Italian police get Lamborghinis for high speed chases

Описание: (10 Jun 2004)
1. Police agents getting in the Lamborghini police car
2. Close-up Lamborghini police exhaust
3. Lamborghini police car driving around Colosseum
4. Various ancient Roman remains
5. Lamborghini parking in front of Colosseum
6. Lamborghini police car's siren
7. Police agents getting out of Lamborghini
8. Various interiors of Lamborghini
9. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Fabio Iacomini, Assistant agent:
"The features of the car... this is a Lamborghini Gallardo, it has a 5,000 cubic capacity, 500 horsepower, its maximum speed is about 310 Km/h. It is very safe car because it is also a 4x4 car, it has got a hundred percent aluminium chassis."
10. Police agent getting out car
11. Police agent taking out an organ box from Lamborghini's bonnet
12. Police agent looking into the bonnet
13. Police agent
14. First aid equipment
15. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Laura Ciano, Inspector agent
"Surprise... We drove through Rome for a short distance and people approached us looking at the car because obviously it is unusual. A Lamborghini in the police is something new."
16. Various of Lamborghini
17. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Voxpop, Joseph McGawn, Irish tourist:
"I am sure our police force would absolutely love to have Lamborghini in their force... yeah, absolutely."
18. Tracking shot Lamborghini on highway
19. Driver talking through radio
20. Close-up Lamborghini wheel
21. Lamborghini overtaking
22. Lamborghini driving away as the traffic light turns green
STORYLINE:
Italian police have taken their new Lamborghini for a test drive around Rome, passing the Italian capital's historic monuments and causing quite a stir on the streets.
The new car is now ready for service, fitted with a siren and painted blue-and-white with the word "POLIZIA" written on the side.
Police officials say the Lamborghini will be used on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria highway in southern Italy, for emergencies and to transport organs for transplant. There's even a specially-designed cooler compartment for the organs.
But this isn't the first time the Italian police have used racing cars. In the 1960s Italian criminal police were given a black Ferrari to chase bank robbers.
Its driver, Mr Spadafora, became legendary when he drove the Ferrari down the 'Spanish Steps' in Rome during a car chase.
Lamborghini, which is owned by Volkswagen and based near Bologna in northern Italy, donated the new car to the police.
The six-speed, two-door luxury vehicle can go from zero to 95 kilometres per hour (60 miles per hour) in four seconds and has a list price of 165,000 US dollars, with a top speed of 310 km per hour (192 miles per hour).
It look like Italian drivers who use the roads as their own personal racing tracks are about to lose the race.

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