Haven’t seen the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle on the road yet? Well, if you don’t live in Georgia or Iowa, chances are you won’t see them until later this year. Forsyth County, Ga. Sheriff Ted Paxton and Dennis Hogan, Fleet Services manager in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, were among the first to begin patrolling [...]
General Motors said that it delivered 23 units of its Australian-built Chevrolet Caprice police cars in May. The 23 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol rear-wheel-drive cars were assembled by GM’s Holden brand in Australia and shipped to an outfitter in California. GM didn’t identify the law enforcement agencies that took delivery of the cars, which [...]
In a testing conducted by law enforcement of Michigan, the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV) is faster from 0 to 60 mph and 0 to 100 mph and stops in a shorter distance than its rivals from Ford and Dodge. The 2011 Caprice PPV tested against the 2011 Dodge Charger Police Pursuit and [...]
General Motors is determined to take the lead against FoMoCo and Chrysler in the police fleet vehicle market. The company is touting the new Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle’s rear-wheel-drive and interior room. The model will be the first rear-wheel-drive police car form Chevrolet since 1996. While the vehicle “has a smaller overall exterior, the [...]
We’ve already seen the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV) but what’s most interesting is the Police Detective 9C3 spec, unveiled today in the brochure for the new GM police interceptor. Unfortunately, we only have access to one photo thanks to GM Inside News. Apparently the detective version is available in 7 different colors, [...]
Earlier this morning (around 1 a.m.) GM unveiled its new 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV). We now have a video of GM’s latest police car in action. Click here to see our original post on the Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle. Refresher: Power comes from a 6.0L V8 engine that produces 355-hp with a [...]
As reported Friday, Chevrolet has unveiled an all-new rear-wheel-drive police car – the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV). As Ford still works on replacing the Crown Victoria, GM’s new police car is scheduled to join the law enforcement departments in 2011. Along with a number of special equipment offering, the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice [...]
Last month, we were officially told that the Pontiac G8 will not survive as a Chevrolet Caprice. “I”d mentioned it, and said we were studying it, giving it a serious look, because a car like the G8 was just too good to waste,” said Lutz. “That”s all still true. But I have to say that, [...]
We know the title of this article angers a lot of you (and no one is probably more angry then us who had the privilege to experience the top-of-the-line Pontiac G8 GXP for a whole week). During a live chat earlier this week, Maximum Bob Lutz said that the Pontiac G8 will be saved as [...]
General Motors Company CEO Fritz Henderson has been very vocal about his dislike for rebadging. He has repeatedly denied that the now dead Pontiac G8 would not be rebadged or imported as a Cadillac, Buick or Chevrolet. However, ‘unretired’ Bob Lutz is back and he’s telling the media that the G8 will live on. In [...]
