Greatest American Police Cars Throughout Auto History 

You can't do a police car list without even mentioning the famous Crown Vic!

u forgot the crown vic

The Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor was one of the most important police cars in AMERICAN HISTORY!!!

As a retired police officer, (1967-2000) my favorites were the Ford Crown Vics which were designed as police vehicles. They handled very well at high speeds and ran forever. Our motors were always good for over 100k. The suspension was racing standards. Seats were very comfortable as well. We tried Chrysler vehicles and they were poorly made. They overheated if left running at an accident scene and the batteries died if left with lights on and engine off. The Pontiacs were not intended for police use as the bench seats could cripple an officer. I still suffer from back and neck injuries from Pontiacs.

**doesn't show a Crown Victoria (legendary) but shows a Charger**

No Vics???!!!!! common, always my favorite

Ford....Crown....Victoria

Crown Victoria is hands down the most iconic cop car, so iconic the non-police variants such as the “cousins” of the Vic; the Mercury Grand Marquis, and the Lincoln Tow Car are still mistaken for an undercover cruisers today.

No Crown Vic?? Very incomplete list.

The 1974 Ford Galaxie 500 Police vehicle with the 460 Police Interceptor engine would lay one black rubber streak for 400+ feet and the certified calibrated speedometer would go to 140 mph really quick.

I believe you left out Crown Victoria

I have to admit, I kinda am butthurt that the Crown Victoria was not listed

You forgot about the Crown Vic

AMC Matador and Ford Crown Victoria were also very famous cars.

back in the day---my dad bought a highway patrol car in the county auction in north Dakota--it was a chevy Biscayne 427 solid lifter--pulled engine --put it in his 69 z28 with 4.56 gears--street cruiser

How about a segment on the Alabama State Troopers brief fling with the AMC javelin?

The LT1 did not arrive in the Caprice until 1994

Where is crown vic??

My parents owned a 1968 Polara. It had a 383 in it. The damned thing was like a tank. It had been in a few accidents over the years and rarely had more damage than some scratched paint.

The 1969 Dodge Polara pursuit vehicles was the greatest of all time. Ran a 13.9 1/4 mile and despite the 147mph rating easily exceeded 150mph It took decades before another police car was that fast again

What how is there not a single Crown Victoria. Literally the most iconic police car of all time.

Dodge Monaco, my favorite because blues brothers

Seeing the old Monaco I’m thinking of the intro to Hill Street Blues.

I miss the L.A.P.D. AMC Matador...By the way, thx for uploading !

NO crown vic or Taurus??? i call this video incomplete

When I was growing up the Dodge Diplomat and 80's Grand Furys were ubiquitous.

No crown vics or 91-96 caprice 9c1

Somebody's got a hard on for Dodge's... Crown Vics dominated the police cruiser market for only like 25 years... No big deal smh. I have a lot of friends that are officers and most of them wish they'd bring back the Vics best damn cruisers ever made.

No Crown Victoria from Ford. .

I also wonder why the Ford Crown Victoria is not on your list. They are the most commonly used po-po wheels in the last decade!

Things of beauty. I grew up watching a lot of American cop shows and films during the 70s and loved the aesthetic of the American police cars.

In 1984, I bought a Wisconsin State Patrol Lieutenant Police Interceptor Gran Fury. It was a huge 1977 model, 440 Interceptor engine, cop rubber, cop wheels, cop trans, suspension, exhaust, cooling, brakes, electrics, sway bar, differential...all heavy duty, it was slate grey with a tan interior, and it had dual chrome teardrop spotlights. I was able to deliver this magnificent squad from the WSP fleet to me, for the princely sum of $825.00!!! I haven't sufficient vocabulary to begin to explain how much this car meant to me. I was 20 years old, and had already owned 2 1970 Plymouth Roadrunners, and a 69 Plymouth Sport Satellite 383 4 speed... I'll never forget the ride home from Madison Wisconsin to Milwaukee Wisconsin... What an awesome freeway Machine this beautiful car was... All that Giant MoPar Iron for $825.00!!! There were half dozen of theses squads and muscle cars in every Sunday paper back then, and in 86, I traded the Interceptor for a 1973 Kawasaki H2 750 two stroke triple, just about the fastest motorcycle around back then... I no longer own the bike or the Plymouth Interceptor, and all of a sudden I'm 60 and not in good health. One thing they can't take... Is the memories. Mine forever, I'm taking them with me! God bless Ma MoPar!!!

