Ford plans new police model to replace Crown Vic

Ford Motor Company ^ | Friday November 13, 2009 | Ford

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DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. says it plans to sell a new police cruiser vehicle to replace the Crown Victoria once the sedan is phased out of production in 2011.

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Ford says the new car will be more fuel efficient and offer lower ownership costs to municipalities than the existing Crown Victoria law enforcement vehicles. Though the Crown Victoria is popular among police departments, the large sedan is relatively inefficient, getting an EPA-estimated average of 19 mpg. Ford says it will unveil the details of the new car in the first quarter next year. Ford says it sells about 45,000 police vehicles a year, about 75 percent of all police vehicles sold in the U.S.

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"Autoblog" is already hinting it may be the Australian Falcon w/ the Eco-Boost Engine..

Hubba Hubba, that is a combo to make an auto enthusiast drool, talk about "Unobtanium"!!!!

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http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/13/breaking-ford-announces-it-will-build-all-new-police-intercepto/

[reprobate]

Any pictures of the Aussie falcon?

[rednek]

"Ford says it sells about 45,000 police vehicles a year, about 75 percent of all police vehicles sold in the U.S'

Those days are over. All law enforcement agencies will be required to buy police cars from goobermint motors or the feds will withhold funds. Hide and watch - its coming.....red

[Tijeras_Slim]

Kick er in the guts Barry. She’s the last of the V-8’s. You can shut the gate on this one Maxie, it’s the duck’s gut. Yeah, she’s the last of the V-8’s. Nitro, Phase Four Heads, 12 to 1. Tell him about the BLOWER! 600 HP. ITS A BLOWER! THE BLOWER MAN!! Meanest system and born to run. He’s in a COMA man. He loves it. OK. How the hell did you get all this together? It just happened Max, you know. A piece from here, and a piece from there. So easy. Yeah. Come on Max, you’ve seen it, heard it and still asking questions. When do we go for a RIDE!?!

[Lurking in Kansas]

Cops in my town use Chargers...

[DuncanWaring]

Hopefully the new one is more resistant to exploding on impact than the Crown Vic.

[Lady Jag]

They come in colors.

[RoadTest]

Looks like another boring car to me.

[ExcursionGuy84]

I see the love-child of a BMW M5 [daddy] and a Honda Accord [mommy].

[Reaganesque]

I suppose this is too much to hope for:

[RoadTest]

“I see the love-child of a BMW M5 [daddy] and a Honda Accord [mommy].”

Ha!

[Jewbacca]

It's pretty retro.

[RipSawyer]

it plans to challenge the Crown Victoria’s law enforcement dominance with its own heavy-duty Chevrolet Caprice sedan.
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It had better be a different Caprice, I have owned and driven a Crown Victoria police version and standard version and I have seen and driven the Caprice. I wouldn’t trade a Crown for three Caprices.

[henry_reardon]

best movie of the trilogy IMHO. Yeah the 2nd one was close to it but the 3rd was a disaster

[DemforBush]

Driving a Crown Vic is like taking a trip back in time (in a good way). Not many sedans left that are a big and roomy (to the point of being cavernous) highway cruiser with plenty of horses up front to drive the wheels in the back. My first car was a Crown Vic, and I still the miss it some days (1985 model year, dark blue with whitewall tires, btw.).

[TSgt]

Same here...

OSHP = A$$holes

[Josh Painter]

Looks can be deceiving...

http://www.carandsuv.co.nz/articles/ford-falcon-xr8-fg-2008-review

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/5625/2008-ford-falcon-xr6-turbo-road-test/