English Translation
A car has one steering wheel.
As an avid reader of “gialli” I recently learned that “la volante” (not “il volante”) means a police squad car.
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La “Squadra volante” is a police section with the characteristic of moving quickly and in a short time, they normally use cars with good sporting characteristics. Their cars were once called “panthers”.
I remember three famous cars used many years ago from the Police: Alfa Romeo Giulia, Alfa Romeo Alfetta and Alfa Romeo 155
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The Metropolitan Police in London also has a famous Flying Squad, known as “the Sweeney” (Cockney rhyming slang, Sweeney Todd, Flying Squad) and immortalised in a 1970’s TV cop show.
Their cars don’t tend to have Italian style though…
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Mamma mia, those “volente” above are splendid. Believe it or not David, I watched “The Sweeny” for a while without catching on, until our Chief Super had a quiet word! Embarrassed or what!
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Imagine Montalbano trying to handle the blue one!?!
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Policing with style, Italianissimo!!
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La polizia in Venezia also cut quite a dash!
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