New Police Cars

I have pictures and videos of two new police cars as well as some details and specifications about both of them.

I recently spoke with a Florida Highway Patrol officer that I have become friendly with about his new Dodge charger police car.

This conversation was off the record. We were standing at the local County fuel island gassing up our Government vehicles. Basically he was just bragging about what he thought was the best police car of all times.

After they took his Z away they put him in a standard Crown Victoria. This made him very sad but it was short-term. He is now in a Dodge charger V8 black and tan. He told me that his Dodge seems to be faster than his old Z28.

He also stated that the braking was much stronger. I asked him about the handling and he conceded that the light weight of the charger and the higher center of gravity did not provide the same handling as his beloved Z28.

Dodge charger police interceptor problems

As stated above the vehicle comes to a screaming halt but this comes at a price of extreme brake wear and tons of brake dust.

The braking performance measured against other patrol cars was impressive and returned the shortest stopping distance.

The average brake replacement came in around 10 to 12,000 miles. Dodge has addressed the issue by pulling back on the performance coupled with installation of harder material brake pads.

Public and private fleet organizations now have the option to purchase the slightly under performing model that will get much better wear from the brakes.

Ford Taurus police interceptor

By the time you read this though the Ford Taurus police interceptor should be a reality. The plans are to offer some flexibility to local law enforcement departments.

Although both will have a V-6 you have your choice of a standard normally aspirated 263 hp version that is E85 capable or you can get the twin turbo model with direct injection that pushes the base horsepower to 365.

Note that the twin turbocharged model has a six speed automatic transmission and is all wheel drive, whereas the standard V-6 is just a front wheel drive.

The police package Taurus will have a much larger alternator than the civilian models to run all the police equipment. Also different on the police interceptor package will be a new set of redesigned performance brakes in all four corners.

It seems that Ford has studied the problems mentioned above about the Dodge charger police vehicle. Their new police cars will have steel wheels and focus on high-performance brake ventilation to help cool the rotors and in turn reduce brake wear.

Doing some research I learned about Ford's plan to eventually completely discontinue the Crown Victoria police interceptor. Ford's target goals are to end the production of said vehicle sometime in 2011. They believe that their next generation of new police cars will be in full production by then.

New Taurus police interceptor video

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