Ls400 poweeerrr!!!
Officer was probably ordered to break off pursuit and another agency continued pursuit. It was likely a vehicle reported stolen.
MY OPINION: I've driven those Police Interceptor version of the Crown Vics and can say that they 100% suck compared to my LS400. I can't even parallel park those Crown Vics correctly because Ford designed that car retarded.
MY OPINION: I've driven those Police Interceptor version of the Crown Vics and can say that they 100% suck compared to my LS400. I can't even parallel park those Crown Vics correctly because Ford designed that car retarded.
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I read that the chargers are not holding up very well. Ford and Chevy are both bringing new police cruisers out. Chevy has the foreign market Caprice that they will outfit for police duty, 355 hp. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/05/p...ppv-on-patrol/ . Ford's will come out in 2011. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/13/b...ce-intercepto/
Crown Vic = Pathetic. 250HP V8 that has been around for 10 years. I'm almost positive the 1st Generation Police Interceptor could keep up with it. How sad for Ford and Law Enforcement.
I wouldn't try this with any New Impalas or Chargers though...
I wouldn't try this with any New Impalas or Chargers though...
I read that the chargers are not holding up very well. Ford and Chevy are both bringing new police cruisers out. Chevy has the foreign market Caprice that they will outfit for police duty, 355 hp. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/05/p...ppv-on-patrol/ . Ford's will come out in 2011. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/13/b...ce-intercepto/
Cool part about both of these cars is that they both inherit their designs from their Australian Counterparts (Holden for GM, and the outstanding Ford Falcon)
Another reason for the lower speed is that the officer must have enough time to maneuver through intersections and/or byways without hitting anyone. They have liability to think about, unlike the punk POS who has a callous disregard for life and property (well of course, a crook).
That's why its rare to see 8-9 police cars chasing 1 vehicle nowadays. Unless the crooks have government money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku9VC...rom=PL&index=4
That's why its rare to see 8-9 police cars chasing 1 vehicle nowadays. Unless the crooks have government money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku9VC...rom=PL&index=4
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I read somewhere that Chevy was no longer considering bringing the Caprice to the States. If only I could find that article. Something to do with their window with Holden.
Cool part about both of these cars is that they both inherit their designs from their Australian Counterparts (Holden for GM, and the outstanding Ford Falcon)
Cool part about both of these cars is that they both inherit their designs from their Australian Counterparts (Holden for GM, and the outstanding Ford Falcon)
"CHEVROLET CAPRICE: Lutz and his new boss, Fritz Henderson, argued over whether the G8 should be rebadged as a Chevy Caprice. Both won, or maybe lost: The car will be sold beginning in 2011 as the Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle, a Holden Statesman (the long-wheelbase version of the Commodore) without the G8's split grille or fake hood scoops and with special police equipment. It lacks one thing police departments love, though: body-on-frame construction. The Los Angeles Police Department, for example, owns three frame-straightening machines, and can have a Ford Crown Vic Police Interceptor back on the road within days after one of those televised chase-scene bump-and-spin maneuvers."
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By no means do I advocate the behavior, but OMG that first Gen just GOT IT!!! VERY IMPRESSED with how she handled and just mowed thru the gears. Almost unbelieveable. On a different note,, light output was bad enough, but couple that with, can't even describe tham as eyelids, but a full blown sleep mask over them headlights and the car just looked lethal.