In 1972 I bought a decommissioned 1969 Polara from the Battle Creek Michigan Police Dept and drove it until 1980,I still have the 440 on an engine stand in my garage waiting for the right Demon body to put it in ,I've also still got the 1969 American Motors 390 4 speed AMX I bought new with the " go package " when I came home on leave in 69 ,I parked & stored the AMX in 1974 when Chevy finally built a Corvette that was faster than it was ,my greatest sorrow was my wife wrecked her American Motors " Machine " and I sold it for parts .

No CROWN VICTORIAS wow....

I agree this is incomplete how can you not mention the crown Victoria or Chevy caprice.

Now the Plymouth Gran Fury was a damn fine police car, in my humble opinion.

He left out the best police cruiser that's in every single police departments in the country the crown Victoria 😱

You left out the 401 powered AMC Matador,also,The Furys were mostly Fury 1s or 2s,the grand fury was way later

I had that old Mack runnin about sixty three and his eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. I seen him smile as I went by he had that two gear Plymouth that'd git up and fly.

This video is meaningless! Your telling me the crown vic isn't one of the greatest cop cars of all time?! It IS THE G.R.E.A.T.E.S.T cop car ever!

The Ford Crown Victoria is MY FAVOURITE

I love the american cars!!! The Best cars in the World!!! Greetings from Spain!!!

CVPI all the way. I have one in my driveway right now. Been out of service since 07 and still running like a champ

Those big ol' V8 engines sound amazing!

No Crown Victoria Police Interceptors or the SSP 5.0 Mustang pursuit cars? Another one is the 1971 Ford Custom 500 that came from the factory with the 429 Cobra Jet motor. The Charger spends more time on the lift than on the streets. Sad list.

Missed some! Crown Vic's to some different versions of modern police cars such as the SUV's and updated items.

Notice the ones pre 1980s had such lousy lights...the visibility of the warning lights were awful in broad daylight.

A little known (and probably not remembered police pursuit unit) was a 1965 Dodge Coronet 2-door used by the Fulton County Sheriff Dept. in Fulton County,GA. This car did exist according to my father who worked as a firefighter with the Atlanta F.D. as well as part-time at a Standard Oil service station in the mid-late 60's. The service station also operated a towing service which was on call if needed by Atlanta P.D.,Georgia State Police as well as Fulton County Sheriff Dept. Daddy would take the wrecker if called when he was working his shift and one occasion he still speaks of with both joy and admiration was when a teenage male tried to (and was succeeding) in outrunning Atlanta P.D. on a stretch of then un- finished I-20 West of Atlanta. Daddy was servicing a car when he and his boss (the station owner) heard their police scanner come alive with the action. Daddy saw a rather unusual car pull to the top of the on-ramp and wait. It was the white Dodge. This wasn't any white Dodge. It had been purchased by Fulton County from the late Cotton Owens who had built it for a back-up car for NASCAR Hall Of Fame member and champion David Pearson. It still had the full-house NASCAR Hemi & 4-speed,roll cage,10" wide steel wheels,straight exhaust pipes with no mufflers & one exiting under each door. The car wore full Fulton County Sheriff Dept. markings,a red "Mars" light on the top as well as round red lights mounted inside the rear window. The driver wore a Fulton Co. Motorcycle Officer helmet,driving gloves as well as a Simpson fire suit with Fulton Co. insignia. The police garage had put push bars on the front and a Motorola radio inside. Daddy said this day the kid in the Corvette passed by and the Dodge blasted down the ramp so fast it was blur. He caught the Corvette in less than a mile and smashed the rear bodywork to pieces. Daddy took the wrecker to get the car. He said he wished some pictures of the car still existed but he doubted it.

No Dodge Diplomat??

I expected 1998 Crown Victoria and 1991 Caprice... Those are really iconic

The Crown Victoria might as well be added to this video as it's been moved to our history books too :(

I like how you talked about the Monaco and totally forgot to mention that it was the blues mobile in the blues brothers, like That's what the car is probably known for most over being featured as a cop car in dukes of hazard

wtf no crown vic?

My personal favorite is the 1969 Dodge Polara with the 440 magnum. I'm rebuilding one now.

