You wouldn't want to go against that. Believe me.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian police has bought 25 high-powered Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution cars to catch criminals and speed hogs.
The cars, worth several millions of ringgit, would be fitted with safety gadgets and would sport the looks of police patrol cars.Sources said the police had already taken possession and were testing the cars before sending them to the Road Transport Department for registration and approval.
“The cars are to be used in high-speed car chase, especially in cases of carjacking, kidnapping and hijacking.
“The speed of the cars would enable the police to catch up with criminals who often used modified turbo charged cars to escape,” they said.
Several police personnel have been sent to undergo intensive driving classes to ensure they are able to handle the super charged cars, they added.
The cars, they said, would also be used by the highway patrol unit to monitor speed hogs or illegal racers.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan confirmed the purchase but declined to elaborate. – source thestar.com.my
Now, this is a very good thing. Despite spending millions to better arm our criminal-fighting-armada, Malaysian Police will at least have a fighting chance over highly funded criminals in Malaysia.
Buying a Mitsubishi Evolution X for this purpose will also send a message to local car manufacturers that their cars are no where good enough for this purpose. Car manufacturing industries are getting very competitive and if local manufacturers keep ignoring this threat, they are going to lose business soon.
From my opinion, they should have diversified the purchase slightly. Maybe they can throw in Nissan GTR into the mix. 
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Evo X for a police car…i dont think that is a good idea. In fact, it is a waste of money spending millions of ringgit on just a car. Crimes like carjacking, kidnapping and hijacking do not require high speed chasing, even if it really do, road blocks can be setup through simple radio communication.
And why Evo X, the police can get a sport police car with lower price, why not Evo 7!!! Or support Malaysia Proton brand, such as Perdana.
As a normal citizen, i do believe that it is a bad and irrational idea on purchasing this car, and i hope one day this car will appear on the newspaper showing how many crimes rate reduce than i am impress
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mohd.yusuf Reply:
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:56 am
Josh, you made some of very good points. Actually they dont just buy “a” car, they bought 25 of them, which is why they cost millions.
However, i still think it’s a good idea on getting a sport car in preparation to a high speed chase. Since criminals are getting faster day by day. Maybe 25 units are too much. Seven, or maybe ten would be more than adequate for now.
On a different note, they cant buy Malaysian made, namely Perdana; Perdana is no where good enough for high speed chase. The technology on current Perdana is very primitive, not to mention, heavily underpowered.
It’s like sending a fat cow to catch an Arabian horse
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From my point of view, it think for Malaysia to upgrade to Evo cars its a good move, we been using satria GTI and Perdana. Now days people using much more faster cars then perdana such as turbo charges and etc. It’s a change to spend our tax money for our own safety , and I agree with yusuf buying too much also not good better around 10 to 15 would be significant.
Its would be a good image for RMP and Malaysian too..
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Guys……guys……guys……u guys are really negatif thinkers and narrow minded…..just imagine one day one of you guys car get stollen and police are trying to chase your car by using a normal waja and u guys are using BMW…..how fast a BMW can run on the road and fast a waja can run to chase the BMW??? for safety wise….if im the cop thats drive a patrol car waja…i dont think that i care to chase you guys BMW……for the 1st time in malaysian history at least Royal Malaysian Police has done a good job by making that kind of move buying evo x……now im abit proud of them cause at lease can see them in action with evo x not in junk to chase criminals…….guys……dnt always think negatif……in think Royal Malaysian Police is doing a good job now……keep it up……
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I agree with Kichi. Other countries has been using sport cars for high pursuit chase and do you expect us to use a WAJA or PERDANA? So uncivillize… Japan had Nissan Skyline R34, USA with Chevy Corvette Z6… Came on guys… Get real…. Even a thief drove a BMW M3 nowadays…
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Wow…..guys there is negative and positive thinking…..but as you all know Malaysia memang BOLEH.Why 25 unit???This is EVO X very expensive investment….Less like 5 to 10 should be ok.What to chase…..Malaysia road is small not like others country….huge highway…..If in KL where to run…..very where JAM!!!!…..Anhhhyyyooooo……some more the bad guys most of them use 4WD….more stable….the money should be using for poor people….some nowday economic is really bad….ths year….Pls think….before you buy…
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yo, please think positively ,
if a carjacker steal SUBARU IMPREZA W.R.I and the police chasing with perdana
if see i will laugh so loud,
if illegal street racer with skyline R34 and they hit a man and police chasing with perdana again!!
oh.. so KESIAN!!!
HIT ME BACK
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I think is Evo is fine , not waste of money because these cars are used for hot pursuits, it is a cheaper alternative than subaru impreza.. but safety wise not very sure.. prefer old volvo… perdana and other japanese makes can’t accelerate too much and u can feel the vibration..usually evos help us to do box in manoevure but have not tried one..yet.. most thiefs here use high performance car such as BMWs , thus evo is the best cheaper alternative to chase these thiefs…
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i hope the evo still have the speed limit
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The Great, you are so narrow minded. You think Malaysia is consist of Kuala Lumpur only ah? Plus car-jackers will surely won’t drive around KL, too many CCTVs and traffic lights.
