TOP COP
Inspector Morse’s Jag to Magnum’s Ferrari – TV’s best cop cars revealed
The FAMOUS burgundy Jaguar Mk2 seen regularly on hit detective show Inspector Morse has been voted the best TV crimefighter car.
Gaining more than half the votes in a recent poll, the 1960 British-made motor from the hit ITV show is obviously a big hit with fans.
10
10
A little more modern, was cranky cop Gene Hunt’s Audi Quattro from Ashes to Ashes with 43 per cent, then Magnum PI’s Ferrari 308 GTS.
Other faves included cars driven by iconic TV police duos such as Bodie and Doyle’s Ford Capri in The Professionals, Starsky and Hutch’s Ford Gran Torino and a Ferrari Testarossa in Miami Vice.
Morse actually drove a Lancia in the original Colin Dexter books, but actor John Thaw insisted the car be a Jaguar Mark 2 when he took on the telly role in the 1980s.
BBC show Top Gear polled 1,000 adults for a previous episode of the show which celebrated telly police cars.
READ MORE ABOUT CELEB CARS HERE
Read more on TV cars
Executive producer Alex Renton said at the time: “It’s fantastic to see the Jaguar Mark 2 claim top spot. A true British classic that was a genius bit of casting.”
Chris Harris was the lucky Top Gear presenter who got to drive the Jag.
He said: “The Mark 2 originally had a reputation for grace and sophistication but by the 1980s when Morse was on the TV, it had a different image — it was a bit more bank robber than stately home.
“But it all fitted with Morse’s character, the curmudgeon who loved real ale and crosswords and disliked pleasantries.”
Most read in Motors
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Topics