LAPD Holden Caprice PPV

[joslar15]

LAPD is buying the 2012 Holden Caprice PPV, spending money it doesn't have with an Australian subsidiary of Government Motors. Cool car, but too bad they couldn't have bought another round of Fords to last until Carbon Motors starts producing, keeping the money circulating here.

TRANSLOGIC 55: LAPD Chevy Caprice PPV - Translogic

 

[Bigdee06]

I'm all for giving LEO's what they need to get the job done but I agree with you %100 that everybody, especially the government, should make a effort to keep American money in the USA.

 

[mavisky]

This is the same car as the GTO and Pontiac G8 essentially. Shame GM couldn't keep those lines up for sale.

 

[j706]

Having driven the 2011 Caprice PPV I can tell you that it is the baddest cop car on the market. It soundly trounced all others in the MSP and LASD testing. We ordered a new fleet of them due in around June. We currently have a fleet of Chargers. They are fragile and expensive to maintain. And they need a lot more maintaining than the Ford CV. No one on my department likes the Chargers. I turned in my brand new Charger after driving it six months and took a 05 CV pool car back in 07. I hated everything about that car! The Ford CV is a durable car but it is underpowered by reasonable standards and they are gas hogs.

Ford is going to a FWD or AWD twin turbo. No one wants a FWD police car and I doubt many agencies will buy twin turbo AWD cop cars. Talk about a maintenance nightmare. I think Ford is messing up but I might be wrong.

The 2011 Caprice body's will be built in Australia. 2012 and on will not be. I am all in favor of buying all American made stuff but the viable options just aren't there right now.

I think the Caprice will be the new dominant police car. The Ford CV has been for a number of years because there wasn't anything else really suited for the task.

I am looking forward to getting a new Caprice.

 

[j706]

This is the same car as the GTO and Pontiac G8 essentially. Shame GM couldn't keep those lines up for sale.

I kinda think you will see the Caprice available for sale to the general public in 2012. Think Caprice SS.

 

[IndySSD]

http://translogic.aolautos.com/2011/05/23/translogic-55-lapd-chevy-caprice-ppv/oops somehow I goofed *EDITED*

That automatic plate scanner with "Hit Detection Alerts" is an uhm... interesting development?

 

[j706]

oops somehow I goofed *EDITED*

That automatic plate scanner with "Hit Detection Alerts" is an uhm... interesting development?

Yea it is. Never seen one though and probably never will around the county I work in. We have very few stolen cars and the ones we do have we usually catch pretty quick.

 

[Denny347]

oops somehow I goofed *EDITED*

That automatic plate scanner with "Hit Detection Alerts" is an uhm... interesting development?

We've had those for a few years. We have only 5-6 cars with it however. It does not actually "run" a plate through the BMV like an officer would. Rather, it is loaded daily with the most recent plate numbers from stolen cars/license plates and it uses THAT database to compare to what it sees.

 

[j706]

We've had those for a few years. We have only 5-6 cars with it however. It does not actually "run" a plate through the BMV like an officer would. Rather, it is loaded daily with the most recent plate numbers from stolen cars/license plates and it uses THAT database to compare to what it sees.

Of course LAPD needs that with all the crime they have. Is it not the stolen car capital of the world?

By the way you guys (IMPD) recovered one of our stolen cars the other night after a pursuit and foot bail. It was taken in a dealership burg. Both perps were caught.

 

[Denny347]

Of course LAPD needs that with all the crime they have. Is it not the stolen car capital of the world?

By the way you guys (IMPD) recovered one of our stolen cars the other night after a pursuit and foot bail. It was taken in a dealership burg. Both perps were caught.

Cool, I love finding stolen cars. It is like a game. I run plate after plate looking for them. Like hide and go seek.

 

[Denny347]

Of course LAPD needs that with all the crime they have. Is it not the stolen car capital of the world?

Doesn't Newark NJ still hold that title?

 

[thej27]

Should have went with the Ute.

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/...reen-Front-And-Driver-Side-Speed-1280x960.jpg

 

[IndySSD]

We've had those for a few years. We have only 5-6 cars with it however. It does not actually "run" a plate through the BMV like an officer would. Rather, it is loaded daily with the most recent plate numbers from stolen cars/license plates and it uses THAT database to compare to what it sees.

Ahh!!!

Thanks for the clarification on that.

Cool, I love finding stolen cars. It is like a game. I run plate after plate looking for them. Like hide and go seek.

My family member who is also IMPD plays this game also..... he's got a "honey hole" for sumertime nights that generally garners 1 hit per week minimum from the sounds of it.

 

[Bigdee06]

Should have went with the Ute.

http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/...reen-Front-And-Driver-Side-Speed-1280x960.jpg

+1 on the Ute! I have to have that, maybe not in lime green though.

 

[j706]

Doesn't Newark NJ still hold that title?

Quite possible.