All New Ford Police Intereceptor -- The Future of Pursuit

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Powerful yet efficient new powertrains and custom Ford technologies to help keep officers safe build on Ford’s police vehicle dominance in North America

All-new 2020 Police Interceptor Utility, with standard hybrid all-wheel-drive powertrain, will save police agencies and taxpayers as much as $5,700 per vehicle annually in fuel costs* over current Police Interceptor Utility equipped with 3.7-liter gas engine.

Technologies exclusive to Ford’s all-new Police Interceptor Utility – including Police Perimeter Alert and Ford Telematics™ – help elevate safety and fleet management for law enforcement officials across the country

Dearborn, Mich., Jan. 4, 2019 – Already accounting for nearly two-thirds of police vehicle sales in the United States, Ford believes it has found the key to continue winning over the hearts of the law enforcement community – even better-performing vehicles that keep officers safer and save departments, and taxpayers, money.

Led by a new hybrid variant of its popular Police Interceptor Utility, Ford’s new lineup of pursuit-rated vehicles aims to build upon its 65 percent of U.S. police vehicle sales in 2017.

When the all-new Police Interceptor Utility takes to the streets in 2019, that lineup will include Police Responder Hybrid Sedan, F-150 Police Responder, Expedition SSV, F-150 SSV, Transit PTV and SSV Plug-In Hybrid Sedan.

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...Ford Police Interceptors remain the only vehicles in the world engineered to meet Ford’s stringent 75-mph rear-impact crash standard [vs 50mph required standard] :faint:

More... (https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2019/01/04/police-interceptor-utility.html)

^^^--- The above link is worth a visit

...I could live with a EB-hybrid SUV that outperforms the existing 3.7EB PI and gets more than 40% better mileage too!
Ford, put this tech in a civi vehicle and it will sell!!

[twobjshelbys]

Ford has had the Police Interceptor line for a while. The Crown Vics were sold fairly stripped and the agency was responsible for conversion. After the Crown Vic end-of-life the did the Mercury Grand Marquis and then the Taurus as purpose built cars with lots of power ports, huge alternators to power all the crap, etc. Then they introduced the SUV line. When Ford dropped all passenger sedans except for the Mustang, especially 4 door, I expected they would switch the Interceptor line to SUVs.

Hybrid is a perfect application for the Interceptor.

[twobjshelbys]

PS. We were on the way to breakfast one morning and at a 4-way stop was an old Crown Vic cop car, complete with the huge pusher bumpers, etc. Some day it will be a collector car!!!

[68fastback]

Ford has had the Police Interceptor line for a while. The Crown Vics were sold fairly stripped and the agency was responsible for conversion. After the Crown Vic end-of-life the did the Mercury Grand Marquis and then the Taurus as purpose built cars with lots of power ports, huge alternators to power all the crap, etc. Then they introduced the SUV line. When Ford dropped all passenger sedans except for the Mustang, especially 4 door, I expected they would switch the Interceptor line to SUVs.

Hybrid is a perfect application for the Interceptor.

Totally agree.

Ford also did the original Explorer PI a few years ago ...I see a lot of them around. And last year Ford was the first manufacturer ever to qualify a pick-up as a rated PI pursuit vehicle (F150 based).

I could not tell for sure what the basis of this new PI is but it looks like the new transverse-engine Explorer I saw at the dealer a few weeks ago. Based on the same person being in charge of the new PI SUV and Explorer programs, I'm thinking it's got to be Explorer.