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0Charting the Five-Ohs: Next-gen Cop Car Comparo 1269025200
It used to be that every full-line American automaker offered a version of its mainstream full-size sedan to make it appropriate for police duty. By the time 1996 rolled around, the Chevrolet Caprice, which was the last would-be competitor to the standard-setting Ford Crown Victoria, was ...
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Chicago 2010: Chevrolet rolls out Caprice Police Car 1266020700
Chevrolet Caprice PPV – Click above for high-res image galleryLate last year, General Motors announced that it would build a Zeta-based Police Car for North American duty. Though there was already a perfectly good Pontiac G8 available before GM decided to shutter the brand, this Zeta would ... -
Chicago 2010: Even civil servants appreciate a nice ride 1265925480
Work vehicles at Chicago Auto Show – Click above for high-res image galleryAccording to one of Chicago's most famous poets, Carl Sandburg, it's the City of the Broad Shoulders. There has been some debate about exactly what he meant by that, but we'd like to think it has something to do ... -
Fritz Henderson to Autoblog: Chevy Caprice is being looked at as "police application" 1247664480
Ever since General Motors announced this spring that it was killing the Pontiac brand as part of its restructuring, fans of the Holden-developed G8 sedan have been clamoring to save it as a Chevrolet. After company officials repeatedly said over the past two months that no such thing would happen, ...
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STUDY: UK police officers confuse diesel and gas pumps four times a day, cost taxpayers £1 million 1244572800
British police have an expensive problem. It's not crime and it isn't corruption, it's much worse. The £1 million problem is stupidity. Over the course of three years, UK cops have on 4,709 occasions put the wrong fuel in their police cruisers. That's an average of four cars damaged per day, ...
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Italian State Police receive new Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 1224862200
Click above for high-res gallery of the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 PoliziaIt's generally never a good idea to try and outrun the the local constabulary, but that would be particularly true if you happen to be in Italy within the jurisdiction of Prefect Antonio Manganelli. Manganelli heads up ... -
Carbon Motors releases first video of E7 cop car and in-car gadgets 1224106320
Law enforcement officers have more reasons to be excited with Carbon Motors' release of a few more images and a video of its purpose-built Police car. The E7, as it is currently known, looks to be much more capable than the thousands of Crown Vics, Impalas and Chargers currently roaming our streets ...
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Carbon Motors releases real shots of purpose-built E7 police car 1223575020
Click above for more shots of the Carbon Motors E7We haven't heard a peep from Carbon Motors in a very long time, but that doesn't mean the company hasn't been hard at work on its purpose-built E7 police car concept. To prove that it's moving forward, the automaker-to-be has just released two ... -
Undercover Stangs: Indiana police to use unmarked Mustangs 1211468220
Being a cop just got a little more fun for state troopers in the state of Indiana. The police department just purchased 18 brand new black Ford Mustang GTs for traffic patrol, with one being sent to each district. The Mustangs look completely stock and only have a light bar inside the top of the ...
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Volkswagen Beetle police cruiser, the "bug-erceptor" 1206475020
It's a rather undignified process, being pulled over by the police. Next time you're sitting at the side of the road with the lights flashing in your rearview mirror, just think of this: at least you weren't pulled over by a VW Beetle. Unless you reside in Blount County, Tennessee, where Archie ...

