Cops Shop For New Cars After Ford Stops Making Crown Victoria

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

[A.A. Cunningham]

Jake and Elwood served and protected The Penguin.

[az_gila]

How about the English retro look?

For short cops only...:^)

[Grizzled Bear]

Stop laughing please.

To be fair, that isn't a bad idea for a cop patrolling pedestrian areas. It's kind of like the thing Blart drove in "Mall Cop," except you have a place to put your lunch.

I would raise the chasis and add a tread for navigating stairs and obstacles.

[niteowl77]

Yeah, I will sometimes yak about the good old days of "real" cars, but there is no way I would willingly return to daily driving in those old machines. I remember reaching speeds where cars would seem to go from stable to "oh @#$*, this is scarier than &%*# but I'm not going to admit it" just like that... and nowadays thinking about driving at high speed on those old bias-ply, not rated for high-speed tires makes me cringe.

About all I will say in favor of the police cars of those days is that as poor as they were compared to today's vehicles, they generally handled better than their civilian counterparts. Bigger brakes, better tires, "reduced rate suspension," beefier anti-sway bars and such made the interceptors mighty blunt instruments that were nevertheless always just a little bit better than their musclecar equivalents (the latter made even less effective when jacked up in the rear to accomodate a set of slotted "mags" with 60-series Mickey Thompson RWL's).

[paul51]

Lose the business? It seems as if Ford has decided to walk away from the business!

Ford can see the hand writing on the wall. They know no police force or other gov't agency will be allowed to buy anything but a gov't produced vehicle.

[Noumenon]

That’s just wrong.

[Kegger]

Just as an aside did you notice that “ To serve and protect “ was stricken from the side of that police car


That is a spoof of the Blues Brothers car. I believe you will find it at Universal Studios Theme Park.
:)

[truthguy]

GM is already diverting the pipeline of Opels and Holdens to Buick. There will be a new Buick Regal for 2011, based upon the new Opel Astra, previoiusly destined to be the Saturn Aura

The Buick Regal for 2011 is actually the Opel Insignia and not the Astra which is also a really cool car.

What I could never understand is why both Ford and GM built cars in Europe that I liked much more than the ones they made and offered here in the US. Do I have different tastes or is there something I don't understand?

At any rate this is changing for the better. Both GM and Ford are leveraging their worldwide operations and will offer the best they have everywhere. Consider GM. They will offer the Buick Regal (Opel Insignia) and the Chevy Cruze and a few others. Ford will finally bring over their Focus to North America. There are going to be some exciting news cars coming out in the next year of two. I can't wait.

[Yo-Yo]

Just as an aside did you notice that “ To serve and protect “ was stricken from the side of that police car

I do believe that vehicle is an homage to the infamous "Bluesmobile" from the Blues Brothers movie.

[rwa265]

I don’t think you have to worry about Olive Garden being the top Italian restaurant in Atlanta. LOL

When we visit our daughter in Tucker, we like to go to Bambinelli’s in North Lake. They are as good as the best Italian restaurants on the Hill in St. Louis.

[rwa265]

I was thinking about buying a Fiat when I got out of the Army in 1972. But after driving my sister’s Fiat one time, I changed my mind. I couldn’t believe how small the pedals were. I ended up buying a 1972 Buick Skylark with a 350 engine.

[RegulatorCountry]

Actually, I knew that. Astra, Aura, got them tangled up, lol.

What amazes me, is that a comparatively tiny and somewhat isolate market such as Australia can manage to produce such a variety of interesting makes and marques.

There’s a definite Australian “look,” though, they must be a fairly conservative bunch. Ford Falcon, Holden Commodore, what have you, they have a distinctive low-cowl profile and general, overall proportions.

It appears they actually like their cars, as we once did.

[11Bush]

Stop laughing please.

I'm trying, I really am. If they used these when I was I college they would find them upside down, every chance we got.

[Lazamataz]

If they plan on tyranny, I would suggest

[Spktyr]

Um, I don’t know what you’re seeing, but most departments here in Texas either have converted to Chargers, are in the process of converting, or will be converting. In the DFW area, the majority of cop cars are now Chargers, and most officers I’ve talked to like them quite a bit.

[bagadonutz]

Carbon Motors website (google it).

[stevie_d_64]

IS it better to be the rear-ender, than the rear-endee???

In this case I don’t think anyone enjoyed that encounter...

[stevie_d_64]

Large departments will probably be sucked into those deals via the manufacturer, but my information is coming from smaller departments that are looking haard at the maintenance costs, and overall reliability of the base unit to begin with...

The issue about visibility is just one of the first things I heard from someone who hit the street in one when they were first being presented to departments to beta test...

Maybe it will just have to be one of those things they’ll have to get used to...

[Cacique]

China has the best law enforcement vehicle idea. The execution van, smartly equipped to send you to your maker after a quick trial and justice is served.

[A2J]

Is this a brand new company or just an offshoot of GM?

The cars resemble the new Camaro.