I think PDRM made a good move by starting with Mitsubishi Evo, maybe when the criminals in Malaysia move to Ferrari & Lambo then only PDRM need to improve. No point using a Ferrari to chase after a turbo-charged Proton. Do you guys know that the Customs already have BMWs as patrol cars? 5 series, I think should cost more than EVO-X. Normally govt won’t purchase any cars. They just rent them, this includes maintenance, repair & stand-by car if the normal car is being repaired. If you look at the package, few millions of Ringgit for 25 Evo-X is definitely worth it.
And I also think we should not condemn local car manufacturers if their car is not fit for use. If Proton produces high-end racing cars, will you buy? Or how many will buy? Please don’t give stupid excuse like Proton high-end sports cars should cost below 100k…you pay for what you get la. If the market is not there, no point investing. Do you know that 1 die (to stamp car body parts) could cost more than RM1 million? If only 500 units are sold, while the dies can punch out 10million cars…what would be the ROI (return of investment)?
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Congratulations to PDRM,
Good-good-good, the right choices. Singapore police already used Subaru Turbo long time ago. Why not PDRM? Don’t think that this is waste of money brothers. You see, how many imported half-cut cars per month to Malaysia? Who’s buy them? What’s the purposed of that? Now the prices increased every month not included mounting proses and bla-bla. This is not included others high performance car like Subaru, Nissan, BMW, Minis and etc…You see sudah berapa banyak polis mati kejar penjenayah. Aku agreeeeeed with that. The most and better decision by PDRM. U should be proud of that.
Go go go go go go go, GOOD LUCK MR POLICE.
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are u malaysian?
u should proud that our goverment can bought this car to stop the criminal,
stop saying “waste”, really annoyingla
c’mon ur guys, berani kerana benar, takut kerana salah,
think about it!
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I think it’s a great move! At least we can see where citizens’ money goes to.
Definitely agree with what Daniel said. I’m glad we still have such Malaysian around. Open minded and being supportive! Kudos!
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just hope they don’t use it just to escort the vip or vvip vehicles…use it to chase the criminal’s
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Evo X? Better spend the money on managing the road blocking. I agree with Josh, why don’t use Perdana? V6 is not enough for high speed chasing? I thought government encourage citizen to buy local car? It seems that government prefer foreign car than the local one.
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Those who said it’s a stupid thing can just drop dead and die. Didn’t you know Perdana V6s are heavy on the fuel consumption while not really providing the needed horsepower in high speed car chases. Do your research first before saying it’s a bad thing lah. European countries cops have been using M5s since I don’t know, before you were born. say. And 25 is too much? Are you guys kidding me? Let’s say if you deploy 3 of the evos is KL, 3 in the north, 3 in the south, 3 in sabah and 3 in sarawak and the rest split amongst the other states, you think enough ah? Think first la!
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hey3!!..
c’mon.. please positive thinking maa… even singapore police use subaru .. why malaysia tak boleh nak maju..ape daa… please open minded lah,,
nowdays,, so many thief used high performance cars..
so PDRM hav take a good solution by bought these evos..
so vote for it!! please bear that in mind sampai bila pdrm nk gune je perdana v6 tuh. the mantainance cost is too high u know..!
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Tahniah PDRm! akhirnya…semua department punya kereta identiti masing2.hebat2 belaka.kecuali……..tentera di raja, “Iswara keta kebal”.tapi ada udang sebalik kuey teow, nak saving untuk beli hammer.baru fair.menjaga keselamatan luar dan dalam negara.mempertaruhkan maruah , agama , bangsa dan nyawa.kita sebenarnya ketinggalan jauh berbanding negara lain di dunia.diaorang sibuk pakai spyker, lambo, porsche, skyline….kita baru evo 10.itu pun beli tax free..ntah 2 sponsor from mitsubishi.nak pancing service prompt from polis.bagus juga pakai teknologi car untuk banteras jenayah.nak harap waja kejar M3 memang makan asap la..bersam membenteras jenayah.
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Get helikopter aja la.
Police need more information rather than car chase. Make civilian life in danger.
I even saw police car chase motor bike, quest who win ? motor bike win at round about =.=
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cool… i agree wif all the positive thinkers.. i’m proud 2 say that our PDRM is nw havin EVO running on town instead of waja or perdana V6..!!! such a great idea and the criminals will hv 2 think twice b4 doin anythin stupid… nice thread dude..!!! think wide guyz.. 25 cars.. NOT ENOUGH!!!!!!! 2 save 22 millions peoples life, u think 25 cars will do.. negative thinkers.. plz use yr brains b4 u say sumthing.. dont worry on de money they spend.. 1 day when yr life in trouble.. it will help u.. Millions are not worth of our lives.. pls understand that..!!!
