Auto blogger Roma Urraco has published a selection of rare cars used by the State Traffic Inspectorate (DAI) and Traffic Police (DPS) units in Ukraine over the years. While the modern police fleet consists mainly of standard models, in the 1990s and 2000s, one could encounter service vehicles on the roads that look like true exotica today.
Ukrainian DAI cars included sports coupes and premium sedans
The author counts the Italian Fiat Coupe and Alfa Romeo GTV among the most unusual service cars, which were once used by Ukrainian law enforcement. Among the rarest specimens, a Ford Mustang with a 5.0-liter petrol engine in factory police Service Special trim is also mentioned.
According to Roma Urraco, this Mustang was stationed at a DAI post in Kaharlyk, Kyiv region for a long time. How this American police car ended up serving in Ukraine is not known for certain.
Additionally, the new selection features a classic Jaguar XJ used in Odesa, as well as a BMW 7 Series E38 in the service livery of the “State Automobile Inspectorate.”
Rare DPS cars replenished the archive with historical photographs
The author calls one of the main finds an archival photo of a Ford Mustang taken in the 1990s. The photo was provided by a person whose father once delivered this car from the USA to Ukraine. According to the blogger, this historical image had not been publicly shown before.
The selection also includes an Opel Calibra that was in service in Zaporizhzhia. The author notes that it is precisely thanks to such archival photographs that one can trace how diverse the fleet of Ukrainian DAI and DPS was in the first decades after gaining Independence.