Police Spec MY2011
 

So I got the "build" list of my XC70 when I popped into the dealer yesterday. Some of it informative but some of it less so!

First thing that I can see is that under the Variant it is Police - RHD, fair enough.

There are a number of factory options including

998111 - Police Basic Outfit Engla
998195 - Additional Police Configu

Anybody know anything about those options and what they included??

There are then 11 pages of "Variant Attributes", most saying what was NOT included such as

KK01 ACESSORY USB UNIT - Without Accessory USB Unit

& so on.

There are some things not so clear on and others that are simpler to understand

2230 ADM.FAMILY AFTERMARKET - Four-C shock absorber, standard

Does that mean it is Four-C or just using the shocks? There's no Four-C controls on the dash.

CR02 ALTERNATOR - Alternator 180A
CS06 BATTERY - H6 70ah 760 Cold Cranking Ampere

Which I guess is an uprated alternator/battery to standard?

But then we have

5601 BIGGER BATTERY - Standard battery

Hmm...

8218 CABLEHARNESS FLOOR - Extra variant
8009 CABLEHARNESS COCKPIT - Extra variant
8198 CABLEHARNESS ENGINE AREA - Extra variant
8419 CABLEHARNESS ROOF - Extra variant
9102 CABLEHARNESS TUNNEL - Extra variant

But not for Infotainment, so guessing uprated wiring harnesses

8E05 CCM - Extra variant

And a CCM is what?

RA04 CHASSIE TYPE - Chassi Police

I've heard that its a "strengthened" chassis but where?

8C01 CONTROL UNIT DOOR - Extra variant

What's that?

DR01 ENGINE COOLING FAN PERFORMANCE - Fan high performance

Good to know

260G ENGINE OPTIMIZATION AFTERMARKE - Engine calibration police

Oooh - intereresting. What does that mean?

G601 FUEL TANK, VOLUME - Volume 70 Litre

Useful to know

KA03 SPEED LIMITATION - Speed limit 210kmh

That's about 131 mph - didn't know these cars were limited.

R139 WHEEL - A 17' 7.5x15x55
RE02 WHEEL BRAKES TYPE FRONT - Brake discs 17,5 FNR
RK04 WHEEL BRAKES TYPE REAR - Big EPB (Electrical Parking Brake) calliper, ventilated disc

Its got big brakes :)

There's also sorts of other stuff, mostly "Without" as well as country specific things too but that's the most of what I thought was either interesting or wanted to know things about. As well as uprated brakes, I think its got uprated suspension of some type. Also wondering if the ECU has been tweaked as I know on later Police Spec that was an option.

Any questions, comments or pointers gratefully received!

I can answer some of this but first a bit of background. The police spec cars are built on the standard production line and then taken to the Special Vehicle Centre for conversion into a Police car. Every Swedish Police car is also converted there as are all the Swedish taxis all V70 diesels.

Standard parts are stripped out and replaced with updated parts so as you have mentioned unrated alternator and battery to support all the additional equipment to be fitted. Unrated brakes and suspension and even heavy duty alloy wheels.

The additional wiring is part of the preparation work for the apolice euipment to keep the loads and the EMC from effecting the standard Volvo equipment.

The engine Optimisation is Volvos in house upgrade to try and keep up with the BMW 530d but they never quite managed it. In theory it should have been put back to standard before the vehicle was sold. Not sure if this every happened though.

Have a look at this - it's in Swedish but if you waz forward to 9 mins you get a look in the Volvo Police Car factory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPOSbBXeWuQ

Volvo took their Police cars seriously and used to market them separately, they used to add extra wiring etc to make fitting them out easier.

With regard to the speed limits, I have in my head that early XC90 and XC70 were limited to 120 mph regardless of engine.

Would be nice to know what the figures are and I guess probably not worth getting a RICA or Polestar on it now!

I also wonder if that should have an insurance implication too as the car is not quite the ES its described as.

Hi,
Yes I would recommend informing your insurer of the vehicle specification just to be on the safe side.
Regards,
Dan.

Thanks Dan

Not quite sure what I'd be able to declare though, other than its a Police spec - whatever that is

Hi again,

I'd certainly let any insurer know it's Police spec and not necessarily how it left the factory. If there are any performance enhancing modifications pushing up the power you'd be wise to let them know. Additionally, if any of the Police spec you'd wish replaced in the event of an accident - again please let them know.

Thanks

Dan

So, I reached out to Volvo UK and they came back with the following info.

Option 99811 is:
- heavy duty battery (760CCA, 70AH)
- 180A heavy duty alternator (standard specification D5 has 150A alternator)
- Police 17” wheels
- 17.5” front brakes with front brake wear warning system (these are the biggest front brakes from the XC90 model range)
- full size Police spare wheel & tyre
- tyre sealant kit
-Jack and wheel brace
-warning triangle
- tunnel console blanking plate (where the cup holder fits). A spare cup holder assembly is supplied to replace blanking plate when car is decommissioned and sold on.
- 2 X rear fog lights
- steel safety dog cage in load compartment
- Day Running lights turned off (Software is required to turn them back on at a cost to customer)
- unique Police upholstery (hard wearing)
- unique Police interior door panels

Option 998195 is:
- Emergency Specification Supplementary Manual
- additional Police wiring with communication ports and connectors to allow fitting of Police equipment
- Emergency Service Equipment Mounting Bracket (for mounting of Police radio equipment in the dash area)
- Observer’s 3rd mirror (fitted on top of LH/front door mirror assembly)

RA04 Police Chassis is:
- Police specification front shock absorbers
- Police specification front coil springs
- Police specification front anti-roll bar
- Police specification Nivomat self-levelling rear shock absorbers
- Police specification rear coil springs
- Police specification rear anti-roll bar
- Reinforcement brackets fitted to rear suspension lower stay arms
Above is designed to give optimum high speed stability and handling with heavy loads which these Police specification models are subjected to.

260G Engine Optimisation Aftermarket – Engine calibration Police is a standard Polestar software upgrade to allow more power / torque on D5 Police engines. It takes standard D5 engine 205 PS / 420 Nm up to 235 PS / 470 Nm as these Police cars require more performance for high speed driving. The engine upgrade is performed in production build by putting software upgrade in ECM.

Now I know and based on the above, will make my insurers aware :)

Shame that the Police didn't pass on the cup-holder or spare wheel/jack/various other bits but also handy to find out that the car is already Polestar'd and together with the other upgrades is why it handles reasonably well.

My V70 is the same spec.

Pure brillance in my humble opinion.

If you want the under boot tray that would also have been removed by the Police, let me know as I know a chap in Derbyshire that has a stack of them. I've just picked up a couple of them on Monday.