Italian police write-off Lambo

By Tim Beissmann | December 03rd, 2009

Italian police have written-off one of the most valuable patrol cars in the world – a $269,000 Lamborghini Gallardo.

The police supercar ploughed into a row of parked cars after the driver of a Seat Ibiza pulled out of a service station without looking and clipped the blue and white beast.

One of the officers suffered a broken rib while the other had some mild bruising in the accident that occurred in the northern Italian town of Cremona.

The Gallardo was a present from Lamborghini to the police in 2004 to help them fight the country’s horrific accident statistics.

Around one million motorists were injured and 4731 were killed on Italy’s roads in 2008.

The officers were on their way back to the station after a road safety seminar with a group of school children.

An elite team of drivers were specifically trained to drive a fleet of the 412kW V10 machines which can reach speeds of 320km/h and accelerate from 0-100km/h in around four seconds.

The police used the Gallardo in high-speed chases and to deliver urgent transplant organs across the country – ‘used’ being the operative word.

Shak

My heart goes out to the officers
t

it just goes out to them slowly now haha!
Old Dog

Was it a fleet of one?

jojo

They have 2 Lambos in service.

Valet Dabess

an elete team, thank god cause you don’t wanna just give it to any cop
Marcoz

evertime i see this it makes me cry…
another beautiful lambo to the scrap house….
Matt

I was a little happier that it wasn’t the cops bad driving that caused the accident. I saw a Carabinieri Alfa on its roof last year and was at a loss to work out how they did that in the situation it occurred.
Yonny

What a waste….

Not as expensive or embarrassing, but I can remember a few years ago the cops in the ACT were given a turbo 4wd Volvo (can’t remember the model) for general road duties. Big media hoopla trying to justify the massive extra cost (as compared to a standard patrol car). Within days they had smashed and totalled it when chasing a stolen WRX. The WRX got away.
Frenchie

Mamma Mia!
Car Fanatic

One of VAG’s most expensive cars taken out by one of it’s least expensive a SEAT IBIZA. Sad to see though I love Gallardos
UMWAHT

are mid and rear engined cars less safe in a head on collision since the engine is at the back and nothing is in the front to absorb the impact?

or doesnt it work like that..?

Engineer

Assuming the typical vehicle design & mass, then having a large portion of the mass in the front during a frontal collision reduces the amount of energy the occupants space has to absorb. However the deceleration of the impact would increase as the crumple zone is reduced. So the occupants will experience a greater force in an FR, FF layout compared to an MR or an RR engine layout.

AAA

well done good job ~
Mike

One of the best paint jobs ever. Sad day indeed. Glad to see it wasnt the cops fault.
LC

The moron in the SEAT should be made to get the police a new one out of his own pocket, even if he has to pay it off for the rest of his life.