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800hp. Where's your Skyline Pace Car now? Enough said.
* Supercharged 5.0-litre V8 engine
* Power: 600 kilowatts in modern measurements or 800 horsepower in old-school numbers (up from 351kW or 470hp)
* In modern terms, the Falcon GT-F’s power has increased from the standard output of 351kW to 600kW, hence the ‘600’ plaque next to Dick Johnson’s name under the bonnet.
* Racing grade Brembo brakes front and rear
* Dunlop high-performance tyres (wider at the rear than at the front to improve grip)
Technology: how fast are you going now?
* On-board tablet computer to check licence status, outstanding warrants, photo ID the driver (mobile fingerprint technology being rolled out)
* Front and rear cameras record non-stop footage to a fireproof and tamperproof safe in the boot
* These two cameras can beam live images to the police operations room to monitor critical incidents (other cars will eventually be upgraded)
* Three automatic numberplate recognition cameras can detect unregistered cars — and cars likely to be driven by wanted or banned drivers — day or night
* Drug testing equipment joins the latest breath test units with GPS so police can track where the high alcohol readings are, and target those areas
* Digital encrypted radio; earlier police radio systems could be heard by scanners bought cheaply at electronics stores, today’s radio network is more secure
* Long range radar can detect speeding vehicles up to 1 kilometre away on the open road
* Handheld laser units can pinpoint individual cars in traffic, zooming in on an area the size of a numberplate. The latest laser unit also records vision for evidence in court to prove the police stopped the right car
* New LED blue and red emergency lights are brighter than before and have complete 360 degree coverage to be easier to spot in intersections; more powerful ‘take-down’ lights beam directly into the back windows of cars stopped by police
* Supercharged 5.0-litre V8 engine
* Power: 600 kilowatts in modern measurements or 800 horsepower in old-school numbers (up from 351kW or 470hp)
* In modern terms, the Falcon GT-F’s power has increased from the standard output of 351kW to 600kW, hence the ‘600’ plaque next to Dick Johnson’s name under the bonnet.
* Racing grade Brembo brakes front and rear
* Dunlop high-performance tyres (wider at the rear than at the front to improve grip)
Technology: how fast are you going now?
* On-board tablet computer to check licence status, outstanding warrants, photo ID the driver (mobile fingerprint technology being rolled out)
* Front and rear cameras record non-stop footage to a fireproof and tamperproof safe in the boot
* These two cameras can beam live images to the police operations room to monitor critical incidents (other cars will eventually be upgraded)
* Three automatic numberplate recognition cameras can detect unregistered cars — and cars likely to be driven by wanted or banned drivers — day or night
* Drug testing equipment joins the latest breath test units with GPS so police can track where the high alcohol readings are, and target those areas
* Digital encrypted radio; earlier police radio systems could be heard by scanners bought cheaply at electronics stores, today’s radio network is more secure
* Long range radar can detect speeding vehicles up to 1 kilometre away on the open road
* Handheld laser units can pinpoint individual cars in traffic, zooming in on an area the size of a numberplate. The latest laser unit also records vision for evidence in court to prove the police stopped the right car
* New LED blue and red emergency lights are brighter than before and have complete 360 degree coverage to be easier to spot in intersections; more powerful ‘take-down’ lights beam directly into the back windows of cars stopped by police
