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Years back Florida Highway Patrol used Fox Body Mustang 5.0's......Boynton Beach had an undercover 2003 Cobra in bright yellow.....This is a classic video (taser shot included) with a local resident that didn't believe the Cobra could run radar while underway!
Our local fuzz just took delivery of two brand new Bell 429 helicopters ($5 mil a pop). Beautiful twin jet machines that cruise at 172 mph. Loaded with goodies like thermal imaging....good luck to ya if one of those things locks onto your hot car!
We got new Dodge Diplomats in our city back in 1985. The city administrator told us they were outfitted with the "POLICE PACKAGE". Being a car guy and also on the equipment committee I decided to check out his claim. After doing a little snooping around I found that the cars he bought were actually specked out to be taxi cabs. They were plain jane 318 - 2 barrel motors with heavy cooling, charging and suspension options. At the next equipment meeting I told him we should paint the cars yellow and when we are sitting around doing nothing and eating donuts we can pick up a few extra bucks doing taxi jobs (he hated cops). Fast forward to 1995. It absolutely killed him when we got new Impalas with the 9C1 package. It also wasn't a good time for the local car thieves because we now had cars that could keep up with them.
We got new Dodge Diplomats in our city back in 1985. The city administrator told us they were outfitted with the "POLICE PACKAGE". Being a car guy and also on the equipment committee I decided to check out his claim. After doing a little snooping around I found that the cars he bought were actually specked out to be taxi cabs. They were plain jane 318 - 2 barrel motors with heavy cooling, charging and suspension options. At the next equipment meeting I told him we should paint the cars yellow and when we are sitting around doing nothing and eating donuts we can pick up a few extra bucks doing taxi jobs (he hated cops). Fast forward to 1995. It absolutely killed him when we got new Impalas with the 9C1 package. It also wasn't a good time for the local car thieves because we now had cars that could keep up with them.
Were there any cars that could outrun the Impalas in and around '95?
I guess many are unaware of what is a police package. It is not just a large displacement engine. Most if not all police packages have heavy duty suspensions for better handling, oil and transmission coolers, and provisions to allow for electronics and lighting installation. Years ago, many patrol cars used six cylinder engines but still were equipped with a police package.
Yep, my buddy thought his 98 CV interceptor was fast because it had "the package". That was until he raced me 5 times in my 4 door, '92 Tempo, 3.0L 5 speed, and could not for the life of him get his front bumper past my B-pillar. I'm not making the claim the Tempo was fast either. lol
Sure was nice to listen to that big V8 screaming thru the gears right next to my head though.
The power of the Crown Vic lies not in it's own speed, but it's ability to somehow cause surrounding traffic to mysteriously slow down upon the sight a Crown Vic
Over the years the cars I've owned have been going up in power (100hp, 222hp, 280hp, 330hp, 400hp+) with relatively similar weights so when I'm driving the more reasonably powered cars (like my wife's Accord).
dunno, many these newer cars are gaining in weight. So fun to drive the 2500-3000lb sport cars. Some of the sport cars today weight 4000-5000 in weight with gobs of power. I remember driving the m5 with the v10, the front heavy engine sorta put a damper on the fun factor....but it was a powerful sedan
Were there any cars that could outrun the Impalas in and around '95?
Sure there was. I think you missed my point though. I'm referring to the progression from the Diplomat to the Impala.
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