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no french cars in the USA?
Cakemeister:
Re: police cars
I think there are three criteria for choosing a police car. First, they want a fairly roomy rear-drive vehicle that can be easily modified to police standards. Second, police departments are typically under budget constraints, so they have to have a reasonably priced, inexpensive to maintain car. The last criterion, which hasn't been mentioned, is politics. IMO there would be a public outcry against an American police department choosing a non-American car.
Police car chases are actually pretty rare compared to the number of miles they drive in ordinary situations. Plus, that's what police helicopters are for.
FrizzleFried:
Jesus Christ that is ugly...
Level42:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on October 07, 2007, 05:14:38 pm ---Jesus Christ that is ugly...
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What is ugly ? That Porsche ? Remember this is a 60/70's model.It was more impressive than anything they've driven since those days...
This was a later model: Around 1985:
Funny thing is that I remember them in this situation the most:
Signaling to lower speed :D That's why the had Targa's......those helmets were impressive too :D
Sigh, those were the days....no lousy traffic signalling systems that cause more traffic jams then prevent them...
Cakemeister I think you hit the spot with your third argument. It would be hard to admit Europeans build better cars wouldn't it....
Funny, if we Dutchies would stick to "we want Dutch built cars" it would look like this:
But I'm glad my tax money is not ending up there :)
ChadTower:
There is pretty much one criterion for choosing a police cruiser: It has to be a Crown Victoria.
That's about it.
TOK:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 07, 2007, 07:31:32 pm ---There is pretty much one criterion for choosing a police cruiser: It has to be a Crown Victoria.
That's about it.
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GM, Ford and Chrysler all offer police packages... Most powerful engine, heavy duty cooling, battery and electrical systems right from the manufacturer. Crown Vic's are prevalent now that the Caprice is gone and the Impala is front wheel drive, but there is still a police package Impala. GM also offers a 2wd Tahoe with the police package for departments that want GM but won't buy front wheel drive. Our local police just got two Hemi Chargers. They look really cool.
None of those models pictured look like they have a lot of hope in the US market. The big Peugot one looks like an 8 year old Chrysler LHS. The hardtop convertible covers the same ground as the flopping Volkswagen EOS (Pontiac G6 seems to own the low priced hardtop convertible market right now) and the US hot hatchback market is full of cool, powerful little cars like the MazdaSpeed 3.
I'd like to see more manufacturers back in the US, but the reason they left still seems the same. They don't offer anything you can't already get in a less expensive (here) and possibly more reliable car.
Here is the LHS... This is a 1999 car, since replaced by a RWD platform.
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