2017 Police Cars

[T-Pak Addict]

Just seen a short snippet on ACA re Commodores (what they use in SA) and what they are going to use from 2017...

Its a good point... What will they use?

[malazn mafia]

Camries and Mitsubishi Lancers as they do in NSW already.

[XR Martin]

Who knows for Highway patrols, because BFYB nothing beats an XR6T.

[malazn mafia]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Who knows for Highway patrols, because BFYB nothing beats an XR6T.

Shut the department down, who needs highway patrol (power tripping boy racers in uniforms) anyway Govco is out of money and Surely the accountants would have figured that a strategic roadblock of Camries and Mitsubishi lancers would work just as well as they do overseas

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Shut the department down, who needs highway patrol (power tripping boy racers in uniforms) anyway Govco is out of money and Surely the accountants would have figured that a strategic roadblock of Camries and Mitsubishi lancers would work just as well as they do overseas

this aint no two bit little wog country

give them helicopters

chases look heaps cool on yootoob

[strik9]

Originally Posted by malazn mafia

Shut the department down, who needs highway patrol (power tripping boy racers in uniforms) anyway Govco is out of money and Surely the accountants would have figured that a strategic roadblock of Camries and Mitsubishi lancers would work just as well as they do overseas

i think they do a great job of cleaning the streets, wiping out meth heads on power poles in stolen commodores .

[Sioso]

Sounds like Volvo is trying to get the S60 to be used as highway patrol

http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/v...417-36ud3.html

[xxx000]

Mustangs?

[AndyXR6T]

Yep I too have heard the Volvo S60 is going to replace the commodore

[Wretched]

A variety of vehicles, Camry's, Chrysler 300s, Volvo, etc

[fgpsi]

the fwd commodore and whatever ford sell to replace the falcon ?

[CyberWasp]

Dodge Chargers

[xxx000]

Originally Posted by CyberWasp

Dodge Chargers

Now you're talking
unmarked, black with hubcaps

[Smoke Pursuit]

They will go back to WRX's, probably some V8 Mustangs (QLD have used Monaros in the past) and whatever else comes into the country.

[rjk74]

My mates a traffic copper here in central Vic and a big Holden fan, he reckons they will be driving Mustangs much to he's disgust.

[Focused]

Originally Posted by fgpsi

the fwd commodore and whatever ford sell to replace the falcon ?

I don't understand why people (and the media) seem to keep on saying that Ford will replace the Falcon. Why? No one wants large cars (hence why the VF and 300C sell so poorly). Out of the 600 Falcon sales last month, most were probably low-profit fleets and Ford's own employees. I dare say that Holden are almost giving away VFs too.

Essentially, the replacements are the Focus, Mondeo and Edge. And for the empty-nesters middle-aged men who want RWD performance cars, there's the Mustang.

[2011G6E]

Same as now...Camrys, the odd Aurion (highway patrol) and Klugers.

Hell, cops aren't even allowed to chase bad guys now, so what's the point in having a 400+kw V8 sedan? They may as well drive Prius's...

[_Ben]

They have the sportivo models for pursuit cars :P

[Stealth00]

[1TUFFUTE]

They should send over those custom police sho interceptors ford build. Take up the same room on a ship that mustangs will

[BA-Fan]

Originally Posted by Stealth00

Horsepower Bah doom Ching...

[T-Pak Addict]

Twin Turbo Fusion AWD are pretty quick....

Hear SA Police maybe getting BMW's

[deadfish2]

I'm hoping they will bring Cadillacs over.... Might be an option... I'd imagine 300c would make an appearance being next to cheapest

[1TUFFUTE]

The ford interceptors in the states are selling up a storm. Half the police vehicles since they went on sale are the fords with like 90% having the massive bonus of having constant AWD. They have far superior engineering in them, like bullet proofing, very very high speed rear end crash proofing,double the endurance testing, high speed wheels and heaps of other police pro things.

Considering the Eco boost engines and the cheaper ford branding(more so then euros in aus)..... It's hard to find a better police ready vehicle. 3 specs too

AwD sedan Taurus
AwD 4wd
Eco 2.0 sedan (most likely non pursuit duties)

[Franco Cozzo]

Magic carpets



With budget cuts maybe these turds, the guy who invented these things accidentally drove himself off a cliff with it LOL.

[Raptor]

Camera's, Drone aircraft and GPS monitoring

Who needs police officers or police cars anymore

More revenue, Lower costs (lower salaries, lower fuel bills etc etc)

[simon varley]

Originally Posted by 1TUFFUTE

The ford interceptors in the states are selling up a storm.

the buying power of the police fleets in the State is so great that they arrange huge show-and-tell session where all the manufacturers come along with their offerings. The market is so huge that Ford design the car almost from scratch for the police. I doubt the numbers here justify a RHD version of these but they are pretty cool
http://www.ford.com/fordpoliceinterceptor/

[1TUFFUTE]

Originally Posted by simon varley

the buying power of the police fleets in the State is so great that they arrange huge show-and-tell session where all the manufacturers come along with their offerings. The market is so huge that Ford design the car almost from scratch for the police. I doubt the numbers here justify a RHD version of these but they are pretty cool
http://www.ford.com/fordpoliceinterceptor/

Yeah some of those show n tell comparos are very cool to watch if you do a search.
And I didn't even think about the whole rhd to lhd conversion drama. I was just getting caught up in all the mustangs getting shipped over and thought.....chuck em on the same ship lol.

[blueoval]

Originally Posted by Raptor

Camera's, Drone aircraft and GPS monitoring

Who needs police officers or police cars anymore

More revenue, Lower costs (lower salaries, lower fuel bills etc etc)

This is more real than your jesting. :P

[xxx000]

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