4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1960–88
NAMED MODELSpecial · PoliceUnited Kingdom

Saracen, Royal Hong Kong Police.

Fourteen Saracens with the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, retired in 1988.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLESaracen (FV603, 1952–76)BUILT BYAlvis, CoventryIN SERVICE1960–88OPERATED INHong KongPRODUCTION14LAYOUT6 wheels

The record

Police forces bought the Saracen for the same reason armies did — it could get a squad through a crowd — and Hong Kong ran its fourteen for nearly thirty years.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1960s–88
ENGINERolls-Royce B80 petrol eight, 160 hpRolls-Royce B80
PRODUCTION RUN14
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INHong Kong
STATUSretired in 1988
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEFV600
FAMILYFV600
WHEELS6
BODY STYLEapc
CATEGORYSpecial · Police

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Deep Bronze Green

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Alvis Saracen ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: draft