General Motors will cease production of its Chevrolet Caprice police sedan after building the rear-wheel drive patrol car for six model years in Australia.

Law enforcement agenices can submit orders for 2017 Caprice PPV (Police Patrol Vehicle) sedans through the end of February, said Rita Kass-Shamoun, a GM Fleet spokesperson.

The Caprice PPV has been a top performer at Michigan and California police vehicle testing, but has seen slower adoption since its introduction as a 2011-model-year vehicle due to longer order-to-deliver times. A typical timeframe was about four months in 2012.

Law enforcement agencies also began a shift toward purchasing pursuit-rated SUV models, and the Caprice PPV lagged behind sales of the Tahoe PPV. GM only sold a fleet version of the Caprice, but sold the Chevrolet SS sister vehicle to retail buyers. The SS will also be phased out.

General Motors has been producing the Caprice PPV at its Holden manufacturing plant in Adelaide, Elizabeth, Australia. It was known as the Holden Caprice in that country. GM is ending vehicle production in Australia, and will remain in the country with sales and marketing operations, spare parts organization, design studios, and an ongoing engineering department, the company said in October.

http://www.government-fleet.com/channel/law-enforcement/news/story/2017/01/gm-to-discontinue-chevrolet-caprice-ppv.aspx

I still don't understand why the US wanted the Caprice in the first place. It's a business-man/premier car, not a police car. Shoulda went for the Commodore instead.

 

Also, moved to the correct section.

5 hours ago, Illusionyary said:

I still don't understand why the US wanted the Caprice in the first place. It's a business-man/premier car, not a police car. Shoulda went for the Commodore instead.

 

Also, moved to the correct section.

 

in fairness the Caprice is essentially a Omega.. which in itself is just a toned down business type Commodore.. so they kind of do have a Commodore, although it's a basic Commodore. The Caprice in itself is a good police car, although just as a patrol car.. not the pursuit vehicle they initially got it to be. 

Bloody americans always late to the party. We've known the commodore/caprice would be discontinued for years! ;)

On 29/01/2017 at 8:21 AM, Illusionyary said:

I still don't understand why the US wanted the Caprice in the first place. It's a business-man/premier car, not a police car. Shoulda went for the Commodore instead.

 

It's the same for the Ford Fusion in the NYPD. Those fancy sedans are clearly not made for police work, even in a PPV format.

Yes, I never really liked the caprice. More of a fancy looking car than what it was adopted by the US to be. 

The caprice is GM's luxury car in Australia, and yeah the PPV version looks weird.. Americans man hahaha

 

Such a shame that this and the Commodore are being discontinued.