The burgundy Jaguar Mark 2 driven by Inspector Morse in the TV show Morse has been voted the most iconic TV cop-car of all time, in a new poll commissioned by the motoring entertainment show, Top Gear. The classic British-made model was declared top of the cops by over half (53%) of those surveyed, closely followed by Gene Hunt’s Audi Quattro from Ashes to Ashes (43%), and the Ferrari 308 GTS that starred in Magnum, PI.
The survey of 1000 British adults comes ahead of this Sunday’s second episode of the new series, where the presenters put several legendary TV crime-fighting cars through their paces, with hilarious results. The episode celebrates an era when telly police cars were as famous and recognisable as the actors who drove them.
The nation’s 10 best loved TV cop and detective cars were
