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Originally Posted by jpd80
Ford knows its police business better than any other manufacturer inside or outside the US,
the 9" police console used in the Crown Victoria also retrofits into the new Gen PIs,
this is a huge advantage as is the commonality of parts and similar handling characteristics.
Holden pitching their PPV at +$30,000 when V8 Charger and EB PI will be less is suicide,
they will get orders but at least they won't bleed losses all over the carpet...
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The Crown Vic's stuff also fits the Caprice, seen a video where they take out the gear from a Crown vic and put into the holden, they had to bend one of the supports for the computer and get two new brackets for the lightbar - that was it.
Agreed the price will be an issue, Caprice is very expensive for a police car but may still have lower cost of ownership over its lifetime with its simple Rear-wheel-drive and 6 litre V8 setup which can run on 85% ethanol. Another big issue is the lack of column shift which is almost criminal (pardon the pun) for a US Cop car.
Personally I think the Taurus is in no-mans-land. If I wanted a base POS fwd V6 cop car I would buy the much cheaper Impala or go for a RWD V6 Charger. If I wanted more heavy duty, there is no way I would pick a twin-turbo FWD biased AWD with a tranverse mounted V6 and two tonne weight and expect it to be cheap to run over 80,000 miles.
Really for me Taurus wouldnt get a look-in, but then again Im not a police fleet manager. For me I would look at Impala for price, V8 Caprice for heavy-duty and a V6 Charger for somewhere in-between. But if Taurus can be pitched cheap enough Im sure it will do well.