I’m looking forward to seeing this!
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Unless it has rear wheel drive and a six liter engine, I’m not interested.
Looks like a cross between a Malibu and a charger, but it is nice after almost 20 years of the same design to be changed.:rolleyes:
Look again. That is the new Caprice, not the upcoming Ford Interceptor (rumored to be FWD and based on the Taurus since Ford lacks a new RWD platform).
I believe the poster recognizes that and was posting the Caprice as pert of his statement of what the Ford would have to compete with . . .
anybody read much about these?
All the departments around here are getting Chargers and boy do they look good all blacked out.
You will quickly learn to hate them. They win the contest in the looking cool category, but they also win the contest for the most blind spots, most crammed in with equipment and if you get the 6 cylinder version… the most time in the repair shop. I’m 5’8" on a good day and I barely fit in it. The Impala’s have more room but not much and the Explorer’s are just as bad as the Chargers. I just got assigned a brand new Crown Vic and it’s great but the seat hits the back of the cage and you gotta sit straight up. Our Durango is nice and roomy but it’s a bit big to go sneaking around in the alleys. I guess what I’m trying to say during my very negative rant is that NOTHING has ever taken the place of the Caprice Classic. Room, speed, handling it was the best. The best way to build a good police car capable of working in for 8 to 12 (and sometimes 16, like today) hours is to have cops aid in the design.
The new caprice is based on the Holden commodore right? Want!
It’s got a Camaro chassis and is built on the former Pontiac G8 assembly line. I’m not sold on a car being built from a design that was originally for only 2 doors. We will see soon enough. On another note, Ford will be unavailing their 2012 CVPI replacement on April 1st.
I hated the look of that when it first came out. Until I did some research on it. Now I think that is one good looking ride. I wouldn’t mind if my department tested that out.
Man, I really miss my old 94 Caprice. That was some car. We went to the crown Vic after Chevy discontinued the Caprice in 96. Was never really happy with it. Although it is more comfortable than the current alternatives.
Cory, you need to go back and look at where the “new” Camaro came from. Yes, the new Caprice IS a Holden Commodore. The G8 was a rebadged Commodore. The Camaro was a coupe built on a Commodore sedan driveline, not the other way around.
I miss Florida in the late 80’s, early 90’s and their Mustang 5.0’s!
If it were me designing a new police vehicle I would increase the front seat area by at least 40%, convert the back seat area to the equipment compartment and throw the suspects in the trunk (renamed the aft detention container)…
The Chargers at our department have way more room for the driver then the Crown Vics did. The doors are smaller in the back for putting people in them. With all of the crap in squads now I don’t find the blind spots much worse than the crown vics. I also thought the handeling was way better in the snow.
“The Chargers at our department have way more room for the driver then the Crown Vics did.”
Sorry, but that isn’t any way close to being physically possible.
The CV is larger overall. The windows are both taller and longer, the C pillar is smaller, the rear window is more upright, affording much better visibility. Fitment of the cage in the Charger invilves limiting the full rearward movement of the driver’s seat, shrinking the driver’s work area. The Charger’s seat is lower to the ground, making ingree/egress more difficult when wearing leather gear and a vest.
The Charger’s smaller side windows and rear window, with the larger C pillar make visibility in traffic much more difficult. They may look cool but they suck as work vehicles.
I know.
It’s Ford 500/Taurus with AWD, twin turbo. 
It helps to have worked there and still have literally hundreds of close friends still there.
There is more leg room in the charger. There is a reason all of the 6’03" + people like to drive them.
The seat in the Chargers we have can lift you almost to the ceiling so I see no problem getting in and out as long as you have the seat adjusted to you.
The windows are smaller, but I haven’t had a problem seeing out of them. I’m not saying this one is better than that one, but there are parts of the charger I like better.
The 500/Tarurs aspect doesn’t really excite me. But the AWD and twin turbo has me somewhat interested.