Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Police cars by ford why do british & american police use ford and who else?

it has come to my attention that british police use ford as their main production police car & also i think this is the case in america too, what other countries use ford & why ?

Fords are, as far as I know , the only make left to make the " police package " vehicle. It consists of beefier suspension , steering , braking, and a larger horse powered engine with heavy duty cooling and charging systems. Also, the transmissions were beefier.

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5 Responses to “Police cars by ford why do british & american police use ford and who else?”

Andy Says:
March 21st, 2010 at 8:04 pm

Most American departments use Chevy or Dodge now.
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paul s Says:
March 21st, 2010 at 8:49 pm

there was a time a few years ago were ford were the main suppliers to the police for their standard patrol cars, however some regional police forces have now moved on to other makers

for example the main car for the metropolitan police (London) is a vauxhall astra, backed up with BMW 5 series, Volvo estate cars, and Range Rovers, the only fords used in London are some limited numbers of vans.

other regional forces do continue to use fords however.

Ford is a popular make in the UK, I can’t speak for Ford in the US, but the fords over here are usually built in the UK, they are reliable, well made and reasonably priced, and spare parts are not a problem. the most common type of ford used is the Ford Focus, again these are purely standard patrol cars, they are backed up with high powered BMW/Volvo pursuit cars,
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Pete T Says:
March 21st, 2010 at 8:55 pm

Fords are, as far as I know , the only make left to make the " police package " vehicle. It consists of beefier suspension , steering , braking, and a larger horse powered engine with heavy duty cooling and charging systems. Also, the transmissions were beefier.
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Mar454 Says:
March 21st, 2010 at 9:03 pm

it use to be chevy back in the late 80s early 90s the chevy caprice LT1 but they discontinue production in 96 now its coming back for 2011 as a cop car now ford is discontinuing production of the big boy crown vic police interceptor now ford is replacing the crown vic police car with the all new ford taurus lets see is ford still going to be the #1 company in producing cop cars they’ve got two competitors the dodge charger and the new chevy caprice

i know you didn’t ask for all that but i gave it anyways
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Luke Says:
March 21st, 2010 at 9:46 pm

Not many forces use the Ford. Most forces use the vauxhall astras. My local force use Skoda, Land Rover, BMW and Volvo.
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