Range Rover/ Crimewatch appeal

[Cockney_si]

Did anyone watch the crimewatch UK the other night?

A hot and run was featured and the car involved was a rare blue coloured Range Rover (parts were broken off in the collision and left at the scene).
Police said there are only 85 cars like this in Britain and it would take ages to trace them all.

Surely this is not the case with PNC and DVLA and if all local police forces were involved.

Hope someone dobs them in and they catch whoever did it but it just makes me wonder why the police can't be bothered to chase it up??

[jake-the-peg]

It may be that the rareity is that particular shade of blue - possibly associated with the new Range Rover. The registration Docs probably only say Blue.

So they'd be reliant on getting every Range Rover dealer in the country to go through their records to get a list.

Sounds like a missed opportunity in the recent changes to the V5 form

[Tim Baxter]

Don't understand how the police know that there only 85 cars registered if they don't have the details?

[jake-the-peg]

I'd imagine Landrover at Sollihull can tell them they've supplied 85 in that colour to the UK and give them the names of the dealers to who they've been supplied - could be 85 seperate dealers - who are looking through their records - then they have to contact the owners, if they're company cars (likely for many new Rangies) they have to find the drivers - if they're private find out if they've been sold on.

Lets say you can afford 3 officers to do this work who manage to trace 3 a day that's a month's work 

[tali122]

yes i found this one very puzzling aswell