why don't police use impalas instead of crown vics?

[Accipiter22]

impalas are faster, cheaper, and have similar room on the inside...so why not use Impalas? I'm sure they could make some package like the interceptor package on the crown vics too...

 

[ElFenix]

police do use impalas.

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Leon Valley police use Impalas.

 

[Sqube]

Yeah... where you been?

 

[Accipiter22]

they're all crown vics around here. that's all they use, those and camaros

 

[acemcmac]

FWD = TEH SUCK

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
police do use impalas.

 

[MikeMike]

impalas are used a lot, however, they are FWD... != as good as RWD.

Chargers are the new hip cop car.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
impalas are faster, cheaper, and have similar room on the inside...so why not use Impalas? I'm sure they could make some package like the interceptor package on the crown vics too...

They do.

 

[dxkj]

Most do in my area...

 

[HardcoreRobot]

yes they do

 

[FallenHero]

arg. They are terrible and when they were first introduced, their breaks caught on fire.

 

[kevman]

Impalas are not the greatest cars reliability wise, also FWD not really preferred by most departments. However, NYC uses Impalas

 

[aswedc]

The Philadelphia PD uses Impalas too.

 

[postmortemIA]

In Crown Vic cops have no fear of hitting anything. And car has shown to be very reliable for decades.

 

[buzzsaw13]

I saw a cop driving a white dodge charger the other day, didn't notice he was a cop till he flashed his lights to pull someone over.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
impalas are faster, cheaper, and have similar room on the inside...so why not use Impalas? I'm sure they could make some package like the interceptor package on the crown vics too...

they do... the only problem I see is that they're FWD. Torquesteer FTL

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
police do use impalas.

 

[sandorski]

I'm 65% sure the cars cops use are not the same you can go buy at a dealer.

 

[ballmode]

They use dodge magnums around here now

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: sandorski
I'm 65% sure the cars cops use are not the same you can go buy at a dealer.

They have police packages, but they're still essentially the same car. The interior is the major difference, making room for computers/gunracks/equipment/cages/etc.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: sandorski
I'm 65% sure the cars cops use are not the same you can go buy at a dealer.

They have police packages, but they're still essentially the same car. The interior is the major difference, making room for computers/gunracks/equipment/cages/etc.

No tweaked engines, chassis, etc?

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: sandorski
I'm 65% sure the cars cops use are not the same you can go buy at a dealer.

They have police packages, but they're still essentially the same car. The interior is the major difference, making room for computers/gunracks/equipment/cages/etc.

Umm, not to mention everything from the tranny to suspension is heavy duty. More so than the one you buy at the dealer. The usually have a larger engine in the police packages as well.

 

[Atlantean]

They have been using impalas for a long long time... at least in Canada. I very very rarely see a crown vic police car.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: LordMaul

Originally posted by: sandorski
I'm 65% sure the cars cops use are not the same you can go buy at a dealer.

They have police packages, but they're still essentially the same car. The interior is the major difference, making room for computers/gunracks/equipment/cages/etc.

Umm, not to mention everything from the tranny to suspension is heavy duty. More so than the one you buy at the dealer. The usually have a larger engine in the police packages as well.

No they don't. The police package may have the sport/heavier duty suspension but engine and tranny are the same. They usually add oil and powersteering coolers if the cars don't already come with them but thats about it. The interior is the biggest difference.

They use mostly crown vics because they are extremely reliable, cheap, easy to work on, and parts are cheap when something does break.