Greece Had Some Of The Coolest Police Cars Of The 1990s To Fight Street Racing

Greece isn’t a country that springs to mind when the topic of cool police cars comes up. That honor usually goes to Dubai and its ridiculously expensive fleet of police cruisers but as it turns out, there was a time in the mid-1990s this small Mediterranean country had one of the coolest squadron of police cars in the world.

The eclectic fleet included iconic European performance cars like BMW’s E30 M3 and E34 M5, Audi RS2, Mercedes 190E 2.3-16, Ford Sierra Cosworth, Lancia Delta HF Integrale, a Porsche 911 Targa and a 911 Turbo, Alfa Romeo’s 155 Q4 and 164 Turbo and more.

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The cars were not fitted with the traditional police liveries and roof-mounted emergency lights but they weren’t unmarked either as they featured stickers on the doors as part of the Sigma squad, a task force created in 1995 to tackle Fast & Furious-style (well before Fast & Furious) street racers.

Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 – yep, the one with the dog-leg ‘box

Unsurprisingly the regular cop cars of the Greek police were too slow to chase street racers and their tuned machines. The problem during that time was so widespread that led authorities into creating this special unit. Although most of the cars were bought directly from dealers, some of them were actually impounded vehicles that were enlisted for active duty.

The most famous Sigma police cars were of course the BMW E30 M3s and the Audi RS2s, which became notorious in the local street racing scene, as well as the force’s single Porsche 911 Turbo that was famously destroyed in an accident.

A (1984?) Ford Mustang parked next to a Porsche 930 Targa

The drivers of the Sigma squad received special training for high-speed pursuits and according to reports from the time, they were able to put a sizeable dent in the Greek street racing scene of the period. Over the years, the fleet was expanded with more fast saloons, like the Citroen Xantia Activa 2.0 Turbo.

The Audi RS2s of the Sigma squad became notorious in the Greek street racing scene of the period

Unfortunately there isn’t much official information on the squad’s history during the late 1990s and until the unit’s official disbandment in the early 2000s, with unverified reports citing the -Quelle surprise!- high running costs as the main reason. By then, most cars in the Sigma police fleet were left in a very sorry state, suffering from either poor maintenance or were crashed and never repaired.

Now, and according to new local reports, Greek authorities are thinking about bringing back the Sigma squad and everyone is waiting to see what kind of cars they are going to use this time. If the past was any indication, get ready for some sub-zero coolness.

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