New Police Caprice Video - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

gen 1 · 12-23-2009, 09:03 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yopO9vPcOlw Wow, thing are getting Faster!!

Uglybronco · 12-23-2009, 09:37 AM

So cool, but not cool all at the same time. Guess I need to become a cop.

ZONES89RS · 12-23-2009, 11:22 AM

Hope i will get one one day

RED_DRAGON_85 · 12-23-2009, 11:27 AM

thats got to be BS about it not being available to general public.
do you think that GM would really turn down a paying customer who wants a caprice?
really?
no.

i imagine that there would be lots of interest in this car as well.
0-60 in sub 6 sec is a bit quicker than the charger too

gen 1 · 12-23-2009, 04:40 PM

They say, there going to build an impala ss, So im sure thats going to be the one to have!

Convoy25 · 12-23-2009, 04:47 PM

well cop cars are only in service for a couple or so years. you'll be able to get one

Dr.NickRiviera · 12-23-2009, 11:41 PM

No body on frame = fail for a police car.
The Vic hasn't lasted so long as the standard police car because it's fast or because it handles great, but because it is fairly reliable and rugged because it has a real frame.
I'm glad the G8 platform is still in use though.

RED_DRAGON_85 · 12-25-2009, 06:29 PM

the only thing a body-on-frame gets you is extra weight, and it makes it easier to get a more rigid platform.
a unibody can be just as sucessful as a framed car, but it has to be engineered better.

the first generation of new impala cop cars (2003 i believe) were nearly indestructible, with braces and guard plates everywhere underneath.

articwhiteZ · 12-25-2009, 11:50 PM

wow look at that yet another car not made in the U.S.

thank you UAW.. IF ANY OF YOU still have a job
($40 an Hr to screw in tail lites)...lol

gen 1 · 12-26-2009, 04:52 PM

I do here you on that, I wish they would start building more cars here at least are "cop cars" and fleet vehicle, But i know that is a hole nother topic in it's self !

9014josh · 12-26-2009, 06:48 PM

did you see it taking off? they dont have a posi..or at least pulling out left he didnt

RED_DRAGON_85 · 12-27-2009, 11:04 AM

they dont need posi
a posi rear end requires training the cops how to drive all over again in rainy and snowy conditions.
a posi is actually harder to drive in the rain and will slow you down.
it also requires extra maintenance, which is not good.
thats why the current cop car impalas were not given the supercharged motor available to the general public
too much maintenance and thats not a good thing