Nee- nah, nee- nah . . .

If you’re anything like us here at Good Oil, you’d expect a police car concept with a name like “Interceptor” to come armed with rocket launchers, anti- riot shields, armour plating, Taser grapples and possibly a couple of canisters of teargas in the glove box.

Designer Fabio Martins’ concept for a near- future police car is basically the opposite of what the nameplate suggests it might look like. In fact, the cruiser — designed around an unspecified small Volkswagen — is supposed to promote the friendlier, less- confrontational side of future urban policing.

Its creator suggests it will be agile and powerful on the motorway, but manoeuvrable and compact in city centres.

By the look of it, it ticks the second of those boxes. But without any engine specifics mentioned, we’re sceptical about its ability to keep up with a speeding V8. It doesn’t look big enough to house a four- cylinder turbo, let alone anything offering extra firepower.

Excuse us while we stifle a yawn, but it appears the big effort at the drawing board has been made to improve patrolman ergonomics, with specially designed fatiguemitigating seats for more comfort on those lengthy stakeouts, and glass allowing for 360- degree visibility.

A bit like that rather lovely Alfa Romeo Giulia police car concept we came across a month or two ago, the beacon lights on the Interceptor are integrated into the roof, giving the police beancounters a better night’s sleep by causing less air resistance and using less fuel.

But they’re still bright enough to be seen.

Overall, the Interceptor concept looks cool in a “community policing” way.

Although can we suggest a change of name? Imagine protesters hearing that “police Interceptors are on their way!”. Surely they would throw bricks through windows.