Not the first time the Gardaí have gone the high powered route. I seem to recall back in the late '80's they got a brace of cars like the Renault 18 Turbo (better than it sounds ),Sapphire Cossie's, etc. when there was a bit of a joy riding crisis, BMW's didn't come with alarms and Transit vans could be opened with the key from a tin of salmon. A few of these turned up later at Garda car auctions out near Heuston Station in various stages of knackeredness.