PC Angus Nairn, star of hit TV show Motorway Cops, poses with the police force’s loaned McLaren (Picture: Anglia Press Agency)

Police have announced the latest tool in their armoury to keep Britain’s roads safe and free from criminals – a £240,000 supercar that can hit top speeds of 207mph.

Bedecked in the police’s distinctive reflective livery and made by Formula 1 supremoes McLaren, the car can achieve 0-60mph in less than three seconds.

The specially-adapted two-seater will be unveiled this weekend at a car show in Birmingham and police hope it will help to break down barriers between the general public and the boys in blue.

PC Angus Nairn, who appears in the TV show Motorway Cops, said: ‘Everyone who sees the McLaren wants to come and talk about it.




‘The car breaks the ice and gives us the opportunity to get across the safety message – especially about the dangers of excess speed.’

The McLaren Spider 12C has a 3.8 litre twin-turbo engine with 600 brake horsepower, surely enough to make even Jeremy Clarkson quiver…

But for all its impressive specifications, the McLaren is not practical for everyday patrol use.

‘There’s not a great deal of luggage space and it has gull-wing doors that open outwards and upwards so you have to leave plenty of space when you park,’ PC Nairn explained.

A police spokesman confirmed the car was on loan from McLaren for the motor show and would not be used on the roads.