With its FOX shock absorbers and Baja desert race mode as standard, it has more than enough to keep up with criminals making a getaway across gravel, mud and sand.
South Wales police are among the first to trial the Ranger Raptor pick-up – capable of travelling off road almost as quickly as on it – which may prove to be the right tool to access some of Britain's most rural locations.
And there’s no point trying to outsmart the police on-road, either, as evaluations of a 250kph Focus ST estate are under way, too.
Both are the product of Ford’s Special Vehicle Preparation team, in Essex, which has added full police livery with all-round emergency lights and sirens.
