---
title: "This Porsche 911 Carrera Police Car Will Patrol Austria’s Motorways"
description: "Speeders beware—Austria's got a new trick up its sleeve."
date: "2017-06-29"
modified: "2017-06-29"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/11984/this-porsche-911-carrera-police-car-will-patrol-austrias-motorways"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Porsche News"
tags:
  - "911"
  - "Austria"
  - "Carrera"
  - "Coupe"
  - "luxury"
  - "Police Car"
  - "porsche"
  - "sports car"
---

# This Porsche 911 Carrera Police Car Will Patrol Austria’s Motorways

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Everyone loves a completely impractical police cruiser. From the [Isle of Man's BAC Mono](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/10693/isle-of-man-adds-bac-mono-police-car-to-the-fleet>) to [Milan's Ferrari 458 Spider](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/8985/milan-cops-seize-mafia-ferrari-458-spider-add-it-to-police-car-fleet>) to [Dubai's Bugatti Veyron](<https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/24/middleeast/gallery/dubai-police-supercars/index.html>), there's something about dressing up a car that normally *encourages* law-breaking behavior in police livery. It should be an unworkable combination, but it's undeniably cool. So cool, in fact, that even a level-headed country like Austria can't resist when they're given the keys to a Porsche 911 Carrera police car.

Today, [Porsche officially handed](<https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/products/porsche-911-police-austria-safety-responsibility-13880.html>) the Austrian Federal Police a fully-kitted 911 Carrera equipped with the force's color scheme, a real standard-issue light bar, and a police radio system. According to Konrad Kogler, Austria's General Director for Public Security, officers will use the P-car to "demonstrate that you can drive responsibly and carefully even in a powerful sports car."

Hard as that may sound, the Austrian police have some practice in that regard. They used more than a few Porsche 911 Targas as patrol cars back in the 1960s and 70s, as well as a 997 back in 2006.

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**Porsche**

For anyone planning a high-speed jaunt to Vienna, the 911 cruiser will only be on free loan until October. No word on what Porsche will do with it then, though if they're smart they'll just give another country a turn at the wheel and keep reaping the good publicity. Or maybe a certain group of automotive journalists, who definitely don't mind re-gifting, and who *promise* to use it for our own road safety demonstrations...

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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