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Chevy Caprice outperforms Ford and Dodge police cars in official test… or does it?

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Filed under: Etc. , Government/Legal , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Ford , GM , Specialty 2011 Chevrolet Caprice PPV — Click above for high-res image gallery The police vehicle market is flush with new iron from all quarters, making the results of this year’s Michigan State Police Vehicle Evaluation hotly anticipated. Ford brought its new Taurus-based Police Interceptor , Chrysler had the 2011 Dodge Charger Police Pursuit model, and General Motors showed up with the Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle .

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Report: Authorities skeptical of Ford’s new Police Interceptor at testing event

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Filed under: Sedan , Government/Legal , Chevrolet , Dodge , Ford , Police/Emergency 2012 Ford Police Interceptor testing – Click above for high-res image gallery Michigan law enforcement officials have gathered to run a rodeo with the Ford Police Interceptor , Dodge Charger Pursuit and Chevrolet Caprice police car . The last horse standing will be trying to slide into the spot left by the Ford Crown Victoria, which sold about 50,000 units per year before going out of production. Ford doesn’t have the inside line on replacing its standard bearer, though, because the Taurus-based Police Interceptor is front-wheel drive, and that makes some officers skeptical. An officer’s remark that “It is a whole different driving system” symbolizes the wariness, with concerns not only about cost and complexity, but just being able to drive the thing in the way officers are accustomed

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Reader Spy: 2011 Dodge Charger revealed on set of The Fast and the Furious Five

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Filed under: Spy Photos , Sedan , Chrysler , Dodge , Police/Emergency Reader Spy: 2011 Dodge Charger on the set of ‘The Fast and the Furious Five’ – Click above for high-res image gallery Thanks to Autoblog reader Jose Rosario, we can now put the speculation to rest – the 2011 Dodge Charger will indeed receive a new full-width taillamp treatment that echoes that of its two-door Challenger kin. Rosario informs us that these spy shots were taken in Puerto Rico on the set of The Fast and the Furious Five , the latest installment of the durable Vin Diesel street racing franchise. According to Rosario, the filming appears to be using at least one prototype of the new Charger, “because it has the sides of the current model but has the new front and they added the new rear which light up all in LED lights.” The film crew is also using more complete 2011 models, all of which are dressed up as police cars.

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Ford said to be preparing Explorer-based pursuit-rated SUV for police fleets

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Filed under: Government/Legal , Crossover , Ford , Police/Emergency When Ford introduced its Police Interceptor based on the Taurus, it said it had another vehicle in the works that “would share most parts with the Taurus and be available in a utility version.” Speculation was that it would be a Flex based on the component spec, but according to The Detroit News , it turns out the as-yet-unseen 2011 Ford Explorer has got the nod. Ford won’t say much about it at the moment as it hasn’t been announced officially, but it is understood that the model will be pursuit-rated and pack all-wheel-drive. The latter distinction arguably puts it atop the category: there is a pursuit-rated Chevrolet Tahoe that many police forces already use, but it’s only two-wheel-drive. The four-wheel-drive Tahoe, also already employed by rural and urban forces, isn’t pursuit-rated.

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Report: Carbon Motors still awaiting Fed loan approval, hoping to have first patrols on streets in 2013

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Filed under: Government/Legal , Plants/Manufacturing , Earnings/Financials , Police/Emergency , Specialty Carbon Motors E7 – Click above for high-res image gallery Carbon Motors Corp. plans to deliver its first police car in 2013 – assuming the company’s request for a $310 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy is approved. As we mentioned nearly three years ago , Carbon is diving into the rarefied purpose-built vehicle segment with the goal of delivering thousands of its “E7″ police cars to municipalities across the country, powered by a BMW twin-turbo inline-six diesel engine

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Video: Watch the live reveal of the 2012 Ford Police Interceptor

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Filed under: Sedan , Government/Legal , Work , Ford , Police/Emergency 2012 Ford Police Interceptor reveal – Click above to watch the video Earlier today, Ford unveiled its next generation Police Interceptor (they’d rather you not call it a Taurus ) at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway before a group of police agency fleet buyers. The event was webcast live, but you can now watch a replay as Ford president Mark Fields and vehicle line director Scott Tobin explain the process of developing the new cruiser and how it differs from a civilian Taurus. The Dodge Charger has been stomping all over the Crown Vic and Impala in recent years during the annual Michigan State Police vehicle test , but that process could end this year when the new Taurus Police Interceptor hits the track.

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