Friday, 15 January 2016

Scalextric Police cars

Scalextric have produced many types of Scalextric cars over the years but only one type has remained the most popular.  That’s the range of Scalextric police cars.  This popularity may even have started with the very first Scalextric car with a light on the roof which is the hugely sought after E/5 Aston Martin DB5 Marshal’s Car.
After the E/5 Aston Martin Scalextric didn’t launch another car with lights on the roof until the C284 Rover 3500 (SD1) police car in 1981, then the C315 Rover 3500 police car in 1983 and the final Rover 3500 was the C362 police car.  Following the Rovers was a C137 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Police car which was available from 1994 to 1998.
Scalextric then went onto a rather unconvincing C2120 Opel Vectra police car in 1998 and a C2121 BMW 320i Police car Polizei also in 1998.  In 2000 a Subaru Impreza Police car was briefly available.
The more modern range of Scalextric police cars have gone back to the action era with lights and sirens and was started with a C2488 Ford Focus in 2004.  Following this was the Range Rover and now we have a Subaru Impreza again.  The current Scalextric C3068 Subaru Impreza police car has flashing lights and sirens just as it should.
Scalextric C3068 Subaru Impreza police car
The Scalextric car library allows you to view these and all the other Scalextric cars produced from 1960 to 2005.

Another great insight from Scalextric Car Restorations

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