MALAYSIA BOLEH….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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klu dari segi pembaziran….memang ya lah…..tapi dari segi logik nya…. bagus jugak… sebab kereta mat2 racing semuanya laju2….kita pakai kereta waja saja…… apa kelasss…..tapi pemandu kereta polis tu mestilah hebat dan berpengalaman……seperti bapa akulah….dia bekas anggota polis yang memandu kereta peronda dan mendapat lesen dari grand prix dan dilatih dilitar lumba kereta…….jika tak pemandu polis tak cekap pandu… kereta ada enjin jet pun tak dapat ligan……tapi polis jangan pulak salah guna plak….ada sesengah polis yang salah guna….ya lah buat mcm kereta sendiri…..mmc x tu…bleh jugak digunakan untuk eskot org2 vip…jgk….PDRM seharusnya ambil peluang ini untuk membuktikan keupayaan kereta ini untuk tugas mereka… bukan sekadar untuk eksen jak……kali ini tidak alasan lagi mat2 racing terlepas… bleh dikejar…..sampai dapat……di euro street racing adalah dipandnag hina…. oleh masyarakat dorang….so…polis2 sekalian cegah lumba haram…..GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!
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For sure Evo X was a right choice for the purpose compare to Perdana V6.
But More importantly it has to be driven by a properly trainned officer equipped with right skills set (both driving and their professionalism).
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if a supra wif turbo engine add a super charger …. 12xx HP
proton wira mivec engine?
peroduo kancil L500?
or saga mivec agn?
or kembara for longgar?
perdana v6?
lol all the cars is …. throw in rubbish
turbo also useless sia…
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My opinion is ntg goes wrong if gov buys any super car as patrol car.I just remember that they say before “we should support Buatan Malaysia, Buy Local Car “? But why the f**k now all buy foreign car? And i dunno why they need a super car for chasing criminal. Only kl already got few thousand police. Wat they all do ? They cant even catch one car of criminal with a turbo charged car? just my opinion and questioning. Peace
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sebab keta buatan malaysia yang ada dlm pasukan PDRM dah lapuk.. keta yang dah berumur 10 tahun ke atas. mana la dapat kejar keta baru sekarang ni bro.. fikir la. polis lain pun ada tugas dia juga. bukan setakat nak settle 1 kes jenayah saja. dalam 1 hari boleh sampai beribu kes jenayah. jangan asyik nak kritik orang saja bro.. ko pun x perfect jugak. memang elok PDRM beli keta EVO X.. kementerian dah rancang perbelanjaan negara. dorang lagi bijak dari korang. kalau tak, dah lama dah kita kena serang lanun.. pengajaran nya, enjin keta buatan malaysia perlu ditukar. baru la power. semua orang di malaysia ni pun tahu tang keta malaysia x setanding dengan keta skyline, BMW, subaru impreza, bla bla.. beli keta EVO X pun korang kutuk. buka minda tu sikit. patut la tak maju. ‘katak di bawah tempurung’…. MALAYSIA BOLEH, PDRM BOLEH….
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http://blog.wemotor.com/2009/07/dont-bother-running-from-british-cops-in-humberside/
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1st thing is, it’s a good move that PDRM bought a new hot looking car for hot pursuit, but for my opinion, why dont they upgrade our super car like LOTUS(even though it’s not a local made, but still owned by proton right?), rather than buying EVOX and upgrading it. Maybe it’s expensive, but they dont have to buy it over 20 cars.
2nd It’s better if we use cars that can cut throuh edges, as we all know, that all our traffic is always jamed all the time, not to mention if there’s an highway upgrade or an accidents,roadblock, and even if SOMEONE STOPING BY THE HIGHWAY WILL CAUSE A JAM!!!
Malaysia have some factors that have to be corrected, in terms of highway(traffic roads vehicle Et cetera) people and other things.
Like our friend ZAM says, Japan had Nissan Skyline R34, and US is using a Chevy Corvette Z6 or maybe even BETTER! Because they’re using their local cars. Then why cant we?
Another thing is, in malaysia we dont have thousands and thousands of miles/KMs like Australia and US and other countries had, the longest biggest straightest highway i’ve ever use in malaysia is the Putra Jaya – Kampung Pandan highway.
And they dont have many curve cuting edges roads that we are using RIGHT NOW, and its worth what they bought for.
But what I concern is our local car dosen’t make any reaction upon this case, on what their comment or complain to it.
CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG
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“The speed of the cars would enable the police to catch up with criminals who often used modified turbo charged cars to escape,” they said.
whoever super-nintendo that says the above statement must got his brain stuck in the the toilet hole.
It does not has to be modified turbo to be fast…original turbocharge can be faster than anything the police force previously has….for instants ‘Kapchai’..
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