First! JCSO first LE agency in CO with hot new rides!

[Ronin13]

So a little background, despite some of my criticisms of their methods (mostly just the rookies up in Evergreen), my family has been good friends with Sheriff Ted Mink for a very long time. Well I think he's done a pretty decent job since he took over from Stone way back when... and this next case is no different. For those that live in the jurisdiction, you may or may not have seen the new Ford Interceptors cruising around. Well, in the words of the little girl from Close Encounters "They're here!"

This is a stock photo of the car, granted JCSO has their paint job on them, but same car. It was just reported in this week's Canyon Courier (the Evergreen weekly newspaper), Jeffco bought 20 of them and will be phasing out their Crown Vics to be replaced with these slightly more expensive, but more economic, safe, and enhanced cars as they retire the old fleet.

Gear-heads, keep reading, this is where the cool part comes in...

Jeffco is the first law enforcement agency in Colorado to introduce the 2013 Ford Interceptor into its fleet. This is the fastest police car on the market today. It's faster than the new Dodge Charger, it's faster than the Chevrolet Caprice. But the most important thing is that this is an all-wheel drive vehicle.

It's equipped with a 3.5L twin turbo V6 that produces 365BHP and gets 2MPG better than the crown vic. It's also equipped with a rear-view safety reverse camera, reverse-sensing radar, blind spot detection, active suspension control, computerized throttle, and is the only car that tested and passed the 75MPH rear end crash test.

All in all, I say a good new purchase to make our LEOs safer, and better equipped. Expect the rest of the Metro Area LE Agencies to start jumping on this trend by end of next year.

[Wiggity]

Cot damn, spending is out of control

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I think I've seen these in Saudi aurora and Brighton too...

[Fist_gonzo]

I think I've seen these in Saudi aurora and Brighton too...

Havent seen them here in Aurora, only the new ss impalas or caprices, whatever they are. The Taurus SHO is a beast

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I stand corrected they have the 2012 Chevy caprice...
http://elightbars.org/f35/brighton-c...caprice-28501/

I like the "preventing crime and disorder" on the side of the car. I won't say what I think it should say.. Haha

[DeusExMachina]

I think I figured it out about Ronin. Every post he makes he sounds like a car salesman. This is what made me realize it.

[68Charger]

last time I saw a cop car based on a Taurus was in Robocop...

I'm curious how these will stack up with the other options on the market-

Interesting that they've gone AWD- because they don't have any RWD besides the Mustang anymore... they didn't offer AWD because they thought it was needed, but as a compromise because they don't offer RWD.

They say it's faster- how is that even measured? and is that really what they need? (charger is 146+mph, are they even allowed to pursue at those speeds?) how's the handling, brakes? reliability? maintenance? price? (cost of ownership)

Looked at Ford's website for these, they're doing a lot of marketing-speak on there... it's a pretty unproven platform- this is a good way to prove it, tho! And if you can get ahold of the the interceptor parts and they interchange on the civvy Taurus, could result in braking and suspension improvements (did on the Charger, anyway)

[00tec]

I want a SHO

The civilian version will run 12's out of the box with just a tune. (and that was the first year they were out)

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I think I've seen these in Saudi aurora and Brighton too...

That's because Brighton has that big nasty looking "POLICE" sticker on their car.... Just like the one in the picture.

[Ronin13]

Cot damn, spending is out of control

Actually, these are only $4,000 more than what it costs for the Crown Vic, but looking at the figures they're 3x the car with a little better fuel economy. Plus they're not just outright replacing the whole fleet, these are going in when they retire those on the fleet that are due to be taken out of service.

I think I figured it out about Ronin. Every post he makes he sounds like a car salesman. This is what made me realize it.

Ok, starting to get fed up, what the fuck is your problem? Are you just that bored, lonely, or douchey that you have to interject with these slanderous comments that either try to cut me down, insult me, or just get a rise? Seriously, go have an accident with a power tool if you really can't contribute in a more constructive way. I'm really thinking about adding you to the ignore list, it seems like most of your comments aren't really driving conversations forward.