If you were worried about seeing the Ford Taurus police cruiser in your review mirror, you now have one other reason to worry. Chevrolet has announced a new Chevrolet Caprice police cruiser for 2011.
Left Lane News reports, “Chevrolet’s Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle – a modified version of the discontinued Pontiac G8 – will be delivered to agencies beginning next April.”
Bandits, be warned: the first police Caprices will be hard to spot. “The next generation of Chevy Caprice patrol cars will be on the streets starting April 2011 for the unmarked 9C3 detective package. The marked 9C1 police cars begin delivery next June. Don’t say we didn’t warn you,” writes Jalopnik.
Autoblog says “the new Caprice will feature a rather traditional layout, with seating for two officers in the cushy front seats and two less lucky individuals in the rear behind a full-width prisoner partition. Motivation comes from a 355-horsepower 6.0-liter V8 engine sending those ponies to the rear wheels through a six-speed automatic transmission.” That’s ten less horsepower than the Ford Taurus Police Interceptor announced in March.
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