A five-speed fully electronic transmission with steering column shifter, 18-inch V-rated tires and steel wheels, heavy-duty police brakes and linings and heavy-duty suspensionwill beincluded as standard equipment with the police package models.
For the ultimate inpursuit power,the Dodge Magnum police package also will offer a 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 engine with cylinder deactivation thatproduces 340 horsepowerand 390 lb.-ft. of torque.Chrysler Group's Multiple Displacement System (MDS) seamlessly alternates between smooth, high fuel economy four-cylinder modewhen less power is needed and V-8 mode when more power is in demand. Fuel efficiency is improved by up to 20 percentwith cylinder deactivation,but not at the expense of performance.
The HEMIpowertrain, mated to afully electronic five-speed automatic transmission and high-performance suspension,will give officers in pursuit situations abalance of world-class performance, power and handling.
The 2006 Dodge Magnumpolice package will include the followingspecific police cruiseritems: certified speedometer, column shifter,emergency rear door lock override,heavy-duty five-link suspension system,heavy-duty alternator, heavy-duty battery, heavy-duty brakes, inoperable rear door locks and rear windows, and special police electrical wiring.
Dodge Charger 5.7-liter HEMI(R) posted best-in-class top speed of over 145 mph * Dodge Charger 5.7-liter HEMI and Dodge Magnum 5.7-liter HEMI posted first and second place in acceleration times * Dodge Charger 5.7-liter HEMI and Dodge Magnum 5.7-liter HEMI posted first and second place in vehicle dynamics testing.
What would be the biggest police car news from Chevrolet in years was the 1975 Nova with the COPO 9C1 police package. Few police cars in history have had the impact of the '75 Nova 9C1. The Nova would be the car of choice for large urban police and sheriffs departments all over the country.
With this Nova, Chevrolet became a major force in the police market. The Nova 9C1 instantly unseated the AMC Matador and successfully blocked first the Dart/Valiant and then the Aspen/Volare. Chrysler Corp. was shut out of this end of the police market by a compact Chevy designed specifically for police work. The durable, engineered Nova 9C1 literally opened the door at police departments for other Chevrolet models to compete. When the '77 downsized full-size Chevy arrived, Chevrolet was set to literally take the police market away from Chrysler.
Until the Nova 9C1, Chevrolet had been tied with Ford for second choice behind Plymouth. The Nova changed all that. It established Chevrolet as a source for highly developed squad cars specifically engineered for police duty.
In its first year of specialized police service,the carefully developed and highly engineered Nova came just one way: The Nova used the LM1 350-cid, four-barrel carbureted V-8 with the M40 Turbo Hydro-Matic 350 and the 3.08 rear axle ratio. No other engines, transmissions or axle ratios were available.
The 350-cid/155-nhp V-8 was specifically developed for maximum horsepower and maximum torque under the constraints of the California emissions laws. This was the first four-barrel version of the 350 since 1973. It was down about 25 nhp from that era but all engines were down in power.
Actually,the LM1 was heavily tweaked. Rather than simply adding a California Emissions Package to an already existing engine, Chevrolet built the LM1 with the Emissions Package as a starting point. Carb jetting, ignition timing, valve sizes, and cam profiles were selected to make the most from this engine and still be perfectly compliant with the emission laws.
The police Nova was a police package car in the truest sense. Each piece in the drivetrain was selected with the same care components in the LM1 engine. The built-up Nova was loaded with fluid coolers, and fitted with heavy-duty chassis components. Chevrolet used heaviest-duty Nova SS and Camaro Z28 suspension components and the brakes from the full-size Bel Air and Impala. The '75 Nova got a brand new body and styling. In fact,it was the first significant Nova body change in eight years. The total glass area was increased. The windshield, for example, was 15 percent larger. The wheelbase, however, remained at 111 inches.
The retail Nova was available as a four-door sedan and a two-door coupe plus a hatch-back coupe. The police package, however, was based stictly on the six-passenger, four-door sedan.
The Nova got all the emissions and safety upgrades for 1975 as did the other Chevrolet models
including a catalytic converter, double roof panels, High Energy Ignition, larger diameter exhaust, outside ducted air intake and threaded fuel tank cap with smaller diameter filler hole. The Nova also got a new steering gear location now forward of the front wheel centerline.
The COPO 9C1 police package included the special "California V-8" and heavy-duty suspension, brakes and cooling. The retail tire was either an E78x14 bias-ply tire or an ER78x14 steel belted radial. However,the police package tire for the Nova was an E70x14 "wide oval" bias belted tire mounted on a special 14x7 heavy-duty wheel.
The Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department thrashed a number of 1975 police package cars; however, they disqualified even more of them before the vehicles were even unloaded from the trailer. The result was a four-way showdown between the Plymouth Fury 360, Dodge Coronet 360, AMC Matador 401 and the Chevrolet Nova 350.
