Volvo V90 Swedish Police Fleet
The Volvo V90 has been selected
as the latest member of the Swedish Police vehicle fleet, and the police force
will be taking delivery of the new vehicles next year following the V90’s
achievements in the Swedish police’s driving test for its vehicles.
Testing for Swedish police cars
involve five areas: braking, obstacle course driving, evasive action with and
without braking and high-speed, emergency driving. The V90 managed an overall
score of 9.2 out of 10, the highest ever achieved by any vehicle in the Swedish
police car test, according to Volvo.
The Volvo Car Special Products
department was tasked to transform the series-production V90 station wagon into
a police service-ready emergency vehicle, which includes chassis strengthening,
upgraded brake and suspension components, as well as the addition of the
requisite police duty tools and communications equipment.
The V90’s makeover from standard
unit to police car takes approximately one week at Volvo’s special
manufacturing facility in Torslanda, Sweden. Volvo intends to sell the police
V90 outside of Sweden – not just within Europe, but across the globe as well.
Police forces that have used Volvos in the past include Norway, Italy, the
United Kingdom, the Netherlands and of course, Malaysia.
