2012 Ford Taurus Police Interceptor

2012 Dodge Charger Police Pursuit Edition

2012 Chevrolet Caprice PPV (Police Patrol Vehicle)

Carbon Motors E7 Concept

2012 Chevrolet Tahoe SSV (Special Service Vehicle)

What is your favorite, what is your least favorite, which one would you be most afraid to see in your rearview mirror, and which one do you think is the best one (Not to be confused with your favorite).

My favorite is honestly the Taurus. I hope it takes off. My least favorite is the Caprice. It just seems like GM is trying to throw their hat into the ring even further for police vehicles when they've already got a great line with the Tahoe SSVs. I'd be most afraid to see the Charger, obviously. And the best, has to be the Tahoe. It's the most versatile, has the most gear carrying capability, and is just the most solid of all the lines of police vehicles.

Also, sorry for the US-Centric post, but I don't know about police vehicles outside of the US/NA.

Edited February 22, 201214 yr by Fbifriday

The Charger, hands down for me.

The carbon motors looks horrible, flat out disgusting, the crims will laugh their arses off if you turn up in that.

The Ford PI will be treated unfairly, I'm sure it's a good car, but every copper will be comparing it to the Crown Vic, and they're very different, I quite like the way it looks, and I can't wait for photos and videos of it on the roads.

The Dodge Charger is, well brilliant, it looks fantastic, goes like the clappers, and costs about twice what a CVPI does.

The LAPD already received a fleet of Caprices. It's an Austrailan car, so it's not the most sophisticated piece of machinery, but it looks reasonably well, and hopefully they'll be high quality.

The Tahoe is too big imo, as much as I love SUVs (almost as much as Americans), but it's not good for a police vehicle, they're out if they get into a high-speed pursuit.

In short, I like all but one, the Carbon is shit.

I'll start with my love:

Tahoe > Taurus > Charger > E7 > Caprice

I'll start with my love:

Tahoe > Taurus > Charger > E7 > Caprice

You rank the E7 above the Caprice? I knew the Caprice was hated, but I didn't think anyone hated it THAT much. lol

Nicolai, I agree Carbon looks terrible. I like the idea of a car being developed from the ground-up for police work, but that car...there's something about that car that makes me want to speed, just to dare it to catch me.

Honestly, what Chevy needs to do is make a Cruze PPV. It would be a million times better than the Caprice.

If I had to order them:

Taurus > Charger > Caprice > Tahoe > death by not eating while trapped in a room of spiders > Carbon

Holden Caprice.

EDIT: Holden's are good cars, and you know it'll be quick, us Aussie's like fast and loud cars. The Caprice is basically a Statesman with a face lift, a luxury car by our standards.

Honestly, what Chevy needs to do is make a Cruze PPV. It would be a million times better than the Caprice.

CRUZE?! That Korean piece of shit? No.

Edited February 22, 201214 yr by SharpCommand

I'm not the only one that hates those Daewoos, whoops, I mean Chevys.

Chevrolet ruined their EU market reputation when they decided to re-badge Daewoo, now they're known for making crap pieces of shit.

I've got a 2012 Cruze, had it since October, it's such a smooth car, gets great gas mileage, handles like a dream....It's probably the best thing Chevy is offering right now in terms of mid-size sedans.. Especially when posed against the POS Sonic/Aveo Re-hash. Obviously the best they've got is the Impala, but they're not offering that in a police package, for some reason that continues to bewilder me.

Overall though, I think Ford has shown their knowledge of police needs, coming from many many years of making the CVPIs, and managed to design a vehicle that is pretty much tailored to the needs of police, just like the CVPIs were. A lot of officers I know were disappointed that Ford dropped the CVPI, considering it was pretty much the standard for so many years. But one of my local State Troopers, who is on the Michigan State Police Vehicle Test Team (one of only two such police vehicle testing programs in the US, the other being the LAPD), said that after he got to drive the Taurus PI, he thinks that Ford did an exceptionally good thing re-focusing their efforts on something new instead of just updating the CVPIs every year. That's why I put the Taurus PI on the top of my list.

Edited February 22, 201214 yr by Fbifriday

I've been in the 2011 model, absolute piece of shit compare to other Holden's. It's ugly to look at, way to under powered, it growls at you as if to say "Floor the accelerator" but when you do that it just makes loud noises and goes no-where, really bumpy ride too.