The Nova 9C1 turned in a competitive overall performance compared to the two larger and more powerfull street veterans. And it did it with a numerically lower rear axle and bias-belted tires compared to much larger pursuit radials. To pass the first hurdle, the Nova 9C1 was given an accepable rating around the Pomona EVOC track at the L.A. County Fairgrounds.
The Nova 9C1 produced an average 0-60 mph and 60-95 mph acceleration but out-braked and out-evasively handled the bigger sedans. The Nova had a controlled fluid temperature heat rise and scored well in the areas of officer ergonomics and communication equipment installation. The real Nova 9C1 victory came during the 72-mile gas mileage test under combinations of urban and rural surface streets and freeway driving. It bested the Matador in-service car by more than 2 mpg.
The LASD recommended that one-third of its enormous 1975 fleet of police cars be made up of the Nova. This would give the LASD an opportunity to both validate its new vehicle test procedure and to give the Nova a formal, large-scale, in-service, field test. With the LASD, it would be continuous Chevrolet from then on: First, the Nova, then the Malibu, then the Impala.
This 1975 LASD vehicle test was a stunning victory for Chevrolet in general and Nova in particular.
http://www.geocities.com/novaessess/Models/squadrod.jpg
Yes indeed, I have seen a video of this Italian Lambo on a hot run, it tops out at 308 Kp/H! Only in Roma!! The Italians always have had style.
Katzmans Caddy
04-07-2007, 11:20 PM
http://www.sspmustang.org/images/Toronto_B4C_1.jpgToronto Police Z28
Another Canadian built Police car, That is really a coincidence, Charger, Crown Vic and Impala too.
check this out!
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/images/lambo_polizia.jpg
devilleish
08-21-2007, 12:18 PM
The car to have now would be thepolice equipped '69 Malibu sedan. A four-door Malibu with a factory-installed 396? I have no idea how many were built, but the NY State Police had at least one, according to the pictures I've been able to find. Sleepers are cool.
hmmmm .. the motto just reminded me of something kinky.
dang .. what was her name? gotta go and find the #.
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Katzmans Caddy
08-27-2007, 11:06 PM
I always remember this one as my favourite. I think this is the one that started the bad ass reputation for cop cars. A Buick Century 322 CID V8, 236 HP, 1955 2 door post Special body except 4 portholes from the Century and Roadmaster front end. Add in Broderick Crawford. Car was not available to the public, 135 manuals and 135 automatics made. Does it get any better than that? Two are said to have survived to date.
local://upfiles/2893/0F10D2B585E3417C8BD75A2CC2669B4E.jpg
some cops even come in blond ...
Katzmans Caddy
08-28-2007, 09:00 AM
After going 18 years with white cars the new OPP (Ontario provincial Police) Commssioner has his own idea of what a highway patrol car should look like. It's a big deal here, espepcially since all of these Police Interceptors are made in St. Thomas Ontario. I've only seen three on the road as they change out the fleet, but they look pretty nice though.
new york state, at the dunkirk- fredonia barreks run a z28 also. i'll try and get picture, then try and figure how to down load it here. i know because he got me once, but was nice enough to give a warning....yea!!!! woooo close call!!
rickyd
Katzmans Caddy
08-28-2007, 12:56 PM
Is this the Trooper and the car that got you rickyd?
Not bad…
http://www.spykercars.com/img/gallerij/nm/politie_Spyker_1.jpg
Too bad they don’t use the 12 Zagato for the police car though…
http://www.spykercars.com/img/gallerij/nm/Zagato_3.jpg
Stealth
08-28-2007, 07:18 PM
ORIGINAL: Katzmans Caddy
For devilleish, You will find the 69 Chevelle Police brochure at the following link:
Not bad…
http://www.spykercars.com/img/gallerij/nm/politie_Spyker_1.jpg
ok Fox, nice find .. you intrigued me and made me work for it ...
Nederland Politie
http://www.autoblog.nl/images/wp/Spyker_C8_Spyder_politieman.jpg
Nederland natuurlijk niet achterblijven. Dus terwijl Sacha met Balboni (http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2006/10/14/met-valentino-balboni-een-rondje-gallardo-spider) sprintjes aan
het trekken was op de A2, werd in Zeewolde een speciale Spyker onthuld:
de C8 Pliesie Spyder.
Negative Katzmans....... close...... no cigar........ where did that pic come from? Is it New York State?
Katzmans Caddy
08-28-2007, 08:49 PM
Hey rickyd, I just searched New York State Police Z28 and a whole bunch popped up. Lots of other States and Provinces too that ran Z28 pursuit cars. Even the fabled RCMP used them instead of horses!
rickyd
08-28-2007, 09:11 PM
Katzmans... yea, why not, sold them for long, long time.... nice, quick, handle right, but ya got to park'm when the snow flys.....
