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Nippy performance, great manoeuvrability, diminutive dimensions and zero emissions are qualities that any decent city car needs today. Arguably, a classic Mini running purely on electricity has them all.

To help them design a more rugged police car, staff at Toyota’s Burnaston plant received input from Derbyshire Constabulary. The result is a specially-modified version of the Corolla Touring Sports Trek.

Ford is planning to exhibit three modified examples of its electric Mustang Mach-E at this year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show.

To promote the growing selection of Nismo Off Road parts that are available across North America, Nissan will be displaying a pair of Project Overland vehicles at the 2021 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show.

Ford and conversion specialists Safeguard SVP have turned the all-electric Mustang Mach-E into a fully-marked police car.

For this year’s Boardmasters surfing and music festival, Kia has built a one-off car designed for life on the coast. The pure-electric Soul EV Boardmasters Edition is actually a modified pre-production homologation vehicle that would otherwise have been scrapped.

Ford has created a customised 2021 Mustang Mach-E that commemorates the Women Airforce Service Pilots, an organisation which was founded in August 1943 upon the merger of the Women's Flying Training Detachment and the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron.

Opel Corsa-e owners can now make their car resemble the Corsa-e Rally which currently competes in the ADAC Opel e-Rally Cup.

As part of its ‘second wave’ of vehicles for SEMA360 (2020’s online edition of the Specialty Equipment Market Association show), Toyota has created the GR Supra Sport Top.

When it comes to public bodies spending taxpayers’ money on new vehicles, there’s a compelling argument that says they should purchase locally-built products to support their domestic economy.

Two Škoda Kodiaq vRS all-wheel drive SUVs have been acquired by The Air Ambulance Service. The registered charity – which covers Derbyshire / Leicestershire / Rutland with one helicopter and Warwickshire / Northamptonshire with another – will use them for rapid emergency response when flying isn’t possible.

At last year’s New York International Auto Show, Volkswagen displayed the Atlas Basecamp Concept . Now, some of the components seen on that unique adventure vehicle have evolved into a new accessory range.

Eighteen examples of a specially-modified Škoda Kodiaq have been delivered to South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, which covers approximately 10,000 square miles of England.

Ford’s Essex-based Special Vehicle Preparation department has developed a pair of fully-equipped and liveried police models.

Toyota is exhibiting five special examples of its GR Supra at this year’s Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas.

Older examples of the Volkswagen Beetle can now have their air-cooled petrol engines replaced by an electric powertrain. The conversion – which Volkswagen officially endorses and promotes – is carried out by German firm eClassics.

Land Rover Classic, which focuses on the brand’s out-of-production models, has launched a selection of components for the 1994 – 2016 Defender.

Once they’ve served their intended purpose, pre-production homologation vehicles are usually destroyed. Such was the fate awaiting ‘LA66 HTG’, the first Kia Stinger GT S to enter the UK which had been used for final testing, media appearances and dealer launch events.

Ford and Roush Performance have collaborated to build a one-off car that pays tribute to an outstanding Second World War pilot. Clarence ‘Bud’ Anderson, who served in Europe with the United States Army Air Force, achieved triple ace status flying P-51 Mustang fighters that were all named ‘Old Crow’.

Škoda continues to target emergency services fleets in the UK. The company’s latest ‘blue light’ product is a Kodiaq vRS police pursuit vehicle.