Joseph Gabrielli, of Derby, Derbyshire, avidly viewed the ITV drama Heartbeat, set in 1960s Yorkshire, as a child and was transfixed by the blue and white Ford Anglia police car which often appeared.

Enjoy a trip down memory lane — or should that be Letsby Avenue? — as we take a look at some once-popular police cars.

The Crown Victoria police car, which debuted in 1983, will not be going away any time soon. Ford will be making them until late next year -- about the same time that Police Interceptors will start ...

Ford unveils hybrid police car built for high-speed chases Police departments across the country will now be able to chase fleeing perps in a car that gets an EPA-estimated 38 miles per gallon.

Ford's hybrid, which is modeled after the Fusion, proved quicker than the V8-powered Crown Victoria cop car of yore.It's also wildly more efficient -- the hybrid is estimated at 40 mpg city and 36 ...

Ford has patented an autonomous police car that can chase you down and give you a ticket. By Alexandra Ma. A (not autonomous) British police car, made by Ford, in Kensington, London, in May ...

For police agencies that don't expect their officers to have to get in a lot of chases, Ford has just introduced a new engine for its police cars that emphasizes fuel economy over power.

In 1910 – some 39 years before the Anglia was sold – it opened the first official Ford car dealership in the UK. Today, Hendy employs more than 1,700 people across the south coast of England.