Anyway, the Troop gave me a warning @ 76mph usually run thru his area at 74 twice a day, with no prob.... I guess it was that 2mph haha.
limit is 65, so OK whats 11 over anyway.....gee
stomper
09-08-2007, 02:26 PM
did anyone notice that all these are from the same P.D. ?
Dodge Charger has been gaining market share and is challenging Ford and Chevy for police sales
The Dodge Charger is challenging the Ford Crown Victoria as chief of police cars.
Chrysler LLC's full-sized model that debuted in 2006 is no immediate threat to the Crown Vic or Chevrolet Impala, the market's other major player, but the Charger is gaining momentum in a market that sells 75,000 vehicles a year as national tests cite its speed and handling.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/Gamesta666/brabus_police.jpg
German CLS 500 Police Car
http://www.motorpasion.com/images/2007/03/Cayenne_Policia.jpg
How we do it where I'm from - Bulgaria
CateraRacer
02-26-2008, 12:44 AM
hey guys supposedly NYC got a corvette and a fleet of cobras can neone confirm this or is that a rumor of my street racing buddies.... pssssssh sadl my catera beet a v6 mustang ...sad
foxpaws
02-26-2008, 09:19 AM
It is so fun to beat 'stangs - my Allante took a 5.0 turbo right before heading to the spa...[&:]
Lots of police departments have one or two flashy cars - often they bring them out at high schools - or at car shows, they use it for PR and to get the kids interested in the 'message'...
stomper
02-26-2008, 10:32 AM
ORIGINAL: foxpaws
It is so fun to beat 'stangs - my Allante took a 5.0 turbo right before heading to the spa...[&:]
Lots of police departments have one or two flashy cars - often they bring them out at high schools - or at car shows, they use it for PR and to get the kids interested in the 'message'...
it aint fair game to race a HS kid that is learning to drive.
stomper
04-25-2008, 02:41 PM
When a police car kisses a cow at 80 mph ...
Officer drove home .. THAT is one durable car.
atleast they didn't go home empty handed, they must of had a trunk full of steak on the way home
HenryHill
06-06-2008, 01:35 PM
In NYC there was at one point a Mustang that was taken from street racers was being used in Queens.... And I also saw a 70s Nova w Chrery Bombs running around tauinting people.....
CateraRacer
06-08-2008, 08:28 AM
i now know that nypd has a mustang 08ish. It sped by me and ripped my projectors, grill, HID, and tint off my car chasing down street races on the highway. silly ricers got arrested. The mustang had red and blues in the grill, strobes, and the led strobes by the rear view and the two strobes in the back. black.
i miss the 5.0. One is a 5.0 and a couple are in DARE andthe rest ppl sold.
NAFTA
06-08-2008, 03:38 PM
the 5.0 is my favorite mustang/ 5.0 cobra to be exact foxbody
CateraRacer
06-08-2008, 05:20 PM
yea. its just if you find one its severly damaged and juss too much work and money to put into it. I think i would make it into the SSP
Italian Police car in the sixties...
'62 Ferrari 250 GTE "Black Panther", one of a kind, used in Rome for fast chases!
http://www.poliziadistato.it/pds/primapagina/museo_auto_polizia/images/locandina_big.jpg
You can see it at the italian Police Museum in Rome (http://www.poliziadistato.it/pds/primapagina/museo_auto_polizia/index.htm).
stomper
03-18-2010, 10:09 AM
the new Police Interceptor is based on the 2010 Ford Taurus
USA Today reports: “The Taurus-based model will keep the Police Interceptor name but offer just two 3.5-liter V-6 engines, no big V-8s, as in the Crown Vic. Ford boasts that the standard version will be 25% more fuel efficient than the current standard V-8. And the version with two turbochargers, what Ford calls EcoBoost, will deliver 365 horsepower, 115 more than the standard Crown Vic.” The 365-horsepower V6 is the same found in the performance-tuned Taurus SHO. An optional all-wheel drive system will also be available.
The result is a better-performing police car. “Ford’s new police car can endure a rear-end crash at 75 m.p.h., easily jump curbs and accelerate twice as fast as Ford's outgoing iconic Crown Victoria Police Interceptor,” says the Detroit Free Press.
However, the competition is tough. “The Taurus-based cop car will have to compete against the Dodge Charger cruiser, which looks good and is plenty fast with the available Hemi, and the Chevrolet Caprice, another rear-driver which is pretty much a Pontiac G8 in all but name (and civilian availability),” writes Edmunds.
stomper
03-18-2010, 10:11 AM
another thread seriously damaged by the so called upgrades?