Cops Shop For New Cars After Ford Stops Making Crown Victoria

The Cap Times ^ | Thursday, January 14, 2010 | STEVEN ELBOW

[DogByte6RER]

I hope they (law enforcment agencies) don't ge stuck driving around in some crappy PC "Smart Car"...

[Lurking in Kansas]

My locals drive Chargers ... that is one bad@$$ looking cop car...

[VicVega]

" don't ge stuck driving around in some crappy PC "Smart Car"..."

The PC cars would be better than the Caprice cars they drove around in for a few years.

[Dr. Sivana]

I don’t undersand why they stopped making the venereable Crown Vic. It’s practically the same as a Mercury Grand Marquis. I would have liked the consumer model, as I favor big bixy cars WITHOUT “luxury” (read expensive to repair) options. It’s getting harder to find a car with bench seats.

[rickmichaels]

[Sir Gawain]

“There’s a lot of officers just itching to get behind the wheel of those Chargers, especially the hemis,” he says. “Our officers can’t wait to break the laws the peons can’t.”

[IbJensen]

A Fiat would be a wise investment in climate control. Climatefool Gore no doubt drives one.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

Is the Charger V-8 a Hemi?

[hinckley buzzard]

I believe that Crown Vics have been assembled in Canada the last few years. Sorry to see Ford and Canada lose the business.

[taildragger]

New Ford Police Car on the way.

Was supposed to intro'ed at the Detroit Show.

Haven't seen it yet. Maybe soon.

[billorites]

Stop laughing please.

[mono]

Most police professionals agree the 1994-96 Chevy Caprices were the best police package vehicles ever made to date. I own a 1995 and it is absolutely bullet proof and gets almost 25 mpg on the highway.

[RandallFlagg]

Give 'em these...

Or these.

[hinckley buzzard]

I have a Mercury Grand Marquis. It is indeed the same car as the Crown vic with a bit of interior upgrade. It has been a very good car, and there are many of them on the road for years and years. They have the reliability and sturdiness built into the Crown Vic because of the police car market.

[La Lydia]

That is what they use where I live, too. I get the impression that the officers like them.

[Salamander]

There's only one answer to this:

[1raider1]

Could you please give us the source for your claim?

[stevie_d_64]

If you talk to your average law enforcement officer who has driven the Dodge Charger, they’ll tell you most likely the first thing they absolutely do not like about the car for normal patrolling, is the poor side, and rear quarter visability...

The municipalities that buy them, get one or a couple units to try out, and that pretty much it...

Sure, they look sharp, and they have somewhat the engine to keep up, but the overall opinion I have heard is that they do not like them, and they do not compare to what has been working for the last 20 years...

But don’t knock the French...They love those little “Smart Cars”...If Inspector Jacques Clouseau uses it, it must be good!!! /sarc

[VicVega]

LOL. Would have a hard time intimidating anyone in that vehicle.

[saganite]

I think the Tata Nano would be perfect. It’s coming on the market at $8,000 a pop.