In the mid-1990s, some Greek police cars surprised the world. The cars were not fitted with the traditional police liveries and roof-mounted emergency lights but they weren’t unmarked either as they featured stickers on the doors as part of the Sigma squad, a task force created in 1995 to tackle Fast & Furious-style (well before Fast & Furious) street racers. Unsurprisingly the regular cop cars of the Greek police were too slow to chase street racers and their tuned machines. The problem during that time was so widespread that led authorities into creating this special unit. Although most of the cars were bought directly from dealers, some of them were actually impounded vehicles that were enlisted for active duty. The drivers of the Sigma squad received special training for high-speed pursuits and according to reports from the time, they were able to put a sizeable dent in the Greek street racing scene of the period. By then, most cars in the Sigma police fleet were left in a very sorry state, suffering from either poor maintenance or were crashed and never repaired.