Swedish police first to use Volvo V90 estate as a police car

The Swedish police will take delivery of its first fleet of all new Volvo V90 police cars early next year after the car recently achieved the highest rating ever in the Swedish police's highly demanding driving test.

The demands on emergency vehicles are higher than on normal road cars. On top of that, unlike in many other countries, in Sweden the police car is judged as a workplace. This means that the car has to meet very strict demands in areas such as performance, comfort, quality and ergonomics in order to qualify as a police car.

The Swedish police car test focuses on five areas - a brake test, an obstacle course, evasive action tests with and without braking, and high speed emergency driving. The overall score for the V90 was 9.2 out of 10, the highest rating ever achieved by any car in this demanding test.