Some had only about 9,000 miles on them.Ī cursory glance through Autotrader shows 2017 BMW i3s with more miles on them going for a few thousand dollars more. Now we learn that Denver PD converted a Model S into a police car. All working flashing cop lights, divider cage for transporting prisoners (can be removed. Some prices were as low as $15,000, which is a steal for a three-year-old, low-mileage CPO BMW that had a starting price of more than $43,000. The Los Angeles Police Department and Luxembourg police are both using the vehicle, and Scotland Yard is also considering it. Actual former LAPD Police cruisers, Crown Vic Police Interceptors. All of them were 2017 models, only had a few thousand miles on them, and were priced at less than $18,000.Ī representative at New Century BMW confirmed to Business Insider that the cars were indeed from the LAPD's fleet, and that the dealership was selling them as CPO models. Several i3s from the LAPD's fleet were for sale at New Century BMW as Certified Pre-Owned models, as first noticed by The Current Review, an enthusiast EV blog, and then Jalopnik. A screenshot of New Century BMW's inventory, grabbed by Green Car Reports, showed a collection of white-on-black i3s available.

The LAPD hardly used them, their leases expired, and now the cars are being sold for dirt cheap.

In 2016, BMW won the bid to supply the Los Angeles Police Department with hundreds of all-electric BMW i3s for use in its transportation fleet.

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