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REPOST FROM USA TODAY
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By Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY
PLYMOUTH, Mich. — For much of this decade, a familiar shape, roaring over the horizon with lights ablaze, has comforted distraught crime victims and frightened lawbreakers.
Next year, production ends for that fixture on American roads, the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, aka the Crown Vic. A four-way race — among the Detroit 3 and anIndiana start-up — is on to build the replacement of choice for what accounts for more than 70% of police cars.
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The incumbent, Ford (F), was the last to unveil its entry. On Friday, Ford rolled out a police version of its full-size, front-drive Taurus that it says has the size and durability of the rear-drive Crown Vic, but better fuel economy and available all-wheel drive.
General Motors has shown a big rear-drive sedan with a big V-8 from its Australian Holden unit that it will begin selling for police use as a Chevrolet Caprice.
Chrysler already has a police version of its current Dodge Charger on the street, and it has finally been making inroads in the market. The Charger is due for an update next year.
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Ford just took the wraps off its next-generation police car,showing it off as a concept to a group of invited police brass at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Okay, so it’s a Taurus. But not in Ford parlance. Now it is the "all-new, purpose-built Police Interceptor sedan" that will carry on the "durability, safety, performance and fuel economy of the industry’s leading police car – the Ford Crown Victoria."
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Get this: It will only come in a V-6 with a turbocharger, not a V-8. But before you think you can escape Old Smokey, consider that the big engine will put out 365 horsepower, 115 better than the old V-8 on the Crown Victoria it replaces late next year.
Why does Ford lead its release by talking about durability? Because the big concern about this car is front wheel drive. Although the rest of us have driven it for a zillion years, hidebound cops have always preferred big, rear-wheel-drive, body-on-frame sedans because they can take an around-the-clock beating.
Still, if Ford is right, this could be an awesome cop car:
Like the Crown Victoria, the new Taurus-based police car can withstand a 75 mile-per-hour rear-end collision. It will have side-curtain airbags to protect in case of rollovers. continuing Ford’s safety leadership includes engineering the Police Interceptor to pass 75-mph rear-end crash testing. Currently, the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor is the only pursuit sedan to meet this test.
The base engine will be 25% more fuel thrifty than the one it replaces and at 263 horsepower, will be more powerful than the old Crown Vic’s power plant.
"Police nationwide asked for a new kind of weapon in the battle for public safety, and Ford is answering the call with a purpose-built vehicle – engineered and built in America – that’s as dynamic as it is durable," said Mark Fields, Ford president of The Americas.
Ford is trying hard to point out the little touches that have been put in the car especially for police. They include a column-mounted shifter so it doesn’t get in the way of the computers and other equipment in the console and special seats than can accommodate officers with bulky gunbelts.
Other touches:
- Blind spot detection. The system uses two radar sensors located in the rear quarter panels to detect vehicles in the surrounding lanes. If a vehicle enters the driver’s blind-spot zones, the system alerts the driver with a warning light in the side-view mirror.
- Cross traffic alert. This system uses the existing radar modules to sense oncoming traffic when slowly backing out of a parking spot.
- Rear view camera: Just like in the family SUV.
- Ford SYNC: The Ford-exclusive, hands-free information system has the potential to be customized and remapped to work specifically with police aftermarket equipment such as lights and sirens, allowing officers to focus on the task at hand.