Ford to Unveil New Police Interceptor

[TrainTrac]

Ford's planning to reveal their new Police Interceptor vehicle this morning. Go to the link below to see it live today at I believe 1030 CST.

 

[EddieS'04]

Wont play for me. Just no video. Just sits there on the home page.

 

[TrainTrac]

Nothing was happening until 1030 CST today. It's running now.

 

[EddieS'04]

Cant wait for the first one to hit salvage. I want the motor. Narrow enough for gen 1 trac. LOL



I bet the cost is high. The present crown vic is higher in cost already.

 

[James Kerr]

Police wont want it because it FWD.

 

[EddieS'04]

PUP it is allwheel drive. Knowing ford the front is beefy.

 

[Jeff Schroeder 2]

3.5 v-6 twin turbo echoboost with 365 hp....AWD with Roll Stability Control...pretty much what the Taurus SHO is...just a bit enhanced in areas. Watched the whole video, and its very impressive. Very impressive performance as well as safety features and green technology...power of a v-8, economy of a v-6. Interior is extremely functional. All Wheel Drive is a big plus...

 

[TomT]

I'm happy with my ST police interceptor.



[Broken External Image]:

 

[James Kerr]

OOOOh AWD, they might like that then cause I know they hate the impalas.

 

[MARVIN McINTYRE 2]

Yeah!:banana: That's the way to go FMC! Come back strong in this segment and let them haul ALL those "M PALAS":fire: and "CHUGERS":toilet: back to the scrap yards. Here in Dallas there will be a lot of "abused" ex-police cars to choose from when they see this Ford PI on the streets!

 

[Bud Williams]

He mentioned a Utility vehicle, what SUV uses a 3.5 liter engine?

is this going to be an explorer? or edge?

 

[Jacob Dryer]

hrm I still can't see the site.

 

[Jeff Schroeder 2]

The suv they are talking about would be the new re-designed Explorer...there are planning to produce the new platform with the 3.5, and are planning a police utility version.

 

[Kevin Lang]

It looks like they got inspiration for the looks and the promo pictures from old 80s movies.



In fact, it looks like an updated version of the Taurus from Robocop. I can hear all the classic one-liners now.



The chargers really need to go imo. No one likes the Impala, I know I didn't. If I were being arrested, I'd demand to be put in the CV, but maybe, just maybe, I could settle for this Taurus 2.0.



Hopefully Ford can come back and sweep the market with this. Makes me regret not buying their stock even more



BTW, why aren't police officers Civilians? IMO anyone who isn't in the military is a civilian. Dictionary agrees. Sorry mister President of the Americas, that was a faux pas.

 

[Ed C]

Sure beats the hell out of the POS :fire:Impala!

 

[ray moyer]

its a Taurus with a diff grill and steelies....



cool...

 

[Tom Schindler]

I think it is a move in the wrong direction. RWD is the way. Not front wheel or all wheel. Rear wheel drive.





Tom

 

[Kevin Lang]

RWD is the holy grail of driving, but how many cops are sufficiently trained to use the performance it can give, have interest in learning it, and how often will they actually use it?



I answer none, almost none, and never.



Besides goin' fast (momma) I can't imagine them using the advantages of RWD, and AWD has that ability, slightly hampered, but it has the advantage of ease of use and being relatively immune to traction loss, and I've seen some cops get in sad ways with snow and rain in the CV



At least it isn't a charger, or worse, a Chevy product.



Even Robocop was only given a FWD Taurus

 

[Christopher Comeaux]

id get it. that ting is bad. put it in service for fire deptment