The new Ford Police Interceptor Utility is the fastest police pursuit vehicle in the U.S.A..
The Explorer based-SUV is available with at 400 hp twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 that delivers top performance, according to the Michigan State Police benchmark tests. It’s quicker and faster around a track than the competitor’s sedans, not to mention the discontinued Taurus-based cruiser. Its 1:36:47 lap time around Grattan Raceway beating the all-wheel-drive Dodge Charger Hemi V8's 1:37:10.
But the pursuit-rated SUV is also offered as a hybrid that combines a 3.3-liter V6 and an electric motor tucked between it and a 10-speed transmission. It’s not a plug-in, but it does have enough juice in the battery pack to run the air conditioning, lights, computers and even a radar gun for extended periods without needing to constantly idle the engine. Ford said in tests the engine only runs 20 percent of the time compared to the last-generation Interceptor Utility when parked.
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20% thats about right. since they are mostly just sitting somewhere!
ReplyDeleteWith all of today's technology that includes cameras, license plate readers, radios, and even online laptops, why does an organization commonly known as Public Safety need 400HP and a car that reaches high speed?
ReplyDeleteWith .63 hundreds difference in speed, I would still go with the four wheel drive hemi.
ReplyDeleteGive them a moped or WALK THE BEAT.
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