Last Crown Vic Police Interceptor in Kansas

[Falcon_LS]

The last 5 CVPIs produced (X182364, X182365, X182366, X182367 and X182368) are now in service with the Kansas Highway Patrol, repainted in their old blue and gray. Apparently a deal was worked out with Ford for the last one, and Unit X182368 goes to their museum when it's retired from its designation as Governor's Protection Detail.

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[Hokiefyd]

The end of a long line of fantastic vehicles for sure.

I didn't know they were built in Canada.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

I believe they also had the most american content of any vehicle too.

 

[addyguy]

Ford is and IDIOT for walking away from this market.

They will regret this BIGTIME.

Neat line-up of the different cars.

 

[Corvette Owner]

Originally Posted By: addyguy
Ford is and IDIOT for walking away from this market.

They will regret this BIGTIME.

Neat line-up of the different cars.


Time marches on. The new line of turbo charged cars have more horsepower, more room (except .5 inches less headroom), better handling, and better gas mileage. What's NOT to like ?

Check it (them) out:

http://www.ford.com/fordpoliceinterceptor/#

 

[exranger06]

Originally Posted By: addyguy
Ford is and IDIOT for walking away from this market.

They will regret this BIGTIME.

Neat line-up of the different cars.

Ford just designed a new vehicle (actually TWO vehicles) specifically FOR this market. How can you say they're walking away from it? Seems like they're doing the exact opposite.

 

[Bandito440]

These sure would put up with a lot of abuse. It's hard to imagine a new lightweight unibody vehicle putting up with all that. Time will tell.

 

[SwampSurvivor]

Originally Posted By: exranger06
Originally Posted By: addyguy
Ford is and IDIOT for walking away from this market.

They will regret this BIGTIME.

Neat line-up of the different cars.

Ford just designed a new vehicle (actually TWO vehicles) specifically FOR this market. How can you say they're walking away from it? Seems like they're doing the exact opposite.


Because neither of them will hold up near as good.

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

What's with the Naked Gun-style roof light? That thing looks right out of the '60s.

 

[exranger06]

Originally Posted By: Miller88
Originally Posted By: exranger06
Originally Posted By: addyguy
Ford is and IDIOT for walking away from this market.

They will regret this BIGTIME.

Neat line-up of the different cars.

Ford just designed a new vehicle (actually TWO vehicles) specifically FOR this market. How can you say they're walking away from it? Seems like they're doing the exact opposite.


Because neither of them will hold up near as good.

What does that have to do with anything I said? Addyguy said Ford is abandoning the police market. I said they are not abandoning it, in fact they just came out with two new vehicles. What does that have to with reliability/toughness? Neither I nor addyguy said anything about how they will hold up.

And anyway, I think it's way too early to dismiss the new cars and automatically assume they won't hold up as well.

 

[mrsilv04]

Originally Posted By: Bottom_Feeder
What's with the Naked Gun-style roof light? That thing looks right out of the '60s.



Some traditions just really die hard...

 

[Falcon_LS]

Originally Posted By: mrsilv04
Originally Posted By: Bottom_Feeder
What's with the Naked Gun-style roof light? That thing looks right out of the '60s.



Some traditions just really die hard...


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Those old enough to remember the blue and gray Kansas Highway Patrol cars with the cherry beacon on top may be pleased to see a small fleet of them back on the roads.

The highway patrol issued 14 of the special patrol cars Monday in honor of its 75th anniversary.


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[andyd]

A few yrs ago, the MA SP and some local departments started buying Chargers. But the great majority of police cars are still Panthers.

 

[Falcon_LS]

Originally Posted By: Corvette Owner
Originally Posted By: addyguy
Ford is and IDIOT for walking away from this market.

They will regret this BIGTIME.

Neat line-up of the different cars.


Time marches on. The new line of turbo charged cars have more horsepower, more room (except .5 inches less headroom), better handling, and better gas mileage. What's NOT to like ?

Check it (them) out:

http://www.ford.com/fordpoliceinterceptor/#


Whether or not Ford will "regret" their decision is a completely different matter, but as far as what's not to like is concerned, the fact that none of the new police vehicles are truly American.

The Caprice utilizes the Zeta platform, originally based off the V platform developed by Opel for their Omega (Cadillac Catera may sound more familiar). The Charger's LX platform is based off the Mercedes-Benz W211. The Taurus and Explorer are both based off Volvo's P2 platform (used by the S80 sedan).

Some may argue the benefits of body on frame versus unibody in severe duty, or rear wheel drive versus front wheel drive. But from a personal point of view, this is what's not to like.

Times change, people change. But certain things are hard to let go.

 

[kkreit01]

I'll make sure to be on the lookout for them

. You don't see many with the huge cherry on top. I can't remember the last time I did. Most of the KHPs around here drive Chargers.

 

[antiqueshell]

What's interesting is that if you look closer at those old style Cherry lights they actually contain LED arrays in them in place of regular bulbs. That is interesting.

I notice in that press picture that the one car is apparently a early 70s Dodge Dart? The other two are mid -late 70s Dodge Diplomats.

 

[TC]

I immediately noticed the vintage Mopar squad cars too. Me likey! I love the story of the hopelessly underpowered 1980-81 318 V-8 Dodge St. Regis patrol cars. That was back in the days when you opened the hood and saw 20 lbs of various smog-related rubber hoses draped over the engine like spaghetti. The California Highway Patrol bought these 105 MPH max cars and supposedly experienced a number of incidents in which common econosedans were able to pull away from them. The CHP finally removed the resonators from the exhaust systems to gain a few HP, using the catalytic converters as mufflers. This was just 2 years after the very capable 440 V-8 Plymouth Furys, and 10 years after the monster 149 MPH Plymouth Pursuit Polara! So the CHP knew quite well what they were missing. Definitely a "Funny Ha Ha....No, I'm laughing AT you" kind of ride was the St. Regis.
http://www.allpar.com/photos/chrysler/R-bodies/1980-regis.jpg
http://www.allpar.com/squads/history.html

 

[morris]

"hopelessly underpowered 1980-81 318 V-8 Dodge St. Regis patrol cars." WHAT AN UNDERSTATEMENT. i made the mistake of buying a 1984 ply fury, 318 it went fastester if you let up on the pedal. it had a cracked intake manifold. how in the world can the company that built the worlds fastest super stock (1968 hemi cuda) build the junk i ended up with?

 

[TC]

"How in the world can the company that built the worlds fastest super stock (1968 hemi cuda) build the junk i ended up with?"

As I recall, the good folks at Chrysler were all drinking heavily that year, so that explains it. ;-)

For that 1980-81 Dodge St. Regis police cruiser, it had a whopping 155 HP moving about 3,800 lbs. So its power-to-weight ratio is almost exactly the same as the 1970 Pinto I used to canyon race back in the day (beating Corvettes, no less!), about 24.5 lbs/HP. "ARE YOU READY TO RUUUUUUMBLE?!!!!! Uhhhhh......Sorry, I meant "Are you ready to idle? Or perhaps a low-horsepower slow-cruise? Downhill?"

 

[TC]

OK, I'll officially apologize for attempting to hijack this topic into a Vintage Mopar police cruiser topic, but here's one that MUST be mentioned...

The mighty -- no, make that MIGHTY -- 1969 Dodge Polora Pursuit!
~ 375 HP 440 V-8
~ 0-60 MPH in 6.3 seconds
~ Best of all, a leisurely top speed of....drumroll, please....149 MPH!!! (This car was the four-door top speed "KING" for about 25 years after that.)
http://www.allpar.com/squads/history.html
http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2007/05/01/hmn_feature15.html