Chevrolet Police Car Returns for More Action

Wait does that mean that GM will convert the Pontiac G8 into A chevy? That would be great. Finally a good car from GM besides the Vette and Camaro.

actually it's a Holden.. I think it's not up to date to give the highway patrol such unefficiental cars. They have to drive alot of miles every day. It will be more interesting to develop a fast plug-in-hybrid saloon for policecars, cabs and so on!?

6.0 liter for 355 hp..wow that is seriously weak...can't they just ramped the camaro SS engine ?

seems to me they'd be better off, using the Camaro and CTS's DI V6 with 300 HP and putting a supercharger or a couple turbos on it. Better Fuel efficiency and probably more power, and undoubtly lighter the a 6.0 v8.

whats the point of selling a specialised police vehicle in the US when you dont have its normal street version available? i think this vehicle's street version is quite popular in the MIddle east.

eh, it will break just like all other chevy cars

it is great to see the zeta based cars are back, but... where's GM's effort to become a greener company than toyota, as its ads have come to suggest? there might be more fuel efficient engines than that v8... besides, police cars all over the world make do with half the horsepower numbers of that 6.0, in more compact vehicles. there is no need for a long wheelbase sedan for law enforcement purposes, period. a chevy malibu or, even better, a ford fusion hybrid, are big enough and powerful enough for the task, besides being cheaper, american-built and kind of eco-friendly. big cars with big engines are there just to sell the old american way of life, showing off power by the numbers. the whole american market, not only the auto industry, must realize that those days are gone. the efficiency era is here to stay.

I think in Canada we need the cheapest best on fuel cop cars, a Kia Rio 5 would do, i mean really you dont need to carry around the criminal in your back seat, they have the armored vans for that. Don't really need to do high speed chases either. Save the $ and buy some more helicopters, Toronto has 1 helicopter it shares with the entire GTA and Hamilton. You can do a lot more good with a helicopter than with a fleet of 6L V8s. Like if i was in charge of buying new vehicles id do a database query on police chases, and chases where the suspect escaped and interview those cops involved and see if they lost them because their car was too slow. I will bet that the cases where the suspect escaped he was on a sports bike or a porsche or better in which case unless we get vipers wouldnt matter anyways. Then just get the cheapest most reliable and best on gas hot hatches and thats it.

WOW, another way to spend our taxpayers $$$$$ 6.0L, really...?

Some of our police cars are like these caprices

its engines like this car have that show why the american car industry went bankrupt- 355bhp from a 6.0 v8- thats appalling.

My thoughts, exactly!

we have this argument every year in australia, where the v8 is built. The numbers people look at japanese or euro engine specs and come to the conclusion that this unit is inferior because the power output is not as high, for the 6.0 capacity. It's a pushrod v8, which yes, is old technology, but it's fuel consumption, torque output / weight is actually very good. The pushrod format therefore means it has low power, but lots of torque, especially down low. This makes it very driveable. Check out Top Gear, and their reviews - they absolutely love it.... There are other engine variants, including a direct injection v6 but my guess is that this one is very cheap to buy, powerful, and reliable. If you only care about the way it drives, then this engine is excellent. If you care about numbers, you wont like it.

Oh for god's sake, will you hippies stop whinging about the fuel consumption and size of the dam thing and just accept the fact that this car is 1000% better than the front-wheel driven crap-piles that the Japanese and South Koreans keep shoving down our throats. The fact of the matter is, is that the HOLDEN Caprice ( as it is named down here in Australia, where it's made ) is far more advanced than the out-going Ford Crown Victoria in terms of driveability, reliability, safety, efficiency of both fuel and space for its occupants. And unlike stupid hybrid and plug-in cars which have a top speed slower than my horse and a range of a hundred yards, this car has a brilliant range for a V8 ( I know from personal experience ), and because they're rear-wheel driven, they have far better handling in the wet and dry than 99% of the Japanese and Sth Korean heaps. So please guys, don't crucify this car. Because GM Holden is actually one of the very reasons why GM has managed to not fold completely. If only the men and women behind the current-gen Commodore and Caprice were in charge of GM.

We have these in Korea. It's sold as the Daewoo Statesman. I would think that in this market (police fleet)reliability and ease of maintenance had a lot to do with engine choice than fuel consumption. What good is a few miles to the gallon saved if they have to fork-out high maintenance costs? Also after just having come back from a week in Honolulu...I cannot imagine an American cop inside a Nissan Versa...the car is just too small...

Im not a greenpea hippy or anything i like my big engines as much as the next guy but i dont understand why they need such a big engine in a police car?

Yes, this new US Cop car it is the LWB Holden Caprice made in Australia, so if Holden's win the deal...which looks likely this is the car..this WCF pic is the Australian Made Caprice as a Concept Cop Car...sent to the USA.

This is the usual knee-jerk reaction, why don't you have a think about it. I know if I was going to sit in a car all day I'd want a bit of room to move not just sit cramped up in the same position, especially if I was a big bloke like most coppers are and dont forget the utility belt. As for the motor, imagine the thrashing it must cop during its duty ...this car is what the police asked for.

'...and extra space for oversized equipment belts.' sounds to me like a nice way of saying fat officers :D 6l = 355bhp? hmmm... I guess the crisis is over