American Police Cars
Discussion
The performance and fuel economy of the current list of police cars available to the Yanks has been released
Slightly off beat I know, but thought it might be of interest to some folks on here
My personal pick would be the caprice 6.0 V8. It just looks so unassuming, but packs that V8 punch.
Slightly off beat I know, but thought it might be of interest to some folks on here
My personal pick would be the caprice 6.0 V8. It just looks so unassuming, but packs that V8 punch.
g3org3y said:
jbi said:
wst said:
Pretty appalling figures, yeah. Surely there's some better cars available for the job?
Can you suggest any?And it might even go round a few corners.
Better for police work or a better car?
Police work would be something with lots of interior room for equipment, cheap to buy/maintain, take extreme amounts of abuse and run for many many miles without batting an eyelid.
Since everything is beefed up on the US spec police cars, I would imagine that they are much better suited to the task, unless BMW was perhaps to offer a stripped out heavy duty police spec version of it's 5 series at a comparable price.
Police work would be something with lots of interior room for equipment, cheap to buy/maintain, take extreme amounts of abuse and run for many many miles without batting an eyelid.
Since everything is beefed up on the US spec police cars, I would imagine that they are much better suited to the task, unless BMW was perhaps to offer a stripped out heavy duty police spec version of it's 5 series at a comparable price.
Okay... here is a list of changes ford made to the standard Taurus to create the Taurus interceptor for police work
75mph Rear Impact certified
Beefed up subframes
Larger radiator/beefed up cooling system
200amp alternator
Redesigned interior (vinyl rear seats/ steering column shifter/ anti-stab seat inserts/ redesigned dash/centre console
Steel wheels
Custom Law Enforcement SYNC system mapped for police use
Redesigned seats with extra bolstering for utility belt
Revised rear door hinges for 10 degrees extra travel allows for easier loading/unloading of perps
Push bars
A-pillar spotlight
75mph Rear Impact certified
Beefed up subframes
Larger radiator/beefed up cooling system
200amp alternator
Redesigned interior (vinyl rear seats/ steering column shifter/ anti-stab seat inserts/ redesigned dash/centre console
Steel wheels
Custom Law Enforcement SYNC system mapped for police use
Redesigned seats with extra bolstering for utility belt
Revised rear door hinges for 10 degrees extra travel allows for easier loading/unloading of perps
Push bars
A-pillar spotlight
The Spruce goose said:
jbi said:
Carbon motors never got off the ground.
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still going as I understand not produced anything yet thou...
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/08/carbon-motors-3...
Number 5 said:
Nickyboy said:
Number 5 said:
But in answer to your original question they are better.
Bit of a stupid answer when in reality they are out of reach for American Police forces. Anything can be better, whether you can buy, repair and run them for the same cost is another matter. I read somewhere a while back the Crown Vic cost less than $12k in Police guise. I'm willing to bet an unstressed lazy V8 will last longer in Police use than one of our engines.
The question was NOT is there a better car for the same money or budget!
You stupid boy
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