its millions of fans, as they followed the residents of a fictional North Yorkshire village (Aidensfield) and its sometimes hapless but ultimately successful police officers. With Heartbeat set in the mid to late ’60s, the Ford Anglia 105E of 1959-67 became its police patrol car of choice, with numerous different examples used over the years – not all of them escaping unscathed.
80sXS on 6 January 2017
Crockett's white Testarossa in the later episodes of Miami Vice is my favourite 'cop car'. I also thought the Sapphire Cosworth was a good choice for Spender.TICKENHAMTIGER on 9 January 2017
Crockett must have been on the take to have afforded that Ferrari!Great memories of those cars. I recall seeing a show where the private detective had an Alfa 156, while strangely enough Wallander didn't have either a Saab or a Volvo.
CanAmSteve on 9 January 2017
The Saint's P1800 Volvo? Hazell's Stag?on 9 January 2017
How could you have included Steve McQueen's superb Bullet, surely one of the most iconic cop cars of all time. A 105E Anglia, are you joking?Pete4L on 9 January 2017
As CanAmSteve said .... Hazell's Stag should have been in the list and also Bodie's Capri 3.0 S..... Then there's Steed's Broadspeed Jag from the New Avengers... Or Roger moore's Aston from The Persuaders....There's so many others I could mention...Perhaps HJ should do a top 20!.....
David Harrison on 9 January 2017
Don't foget C.A.T.S: series 1,2,3 between 1985-1987.series 2 and 3 they used mk1 rs turbo one in white the other in azure blue.I had a white rs turbo at the same time and wish I still had it today.Add a comment