There’s a police force that can afford that?
That vehicle being called the new caprice is the pontiac g6.
I’m really going to miss the CVPI. It may not be the fastest patrol car on the road (my '88 Mustang was a little quicker ;)) but the CVPI’s handling is so predictable (and forgiving, at times) that you get a lot of warning to ‘back off the skinny pedal’. The way to get a little more room in front is to tilt the top part of the shield back (usually requiring longer bolts or brackets).
No offense to those enthusiastic about the Carbon Motors car, but it kinda reminds me of the Tucker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Tucker_Sedan
I can’t stand the thought of driving any FWD car, especially on police patrol so if this is what the new Ford Police Interceptor’s gonna be, make mine a 2011 Chevrolet Caprice… if it’s half as good as the '94 was, it will be good to go. 
I can’t for the life of me figure out why Ford reversed the door lock and moved the window controls on the most recent cvpi…it also feels looser thru high speed turns.
I’de just be happy to have a CV that is a year or two old…I can’t stand my Impala, although the new offering from Chevy looks nice
it would be cool to see the new PI use the 5.0 V8
a SHO based PI is pretty cool too tho I guess.
You mean every other state’s 5.0 Mustangs. They had them in Mass and I got pulled over by one in Indiana. They had some here in Utah as well.
Thats gonna make the WRX, EVO croud jelous. 
Maybe your joking, but it just doesnt make sense that Ford would replace a simple rear wheel drive/V8 bread & butter car like the Crown Vic, for a maintenance intensive vehicle like an AWD/Twin Turbo. I doubt any of the larger departments across the country would invest in a completely new platform that complex in-terms of maintenance.
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Man, I wish I could get one of these in America… Australia rocks for having these on the streets. They should replace the Taurus SHO with these… IMO. (minus the police stickers, of course)
You are adding four CV joints of mechanical complexity. That is it.
Turbochargers are maintenance free. So are CV joints. So long as both are lubricated they will run virtually forever IF manufactured and designed correctly. And design and manufacturing are issues the end user cannot control or affect.
With a properly set up suspension (the correct front to rear roll stiffness ratio) a FWD car handles incredibly well. About the only thing it can’t easily do is oversteer on command for obvious reasons.
Me, too.
I did the Powertrain Refinement (NVH) development pretty much single handedly back in 1999/2000. The GHIA is a very nice car and I’d love to have one. At the time it had a straight 6 (which I love). We/I stiffened the engine mount brackets as there natural resonance was within the firing order of the engine operating range, stiffened the drive shaft, trans extension housing, intake manifold and strategically added sound deadening. The only trouble area was the transmission mount as the floorpan did not have enough structure/isolation so we had to make it softer than I ideally would have liked it to be. We even had a twin turbo version inline 6 and a V8 version later. Cool cars. They all need better brakes, though (at least for me).
If only it were so simple… It’s not. Theres far more maintenance required than a simple FWD or RWD, normally aspirated design. COOL for a specialty car but probably not the best longterm solution for essentially a fleet vehicle. Operating costs will spiral over time.
I never said that FORD MANAGEMENT decisions were great decisions. That’s partly why I wished to get out of there. 
It will probably be a good car; “great” to many but I use that term sparingly when it comes to cars. But it’s HEAVY so brakes & tires will take a pounding. Fuel economy will be “non-existent”, too. I’ve no idea what the Taurus SHO will cost but it will be in BMW 3 Series territory which makes no sense to me. I’d take a 3 Series Sports Package every single time… Brilliant! :rolleyes:
I’ve been doing very bad things on public roads recently. My 2000 Acura Integra Type R is bone stock short of braided stainless steel brake lines and it handles superbly. Just slightly close the throttle prior to the apex of a corner and she tightens her line as if on command (well, it is). Jump off the throttle and you may as well be in a 911. There is no understeer. Of course, if you stand on the throttle while turning in it will resist turning but who would do that?
I’ve been in Ford Crown Vics at Ford’s Vehicle Dynamics Track and even participated in an autocross where one was present (with Mustangs and even a Windstar) and through all but the tightest hairpins the little FWD Honda was much more nimble. Well, it’s a helluva lot smaller, too. Over a 30 second course I was close to 2 seconds clear of the Crown Vic. The Mustang had the decent enough handling and more torque to be consistently 1/2 second quicker than the ITR. The ground was made on the launch and every time we/I had to brake hard and make a 90 degree turn. The Miata was only 1/4 second behind me. I enjoyed the Miata more than all of them though. An S2000 might be about perfect.
well that is probably the best handling FWD car ever produced 
Until you put a cop behind the wheel. City curbs wreak havoc on cv joints. And if there is one thing street cops do well, it is running into curbs.
I can’y argue about the engineering of this car. All I can say is that it looks pretty nice. I want one.