Posted on 01/06/2019 3:22:59 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
Ahead of the Detroit auto show, Ford showed off something you might not want to see in your rearview mirror -- the 2020 Police Interceptor Utility. We’ve seen growing rumblings and leaks about this upcoming cruiser, and it looks like our speculations aren’t too far off. The 2020 Police Interceptor Pursuit will come standard with a hybrid all-wheel-drive system and is more potent than the outgoing model.
The standard powertrain for the 2020 Interceptor Utility is a 3.3-liter V6 mated to 10-speed automatic transmission. According to Ford, this combination bested the outgoing 3.7-liter powered model to 60 mph by 1.1 seconds and outperformed it to 100 mph by 4.7-seconds. If that’s not good enough, you can opt for more power from the 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6 -- which took top honors from the Michigan State Police after testing the competitive fleet of police utilities. There’s also a non-hybrid version of the 3.3-liter if you want to skip out on the high-tech drivetrain. That said, Ford claims the hybrid system could save taxpayers as much as $5,700 per car annually on fuel.
Of course, there’s more to the new Police Interceptor Utility than just new engines. New technology like the Police Perimeter Alert that uses sensors to monitor about 270-degrees of the vehicle to warn officers of any possible threats from their blind spots and an on-demand rear view camera should keep officers safer from surprise attacks from perps. Ford is also making its suite of driver assist tech like pre-collision assist with emergency braking and Pedestrian Detection to help make everyone safer around the new Interceptor. Oh yeah, and don’t forget the anti-stab plates behind the front seats.
The new body shell meets Ford’s standard 75 mph rear-impact test -- a staggering 25 mph faster than the federal standard. That means the structure should help keep occupants safer in case of a collision. The new body could also be an early look at Ford’s upcoming Explorer replacement.
The bad news -- you won’t be able to buy one: at least, not anytime soon. You should start seeing these roll out onto roadways later this year. Hopefully, you don’t spot one in your rearview mirror.
See post 33.
Wasn't there a muscle variant of it that could do well over 150MPH?
I have a near pristine similar car, the Grand Marquis with dual exhausts etc. Not quite a Marauder but close. It is more like driving your living room but easily impresses the youngsters and gets 27 mpg. One of the best cars ever made. The B body from GM was in the same league.
“From what I understand ...”
Incorrect. After delivery drilled holes were not sealed allowing carbon monoxide to enter ecspeciallialy during idling while parked.
I think it was a 425, at least that is what the guy that bought it for a race car said it was.
I never knew until I went to the auto parts store for a new carb, the carb for a 352 wouldn’t fit, but it had 352 valve covers.
That car had NO top end! At about 125 it would start floating all over the road, but it had pedal left.
It was pretty fast, but it still had the crappy station wagon transmission.
In 1984 my father bought a Caprice Classic. It had a 350 V8 with a four barrel carb. Basically the same engine and transmission they used in cop cars. My that was quick.
In 1989 he traded that in for another Caprice although this one had a 305 and the 2 bbl.
“Why, Dad, why?”
“Shut the gate on this one Maxie and it’s the ducks guts.”
Ah that sounds more like it. The description “cinching it up” I’m sure involved drilling holes.
A while back my son was on the Interstate and panicked for a moment when a Crown Vic rode up on his ass. It passed him and the relief turned to a laugh as the personal license plate read, NOTACOP.
If you search enough you will find that the 64 Ford police inceptor 427 was really a 425 and it was made for racing only.
http://www.theclassicford.com/1964_Ford_Engines.htm
I think you are confusing cubic inches and horsepower.
When someone identifies an engine they just about always indicate cubic inch displacement (now Liters). Sometimes they may fudge a tiny bit but generally the cubic inch rating will be accurate, at least with an inch.
Horsepower can be stated in all kinds of ways. Many times what you get is nowhere near what is indicated on a dynamometer. Interestingly they often understate it.
Sometimes they measure it with all accessories such as alternator etc. removed. Sometimes at the wheels.
I didn’t see a single 425 on that list. 2 X 406, 2 X 427.
I do know that Ford built a few different 427’s, a couple of 428’s and a couple 429’s.
I’d not heard of a Ford 425 until you mentioned it.
Same with Yahoo:
I’ll bet the maintenance costs are substantial.
You can’t blame Ford for improper mods
“The 406-cu.in. V-8s were replaced in 1963 1/2 models by the new 427-cu.in. V-8 that used a 4.23 x 3.78-inch bore and stroke (This engine actually displaced 425 cubic inches, but marketing considerations dictated using the 427).”
https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/mus/2004/12/Ford-Galaxie-500XL—1963-1964/1281003.html
Hemmings made Ford racing engines, and that was in some of the 64 Ford police inceptors.
I didn’t know what it was until a guy a the auto parts store, who was also race car driver, came out in the parking to look at it because the new carb I bought for it wouldn’t fit. The guy went wild saying it was a special build Hemmings race engine, a 425!
see 55.
Well you learn something new every day.
Still it is always called the 427.
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“Still it is always called the 427.”
Except the racing engines, they knew it was a 425.
I’m NOT a wrench wizard, far from it. I don’t even work on my own cars.
I only knew about this one because it came from the factory with a engine that wasn’t supposed to be in it.
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