Growing up in the ’90s, I spent countless hours playing Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, and I always wondered what it would be like to see high-performance police cars, like the ones in the game, in real life. The guys at Verband der Automobil Tuner (VDAT) must have had the same idea as me, as they’ve built another special high-performance pursuit vehicle to promote safe vehicle modification.
Backed by Germany’s Federal Minister of Transport, the VDAT is a consortium of aftermarket manufacturers, much like SEMA here in the States. This year, they premiered this Wolf Wild 5.0 at the Essen Motor Show.
Since the stock car’s power output is already impressive, a simple exhaust and tune was employed to boost horsepower to 455. The Mustang was then lowered on adjustable coilovers and fitted with one-off 20″ wheels, while the body received an aero kit and, naturally, police car livery and sirens.
The windows were covered in a shatter-proof film to aid officer safety, although this Mustang will see an easy service life as a promotional vehicle, reminding enthusiasts to follow all rules and regulations when tuning their cars. While Germany has much more stringent laws than we do here in the U.S., this cool Mustang must make that pill much easier to swallow for German car enthusiasts.
Cam VanDerHorst has been a contributor to Internet Brands' Auto Group sites for over three years, with his byline appearing on Ford Truck Enthusiasts, Corvette Forum, JK Forum, and Harley-Davidson Forums, among others. In that time, he's also contributed to Autoweek, The Drive, and Scale Auto Magazine.
He bought his first car at age 14 -- a 1978 Ford Mustang II -- and since then he’s amassed an impressive and diverse collection of cars, trucks, and motorcycles, including a 1996 Ford Mustang SVT Mystic Cobra (#683) and a classic air-cooled Porsche 911.
In addition to writing about cars and wrenching on them in his spare time, he enjoys playing music (drums and ukulele), building model cars, and tending to his chickens.
You can follow Cam, his cars, his bikes, and his chickens at @camvanderhorst on Instagram.
When he's not busy working on his Harley-Davidson bike, the vastly experienced writer has covered an array of features, reviews, how-tos, op-eds and news stories for Internet Brands' Auto Group and is also a co-founder and co-host of the popular podcast Cammed & Tubbed.
