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Police agencies say goodbye to iconic Crown Victoria, roll out new cop cars
Orange County Register ^ | February 16, 2015 | Sandra Stokley and Scott Schwebke

Posted on 02/16/2015 12:02:53 PM PST by EveningStar

That icon of police transportation, a vehicle so sturdy and beloved and ubiquitous that it became virtual wallpaper on TV cop shows and local streets – the Ford Crown Victoria – is dead.

The upshot is this: For many police agencies, it’s time to buy a new car.

Ford stopped making the Crown Vic four years ago, saying sales to the public had fallen to the point that the car is no longer viable, even if demand from police agencies remained strong. Fuel efficiency (or in the Crown Vic’s case, inefficiency) played a role.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: automotive; chevroletcaprice; copcars; crownvic; crownvictoria; dodgecharger; ford; orangecounty; orangecountyca; police; policecars; policeinterceptor
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To: central_va

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


21 posted on 02/16/2015 12:21:59 PM PST by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: yarddog

I think it was the Javelin.


22 posted on 02/16/2015 12:22:10 PM PST by RatRipper (Obama has made me the slave of sluggards.)
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To: Squawk 8888
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.

23 posted on 02/16/2015 12:23:42 PM PST by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: RatRipper

Yeah that is right, the Javelin.


24 posted on 02/16/2015 12:24:18 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: yarddog; RatRipper

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


25 posted on 02/16/2015 12:27:22 PM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Hugin

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


26 posted on 02/16/2015 12:28:03 PM PST by RightWingNut
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To: EveningStar

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


27 posted on 02/16/2015 12:28:30 PM PST by DownInFlames
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To: 9thLife

28 posted on 02/16/2015 12:28:36 PM PST by freedomlover
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To: Hugin

Adam12?


29 posted on 02/16/2015 12:28:56 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: EveningStar

Lots of Tahoe cop cars out there now.


30 posted on 02/16/2015 12:31:28 PM PST by eastforker (Cruz for steam in 2016)
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To: EveningStar

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


31 posted on 02/16/2015 12:32:10 PM PST by jalisco555 ("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Squawk 8888

>>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.


32 posted on 02/16/2015 12:32:29 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: EveningStar

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?

33 posted on 02/16/2015 12:33:09 PM PST by petercooper ("How To Destroy The Country In 6 Short Years" by Barack Obama & the Democrats)
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To: 9thLife
They going with the Prius?

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

34 posted on 02/16/2015 12:33:37 PM PST by keat
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To: The Sons of Liberty

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

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


35 posted on 02/16/2015 12:34:08 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: MileHi

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


36 posted on 02/16/2015 12:35:01 PM PST by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: EveningStar

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.


37 posted on 02/16/2015 12:35:17 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: DownInFlames

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

38 posted on 02/16/2015 12:36:19 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: keat

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

Volkswagen even did an add about them.


39 posted on 02/16/2015 12:36:29 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: EveningStar

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.


40 posted on 02/16/2015 12:36:33 PM PST by GreenHornet
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