Police agencies say goodbye to iconic Crown Victoria, roll out new cop cars

Orange County Register ^ | February 16, 2015 | Sandra Stokley and Scott Schwebke

[Fred Hayek]

One police department had front wheel drive Ford Tauruses, which had engine mount problems.

[RatRipper]

I think it was the Javelin.

[Hugin]

I remember when all the cop cars were the Plymouth Fury.

God's own car. It says in the Bible that God drove Adam and Eve out of Eden in a Fury.

[yarddog]

Yeah that is right, the Javelin.

[MileHi]

Phoenix PD used AMC Matadors for a time in the early ‘70s

[RightWingNut]

Also, weren’t Jesus and all the disciples in one ACCORD ??

[DownInFlames]

Those fat bellied sheriffs in in the south had better get on a diet.

[freedomlover]

[Paladin2]

Adam12?

[eastforker]

Lots of Tahoe cop cars out there now.

[jalisco555]

Here in Upstate NY lots of cop cars are SUV’s.

[Bryanw92]

>>I remember when all the cop cars were the Plymouth Fury. Egads I must be onld.

As I read the story, I had the exact same thought! Fury, Impala, LTD—with one or two bubblegum machines on the roof.

[petercooper]

It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. What do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?

[keat]

They going with the Prius?

Laugh, but I saw one in a town near me (California, of course). A little hard to command respect.

[Bryanw92]

>>No the only ones driving them are 75+ years old.

Around here, the Crown Vics are repurposed as ghetto hoopdies, sometimes with impressive results.

[CrazyIvan]

The Dodge version........ The Blues Brothers - the bluesmobile: http://youtu.be/yil9wlfa0yo

[Buckeye McFrog]

It reached the point where nobody BUT police departments bought the Crown Vic. So whenever you saw one parked somewhere you could be 100% certain it was on plainclothes duty.

[Charles Martel]

IIRC, the good sheriff of Montague County, TX drove a brown Pontiac LeMans. Sometimes without a roof or windshield.

[yarddog]

Back in the 60s a small town in South Alabama had VW Bugs as cop cars.

Volkswagen even did an add about them.

[GreenHornet]

1974 Dodge Monaco: It’s got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it’s got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas.