They could totally take it off, these things are modular in nature. A hole in the roof is not a turret nor will it ever be, sure if you build a sitting place up there that rotated and armor all around it and a mount for a large gun then sure you'd have the same thing and you'd probably be arrest as soon as someone saw…

what else could it be used for if not shooting? it has a gun mount, think they gonna be throwing candy out of it? Also a minivan isn't even relevant comparison in the slightest and has a sunroof not a turret

I think your missing the point, this is a machine designed for WAR, not protecting the citizens. And that turret is designed for heavy machine guns, not a tiny rifle. Its all about the message they are sending. Cops and it's citizens should always be on a somewhat level playing field, and this starts a slippery slope…

i got booze and tools, best Christmas evar, not to drunkenly work on my car :D

Also it probably wouldn't be such a big deal if they didn't keep the turret on it, turret = armored area to gun people down, no turret = troop transport. It goes from a offensive vehicle to a defensive vehicle without that turret.

I'm kind of curious though, what happens when this gets stolen by crooks and they mount a machine gun to the top? a swat van can at least be taken down by a swat team, this would literally run rampant in pretty much any city and would require military intervention to take it down and police don't exactly have military…

That turret up top is usually used for high powered machine guns, you know the shit that can slaughter whole waves of troops behind a freaken wall. It doesn't matter if it has a high powered gun or a dude with an assault rifle, its made to rain hell on your enemies, not protect your citizens. Turrents on APCs are made…

"20-30 MAGNETIC BUCKY BALLS" ...........w t f

last a checked turrets didn't need a gun mounted on them to be a turret, however it does have a mounting point for several types of guns or just a dude with a gun to sit up there

man i wanted one of these sooo bad, friend had one but sold it before i ever got the chance to drive it :(

... it wouldn't be so bad if IT DIDN'T HAVE A FUCKING TURRET TO RAIN HELLFIRE ON CIVILIANS! Police with military vehicles is a bit worrying though, its like well we got a tank cause it was cheap.... wait you have a tank wtf. Just my 2cents that the police and military shouldn't have blurred lines and the fact that…

sooo thinking my next car will be the cts-v, because o nom nom nom fuel :P lol

Nice to know cartel shit has made it all the way to las vegas. Live on a boarder town and see this kind of shit all the time, people tortured and cut up for less =/. Friend had her cousin kidnapped and luckily it was by the "nice" kidnappers who only beat him rather than send back bloody parts and just kill him after…

there are no wagons in america :P, though was comparing it to it's rivals in the luxury 3 series market

Not talking about the base models, 335i/g37/is350 competitors, enthurist rarely buy the base model.

230hp ....ewwww 300+ minimum if it wants to play with the big boys

Is it gonna be a bird? because i'm not really a fan of bird cars, everyone is like wtf why does your car have a beak ><

having it run in electric only mode seems a bit well, anti supercar, i mean no one buys a supercar to sneak by unnoticed, the noise and the hey look at me is half the reason supercar buyers buy cars like these, seems kind of counter intuitive imo. Though i dunno if it was just his shifting or what but the car never…

i dunno, i kind of find the exhaust note to be pretty boring =/

now will it be affordable or are they gonna try another BS k9000 or what not