The Queen is dead and police departments across the nation have spent the last year searching for a worthy replacement for the old girl. My department has been a Ford department for decades. So long, in fact, that the mechanics at the municipal garage have been trained and certified as Ford specialists. Despite concerns about the reliability of FWD when it comes to taking the abuse of patrol work, there was never any real question as to whether or not we would give the new Ford Police Interceptor Sedan a try and …
I’m sorry. I can’t finish the rest of this review using the phrase “Ford Police Interceptor Sedan.” I’ve never heard another cop call his car a “Police Interceptor.” The CVPI was always a “Crown Vic,” even after Ford dropped the homage to Her Majesty from the trunklid. The new car is a Taurus. (Read More…)
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Type57SC - did your rocker panel caps stay on?
Thomas Kreutzer - The Shelby Chargers were FWD too. Like Clint Eastwood ionce famously said, “A mans got to know his (car’s) limitiations.”
Bertel Schmitt - Gran Turismo Injektion, with a K
Type57SC - My biggest concern on this car would be reliability. I would have to be really comvinced that they have it sorted before considering it.
Carlson Fan - If the box had double wall construction it was a better PU than the compact Toyotas, Mazdas, ect., of the time. At least you could dump/throw...
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CJinSD - Lots of large luxury cars are sold in Southern California. We have ridiculous ‘traffic calming’ stop signals on many of our freeway entrance ramps....
Type57SC - a top end luxury car like this need enough torque to feel effortless in acceleration and at high speed. the 0-60 time is a poor proxy for that, but is still...
rolladan - The quote you used mentioned a 4 dr m3 isn’t that a sports car? Evo’s sti’s?
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