A crop of new police cars drew more than 400 law enforcement officials to Chrysler’s proving grounds in Chelsea today to see the Michigan State Police put the cars through acceleration, braking, high-speed handling and other tests.


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While rain forced the police to suspend testing this morning, Ford, which has long dominated the police car market with its rear-wheel drive Crown Victoria, was working hard to overcome skeptics as it introduced a front-wheel drive Police Interceptor based on the Ford Taurus. “They will have a tough time,” said Terry Sweezey, public safety officer from Leoni Township. “It is a whole different driving system.” Ford has long dominated the police car market with about 70% of the 75,000 police cars sold annually. However, the Dearborn automaker will stop producing the Crown Victoria next August and is replacing it with the far more modern Police Interceptor. The new car has a 3.5-liter V6 engine with an estimated 280 horsepower or a turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 engine with an estimated 365 horsepower. Ford faced competition today from a redesigned Dodge Charger Pursuit police car and the return of the General Motors’ Chevrolet Caprice police car. Source: Ford faces skeptics at police car testing event Rate this story Rating: 1 ... Bad 2 ... Not the best 3 ... Average 4 ... Good 5 ... Awesome « Vehicle Thefts Post Sixth Consecutive Yearly Decline · Ford faces skeptics at police car testing event · Titanic 12-Day Memorial Cruise Almost Sold Out » Post New Comment Your Name: Subject: Icon:                                     Message: Disable smilies in this post. Disable block tag code. Add [url] tag at URLs. Powered by Contentteller® Business Edition