The Opel Insignia Sports Tourer has been recruited for duty by the Polizei force of the German State of Hesse. The authorities announced that they have ordered a total of 800 patrol cars, with the first 100 examples to be delivered this year.

All Insignia patrol cars will come fitted with special equipment including additional rear warning lights with LED tech, a pull out tray system for the trunk which can be replaced with a transport box for police dogs.

Look at the first official photos of the estate version of Opel Insignia OPC. The Opel Insignia OPC station wagon, a.k.a. Sports Tourer, shares the same mechanical underpinnings with the four-door sedan. It comes with a four-wheel drive chassis mated to a 2.8-liter V6 equipped with a twin-scroll turbo cranking out 325 horsepower and 400Nm or 295-lbs/ft of torque.

Insignia OPC Sports Tourer give a zero to 60mpg (96km/h) sprint time of 6.0 seconds, or 0.2 seconds slower than the OPC sedan, the estates top speed is electronically governed at 250km/h or 155mph.

The Insignia Sports Tourer OPC catch a new front fascia with tear-like air scoops at both corners, side skirts and a redesigned rear bumper that integrates the chromed exhaust pipes.

The Opel Insignia OPC Sports Tourer will arrive to Europe showrooms this autumn.