Corvette Z06 Seized as Part of Drug Investigation Now Serves as a Police Car

According to a video report from WCTI12, the GPD’s newest addition to the fleet isn’t the typical Taurus or Explorer police vehicle you normally see on patrol. If you’re curious how in the name of smoking tires and high-octane gasoline this C5 Corvette Z06 became a police car, we’re much obliged to tell you what’s what.

Before it became the GPD Corvette, the two-seater sports car was seized as part of a drug investigation. In normal cases, seized vehicles are then sold dirt cheap at police car auctions. On this occasion, the Greenville Police didn’t want to part ways with the 2003 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. Chief Ted Sauls now uses it to remind baddies that you can’t get away from the long arm of the law.

“It’s kind of a scramble every day because everybody wants the keys to it,” Chief Ted explains. To be frank, who can say no to the last-ever Corvette with pop-up headlamps? And an LS6 small-block V8 with 405 HP and 400 lb-ft (542 Nm) of tire-shredding torque? And an exhaust sound that screams 100 percent badass?

Maybe this is what KRS One was referring with: “Woop-woop! That’s the sound of da police. That’s the sound of the beast.” On an ending note, Greenville Police Chief Ted Sauls adds that the seized C5 Corvette Z06 is a great asset for the GPD’s public relations efforts. Good on you, Ted!