Five of the fastest cop cars ever

With police cars like these monitoring our streets, it's a wonder anybody even bothers stealing a car. So synonymous was a little Fiat hatchback with the police that cop cars became known simply as 'Pandas'. That was all very well back in the good old days, when folk kept their front doors ajar all night and 'petty theft' meant the chimney sweep had stolen a crust from the pantry, but times have changed. Flick through your Sky box today and before you've reached the Discovery Channel you'll have passed at least four real-life police programmes. Cars are getting faster and thieves more adept at both stealing them and driving them really quickly - usually on the wrong side of the road. So what's the solution? Education? Curfews? No, if you can't beat them, join them - that's the traffic police way. So, we've picked five of the fastest police cars ever, all guaranteed to frighten even the most daring of car criminals. And there's not a Volvo in sight.