The VW Beetle of a police officer? Those bad guys should not try to run away on foot because of that. It was used on the roads in Germany until 1986. Since Jerry Seinfeld brought it to America, it’s been on a lot of TV shows. Imagine that it’s 1985, and you just got your brand-new E28 BMW M5 in Würzburg, Bavaria. After putting the car in third gear and starting that lovely inline-six, something goes wrong. What does this really mean? In the rearview mirror, blue lights flash and then go out. But this is Germany, not Hazzard County, and it is against the law to break the law here. The cops don’t show up for a long time. It’s a pick from Bring a Trailer, which is part of Hearst Autos, and Invoice Pricing. The police car is a 1979 Volkswagen Beetle. It will be for sale until Thursday, December 14. Yes, that’s right: a 45-hp Beetle dressed as a police car. Be afraid, you people who live in the criminal depths of Teutonic Germany. From its start in 1978 until 1986, this polizei-Kiefer was used as a real police car. It was probably the amount you were given if you messed up a big case or hit the police commissioner’s dog by accident. Since it was a real police station, it had all the usual features. The European police siren is easy to spot with its two tones. It also has a blue light that flashes and a public address system that can be used to beg, “Please pull over!” or “Wait a minute!” There is also a Telefunken police radio from that time. The comic Jerry Seinfeld found it after it had been held for a long time and brought it to the United States. It was shown on Jay Leno’s Garage and Spike Feresten’s Car Matchmaker after being on an episode of his show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. A little more than 15 years ago, the outside was painted again, but the inside has real burnholes from cops smoking on the job and other signs of wear and tear. The title isn’t in California, but it would look great in any other VW collection. The auction with no limit price will end on December 14. You can have the slowest watch ever if you bring a trailer.
