One of the most iconic police cars in the US, the Crown Victoria, is finally being retired by Ford. Although the Crown Vic wasn’t available from licensed dealers since 2008, Ford continued to sell to police departments until this year. The cars Ford is replacing the Crown Vic with? A Tarus variant and the Explorer SUV. Commence laughing at any time; the Tarus sucks. Some good news comes from this though, since I’ll no longer have to wonder if any old dudes rocking Crown Vics on the highway are just playing cop or really driving an unmarked car.
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I think you’ll be a little more than surprised at the new Taurus.
Yeah. My department went out to loo at a demo of the new Interceptor (“Taurus variant”) was quite impressive. It’s not a variant, so much as a purpose-built police vehicle based on the Taurus chassis.
The “Taurus” is not a taurus. It is a purpose built police interceptor that will not be available to the public. It has nothing in common with the taurus other than shap. And the V6 with ECO boost will out perform the V8 dodge charger.
Thanks for clearing up any misconceptions. Police Taurus =/= crap Taurus.
I should point out though, that my Dept. decided on the new Chevy.