Ford has announced that the automaker is working on a new Police Interceptor that will replace the aged Crown Victoria in 2011.
The new Police Interceptor will be offered in 2011, when the Crown Victoria is finally discontinued.
"We have heard the repeated requests from the law enforcement community to continue uninterrupted support of the law enforcement community," said Mark Fields, Ford's president of The Americas. "Ford is answering the call with the new Police Interceptor - engineered and built in America."
Ford currently holds 75 percent of the police pursuit vehicle business in the U.S. This announcement also follows GM's announcement to release a new Chevy Caprice sedan for police duty.
Each year Ford sells about 45,000 police vehicles.
PRESS RELEASE:
FORD ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT OF ALL-NEW POLICE INTERCEPTOR FOR LAW ENFORCMENT USE NATIONWIDE
* Ford confirms development plans of an all-new Ford Police Interceptor and affirms continued commitment to the police and municipal vehicle businesses
* New Police Interceptor's durability, safety and performance will exceed the existing Crown Victoria's law enforcement vehicle lineup
* Ford is the market leader in the law enforcement vehicle segment, selling 45,000 of the 60,000 police vehicles sold in each year in the U.S.
Dearborn, Mich., Nov. 13, 2009 - Ford Motor Company announced today it will produce an all-new purpose-built Police Interceptor specially designed and engineered to replace the Ford Crown Victoria law enforcement vehicle lineup in 2011.
The new Ford Police Interceptor is being developed in conjunction with Ford's Police Advisory Board, which provided input during the past 14 months on key vehicle attributes, such as safety, performance, durability, driver convenience and comfort. The new Police Interceptor will be offered without interruption when production of the Ford Crown Victoria ends in late 2011.
"We have heard the repeated requests from the law enforcement community to continue uninterrupted support of the law enforcement community," said Mark Fields, Ford's president of The Americas. "Ford is answering the call with the new Police Interceptor - engineered and built in America."
Ford - which currently controls approximately 75 percent of the police pursuit vehicle business in the U.S. - has invested significantly in designing the purpose-built new police and municipal vehicles to meet the needs of these crucial customers.
The new Police Interceptor is designed to provide municipalities with reduced ownership costs through improved fuel efficiency, quality and the kind of durability police departments nationwide have come to expect from Ford.
"Ford's commitment to the law enforcement community produced the Crown Victoria, the benchmark police vehicle," said Lt. Brian Moran, fleet manager, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and a member of Ford's Police Advisory Board. "This commitment has continued, and Ford has been working closely with the Police Advisory Board on developing the new Police Interceptor. I am confident that the next-generation Ford police vehicle will meet the future needs of the law enforcement community and will set the new standard."
Ford plans to reveal the new model and provide full vehicle specifications in the first quarter of 2010 - in time for law enforcement agencies, police equipment manufacturers and upfitters to develop a transition plan from the Crown Victoria to the new product.
Each year, Ford sells approximately 45,000 police vehicles, making the Blue Oval the nation's largest provider of police and municipal vehicles.
"Ford long has supported our public servants with vehicles that work as hard as they do," said Ken Czubay, Ford vice president, Marketing, Sales and Service. "We intend to build on this legacy with a new generation of municipal and police vehicles that set even higher standards."
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Comments (14)
awesome!! i for one was worried they were going to stop making police interceptors when the crown vic was done after 2010 but now i am happy!!!
Posted by Phil | November 13, 2009 11:19 AM
Posted on November 13, 2009 11:19
I will miss the Crown vic, such a cool car!
Posted by JROC | November 13, 2009 1:28 PM
Posted on November 13, 2009 13:28
It needs extra wide seats for fat cops, a navigation system with directions to all the Krispie Kremes and Dunken Donuts stores, and an large torquey engine to pull that fat cop along.
Posted by Peter | November 13, 2009 1:40 PM
Posted on November 13, 2009 13:40
Hey I think the Charger makes a good looking cop car. Now reliability, that might be an issue.
Posted by Brian | November 13, 2009 2:24 PM
Posted on November 13, 2009 14:24
@ Phil and JROC
What are you guys smoking? Pass it this way because you'd have to be high as a f*cking kite to make this kind of idiotic comments.
Posted by Noya | November 13, 2009 3:38 PM
Posted on November 13, 2009 15:38
They needed to replace this car baddly. It was still based on the Panther platform from 1979!
Posted by SteelCity1981 | November 13, 2009 3:55 PM
Posted on November 13, 2009 15:55
Why bother? All cop cars in the US are gona end up being replased by the E7 any way.
Posted by 426Hemi | November 13, 2009 8:47 PM
Posted on November 13, 2009 20:47
@ Noya:
"What are you guys smoking? Pass it this way because you'd have to be high as a f*cking kite to make THIS KIND of idiotic COMMENTS."
Huh? Who's the idiot??? (See what I did there??? Huh...huh?)
Anyway, I'm not against the new Interceptor being based off the SHO.
Posted by lotsofTRidiots | November 13, 2009 9:32 PM
Posted on November 13, 2009 21:32
I always thought cops should have vettes.
Posted by wvo | November 16, 2009 8:39 AM
Posted on November 16, 2009 08:39
@NOYA
your a moron, the crown victoria is a perfect police car but it is time for them to make a new one, and if you werent completely against domestics you would agree.
Posted by Phil | November 16, 2009 12:49 PM
Posted on November 16, 2009 12:49
Hey Noya.
Instead of inserting your high school level comments, why don't you tell us what would be a realistic replacement for the traditional RWD police vehicles.
Remember now. It has to carry all the crap currently required by police departments. Radios, cameras, lighting, radar, computers, safety and defense equipment, plus have room to cage the bad guys. I've installed a fair amount of crap in the Crown Vics, and she fills up pretty quick. It also has to stand up to the abuse.
Then ask your local cops for look inside the police equiped Explorers and Expeditions. There's a reason they need trucks like those too.
Speaking of trucks...I seem to remember similar comments from you concerning full sized American trucks and vans. My response was similar too. When Honda makes a vehicle that can tow a 24' boat, camper, or carry a hoist or utility box, then maybe we'll take you seriously. I don't see many contractors snowplowing properties with a Pilot or Santa Fe here in New England either.
Big trucks and cars ain't gonna die kid. Municipalities and businesses will ALWAYS need them. They built the country that you currently live and snivel in.
Posted by Trooper Bri | November 16, 2009 3:42 PM
Posted on November 16, 2009 15:42
Am I the only one on this sike who knows about the Carbon Motors E7?
Posted by 426Hemi | November 16, 2009 4:57 PM
Posted on November 16, 2009 16:57
The E7 is pretty much a concept car. They do not have anywhere to produce them as yet. They have no history for being able to deliver a reliable car, which Ford has. Ford is quite capable of competing with the E7 if it gets produced.
Posted by gdp | November 17, 2009 11:01 AM
Posted on November 17, 2009 11:01
The underpowered Crown Vic's are way past their prime and need to be replaced. They are nothing but Taxi's with light bars and sirens. The Carbon Motors E7 would be great, but not realistic at this time. Chevy has the new 6.0L Caprice package coming out that seems like a possible comeback for the Chevy Police Vehicles.....there will be several replacements available...let's just wait and see what catches on..
Posted by Roger Dunn | August 21, 2010 2:24 PM
Posted on August 21, 2010 14:24