Bad Guys Beware: Ford Ranger Raptor And Focus ST Heading To UK Police Force

Soon, South Wales Police will be able to catch you on any terrain, with both the Ranger Raptor and Focus ST being evaluated by the force
Bad Guys Beware: Ford Ranger Raptor And Focus ST Heading To UK Police Force

As we know, out in the real world, few cars are as quick point-to-point as a hot hatchback. Given that South Wales Police is now evaluating an estate version of the seriously rapid new Ford Focus ST, miscreants in that area ought to just give up now.

Bad Guys Beware: Ford Ranger Raptor And Focus ST Heading To UK Police Force

Crucially, it isn’t the diesel variant that the force is testing - it’s the 276bhp petrol version. That means 0-62mph in 5.7 seconds and a top speed of 155mph. There’ll be no getting away from the wagon-ified hot hatch in the corners either, with the new ST coming with an electronically-controlled limited-slip differential as standard. That stolen Citroen Saxo won’t know what hit it.

If the bad guys are trying to get away in something with a little more ground clearance, the cops should have an answer for that soon too. If you dive down the next green lane, you’re going to struggle to lose the second vehicle currently being trialled by South Wales Police - a Ranger Raptor.

Bad Guys Beware: Ford Ranger Raptor And Focus ST Heading To UK Police Force

Like the Focus ST, it’s been prepared by Ford’s Special Vehicle Preparation crew in Essex. Both cars have been given a UK police livery, flashing lights and sirens. It’s standard otherwise, but given that the Raptor has 2.5-inch thick Fox dampers and a reinforced frame that can take up to 1G of load, the pick-up is plenty capable out of the box.

Bad Guys Beware: Ford Ranger Raptor And Focus ST Heading To UK Police Force

Ford UK says that the Raptor “has more than enough to keep up with crims making a getaway across gravel, mud and sand,” adding that the vehicle, “may prove to be the perfect tool to access some of the UK’s most rural locations”. We’re thinking the use of the word “may” is being a little modest.

Criminals of South Wales, you have been warned.

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Comments

Tomislav Celić

Our police has boring cars (Croatia)

The standard police car has to ba a small wagon with a diesel engine with less than 100kW of power.

And the interceptors have to be sedans with AWD, auto or dual clutch and also diesel 3.0 engine.

So our cars are just boring standard Focus Wagons and Audi A4s

11/28/2019 - 08:23 |
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You’d rather pay more tax so your police can have “cooler” cars??

11/28/2019 - 11:54 |
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That_1_Guy

The ranger raptor is good and all but

V8

11/28/2019 - 10:49 |
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It’s Wales. You don’t need a V8 in Wales

11/28/2019 - 12:28 |
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🎺🎺thank mr skeltal

In reply to by That_1_Guy

A V8 in the new Ranger is insanity, but I think a Diesel V6 would have been a better choice than the I4. I mean, the VW Amarok V6 has more power, comparable offroad capabilities and massively higher towing capacity than the Ranger Raptor, and it’s not even marketed as a special edition offroad model.

11/28/2019 - 13:26 |
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but the thing is that you don’t need a V8 in Wales, because its Wales you big Baby

11/29/2019 - 12:35 |
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Anonymous

Our police cars here are only BMW X1’s at least i could get away from them

11/28/2019 - 11:55 |
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UltimaSanctus

laughs in V8

11/28/2019 - 12:22 |
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For a couple years my city in Texas had Taurus SHO’s as squad cars. 400hp in a cop car lmao

11/28/2019 - 17:26 |
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Looks like a V6?

11/29/2019 - 21:21 |
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Yeah all I’d need to do is keep my foot down and wait for that to run out of fuel which wouldn’t take long.

12/02/2019 - 21:51 |
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Anonymous

Meanwhile in Finland.

11/28/2019 - 14:42 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

And Finnish police uses Škoda Octavias too but 99,99999% Transporters.

11/28/2019 - 14:44 |
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Anonymous

It can take 1G of load? So 1 times the force of gravity, so it moves and it will be over it’s G limit?

11/28/2019 - 21:19 |
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Stig's Police Cousin

That Ranger is arguably the best looking police pickup I’ve ever seen.

11/30/2019 - 16:18 |
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gerard88

Hi

12/04/2019 - 09:25 |
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