Edited February 22, 201214 yr by SharpCommand

It's interesting that you would throw in a SUV with a group of police sedans, but hey whatever. I've been watching this competition since the Crown Vic was discontinued and I'm interested to see which vehicles become mainstays with law enforcement agencies and why.

If I had to judge on looks alone the Dodge Charger would be my pick and the E7 the least favorite. I haven't heard much about the Taurus, as far as being talked about with agencies. It's my belief that the Caprice and the Charger will quickly become the most common vehicles in use by US law enforcement agencies. They both have performed very well on tests I've seen. The Chevy Tahoe has it's purpose within an agencies fleet, but won't ever be a sedan. I do think you left out the Chevy Impala, unless that's been discontinued too. It's cheaper then the rest of the vehicles listed, but honestly I don't know how it matches up with any of them. I've used them in the past and haven't been "wowed" by their performance. Police budgets do weigh heavily on what agencies select, and even though most of these vehicles are around the same price (around $30K) it could weigh heavily in what you see on the streets. With all that being said I love the fact the E7 was built ground up to be for law enforcement and not using a regular sedan and modifying for police use.

For those interested in some of the performance breakdowns and results from the Michigan State Police tests.

http://www.allpar.com/squads/police-cars/MSP-cars-2012.html

Edited February 22, 201214 yr by Ridgerunner

I've been in the 2011 model, absolute piece of shit compare to other Holden's. It's ugly to look at, way to under powered, it growls at you as if to say "Floor the accelerator" but when you do that it just makes loud noises and goes no-where, really bumpy ride too.

Are we talking about the Cruze's, or the Caprices? Because the 2012 Chevy version of the Cruze has some serious get up and go, and I've gotten it to about 120 on the highway. It's not too shabby.

You rank the E7 above the Caprice? I knew the Caprice was hated, but I didn't think anyone hated it THAT much. lol

Personal preferences...What can I say

It's interesting that you would throw in a SUV with a group of police sedans, but hey whatever. I've been watching this competition since the Crown Vic was discontinued and I'm interested to see which vehicles become mainstays with law enforcement agencies and why.

If I had to judge on looks alone the Dodge Charger would be my pick and the E7 the least favorite. I haven't heard much about the Taurus, as far as being talked about with agencies. It's my belief that the Caprice and the Charger will quickly become the most common vehicles in use by US law enforcement agencies. They both have performed very well on tests I've seen. The Chevy Tahoe has it's purpose within an agencies fleet, but won't ever be a sedan. I do think you left out the Chevy Impala, unless that's been discontinued too. It's cheaper then the rest of the vehicles listed, but honestly I don't know how it matches up with any of them. I've used them in the past and haven't been "wowed" by their performance. Police budgets do weigh heavily on what agencies select, and even though most of these vehicles are around the same price (around $30K) it could weigh heavily in what you see on the streets. With all that being said I love the fact the E7 was built ground up to be for law enforcement and not using a regular sedan and modifying for police use.

I left out the Impala because, as far as I know, it's not being offered in a police package. I know some departments have adapted them anyway, such as the University of Michigan public safety department, but I don't think it's modified in any way beyond just the equipment, I.E., it has the same acceleration and top speed as the civilian versions.

And I included the Tahoe in an effort to include all police models from this model year. And the fact that they are extremely popular. My local department has about 4 CVPIs, the rest of their fleet of about 20 vehicles are Tahoes. Flint, MI, PD, which deals with the highest murder rate per capita, and the highest violent crime rate per capita, recently purchased 14 new Tahoes, and they have completely phased out their entire sedan fleet, leaving all vehicles to be new or old Tahoes. Most departments in my area have started, or completed, phasing out their sedan fleets. This might just be where I live though.

*EDIT* After your Edit

It looks like the Caprice and Taurus are pretty evenly matched, and are pretty evenly matched vehicles, except in the obvious category of acceleration, even though the Caprice hit the top speed, faster than the Charger, which is surprising to me. The Charger seems like it is the most balanced vehicle overall. But, unfortunately, the Chargers are not practical for most departments, where they're going to be traveling down rural and suburban roads, instead of highways. So they'll have to pick between the Caprice or the Taurus, and I see them picking the Taurus more often, simply because of Ford's history with the CVPI, and the fact that the Caprice is Australian made (No offense to Australians, but if they need a part, they can't afford to have one of their cars out of service for a week while they wait for a specific part to come in. With the Taurus, it's just a simple call to the vast Ford SPO organization and they've got the part they need in a day)

Edited February 22, 201214 yr by Fbifriday