Ford unveils 2011 Taurus squad

Ford has been concerned about lost future police fleet sales when production of its market-dominating Crown Victoria ends next year. Any new Ford entry will give up the V8 power and rear-wheel drive preferred by law enforcement officers and agencies and go head-to-head with the powerful Dodge Charger and the smaller Chevrolet Impala, as well [...]

Indiana city pays $4 million in hopes of a factory

The city of Connersville, Indiana – the state whose treasurer repeatedly tried to stop Chrysler’s emergency from bankruptcy – has paid Visteon (the former Ford parts group) $500 for a heavily contaminated plant which the city will spend $4 million cleaning. The Visteon site plant be used by Carbon Motors if it succeeds in obtaining [...]

Dodge Challengers in police uniforms

In parts of Florida, the Dodge Challenger may be a less welcome sight than usual… if this is how you see it.

Deputy Tom Sheridan of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office provided some excellent interior and exterior shots of their stealth Challenger and their fully-marked Challenger police cars. They are used for both education and full [...]

MSP tests: Charger vs Ford, Chevy

The Michigan State Police tested the Dodge Charger against the Ford Police Interceptor, Chevy Impala, and Chevy Tahoe. Full results are at our 2010 Michigan State Police pursuit car testing page (or you can visit the MSP site).

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Charger squad car appears to have price drop

The police car market has, in recent decades, tended to be dominated by one manufacturer at a time, with Chrysler holding 80% during the Diplomat/Gran Fury years, Chevrolet holding a dominant share during the Caprice years, and Ford coming in strong when there were no competing rear-wheel-drive domestic pursuit sedans from other automakers. Since its [...]

New Chevy squad to debut in 2011

Reversing an earlier decision, General Motors will field a new full-size, rear-wheel-drive Chevrolet that will be built on the same Zeta platform as the new Camaro and discontinued Pontiac G8. The Zeta platform, developed by GM’s Australian subsidiary, Holden, for the Commodore sedan, will now be used as the basis for the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice [...]