I thought only I was waiting for the Crown Vic but reading the comments I saw that everybody was waiting too. hahahaha

Title should read Greatest Dodge police cars...

most cops and troopers here actually have tahoes, the local police department is starting to get some explorers now as well as chargers

Come on crown Vic’s are legendary they can take a beating and they never went small still a boat 🚢

I had a 1972 Matador. LAPD detective's car with 360 & 727 torqueflite, HD suspension & cooling. 2 door with fully reclining split bench front seat that would meet the back seat to form a full size bed. I was able to mount 11 x 15" Trutracs on stock wheels & use it for camping & fishing derbys. Super fun car!!😁

The Blues Mobile? "It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas." Ah, but you ask, does it have a working cigarette lighter?

How could there be no Crown Vics??!?!?!?!?!

And where where the Vics'

We all came here for the famous Crown Vic... Sooooo goodbye!

Honorable Mentions would be (of course) the Crown Vic, and the Impala. Also back in the 1970s a lot of departments used AMC Matadors. Oh and can’t forget Dodge Diplomat...

You're missing one of the most iconic American police cars. The Ford Crown Victoria.

Cool video but why wasn't the ford crown victoria mentioned nor the chevy tahoe.

I was a police officer in the 70s. The Plymouth Gran Fury and Plymouth Fury with the 440 cid engines were our cars. Not much could out run them especially on the interstate.

In 1971, I went to the Orangeburg Station near Modesto, CA, to see the 1969 white steering wheeled squads up for sale. The bids were around $900 for most of the nicer units. Imagine getting one of those 0-60 6.2 second cars, with relatively skinny 6-ply Goodyears! Of course, back then, $900 was good money being I only made $2 an hour doing tune ups and pumping gas at the local Standard station on old Hwy 99 (Tony Macedo's Hwy 99 Standard station). Ah, such memories!

I think enough other commenters covered the Crown Victoria. Even the earlier LTD units should have been mentioned. The Dodge Diplomat was the staple of law enforcement mounts throughout the 1980s' second half, and was my mount my first few years on the job. Boxy, bold, and authoritative, it was easily recognized day or night. In fairness, the video title really doesn't say the video includes all iconic LE videos. Still, get a Crown Vic in there..!

Where is the greatest police car of all time? The Crown Vic P71?

This is such an Awesome video! The new Chargers should have this written on front: "DON'T EVEN TRY IT". LOL! 😎 Love the sound of those old big block Mopars. 💖

7 minutes of eargasm. Love it!

This list is total crap. The Crown Vic was the best police car of all time! 1980s,1990s,2000s, and still serving today even years after Ford quit building them!

Hope we can see more of these videos :)

38 years in cop cars. The best I was ever in was a 1969 Mercury Marauder with either a 428 or 429. It was an absolute beast and it was at the end of its service with the Atwater, Ca PD. The next best IMO are the square Caprices with the 9C1 police package. Drove those for several years. But for sheer power it was the Maurder for sure.

No one remembers Alabama state troopers had the 1st true interceptor, Javelin AMX with a 401 ci 4 bbl dual exhaust, the same car Mark Donahue won how many trans am championships, and set speed and endurance records with, I had a 74 model and this car was underrated across the board with handling especially.

I liked the video but it was incomplete no Coronets/Satelites, no 1960's model Bel Aires/Impalas and no Galaxies (except the '63 Galaxie you showed as a Fairlane which became a mid size in '62).

What happened to the P71 Crown Victoria?

What’s commonly used my area is a mix of mostly Explorers and Tahoe’s and a few Durango’s, Chargers and Taurus’ and there’s maybe still some Crown Vic’s and Caprice PPV’s

2:12 61 to 64 had round taillights...60's had those long half-moon looking taillights...(check out the tag)

No kiddin, where is the P71 Crown Vic???????

Forgot the Ford crown Victoria p71

My 1st speeding citation ever was served after being pulled over by a Milwaukee County Sheriff deputy driving a '65 Pontiac Catalina 2dr. sedan, w/a 338hp 4bl/421. It was a T400 car that clocked me @ 86 in a 55 in my '62 327 Impala w/a 3-speed Fenton floor shift. $55 fine & 6 points!

This is an awesome video! I love the Dodge Monaco, but I have to agree with everyone else. I was expecting to see a Ford Crown Victoria. Also what about the Chevrolet Impala?

Long live the Monaco.

Crown Vic ?

Crown Victoria: *doesn’t get on the list* Also Crown Victoria: *ANGRY ENGINE NOISES*

Amazing lights on the new Chargers at the end.

Oh, and one more you left out, the AMC

Doesn't put Crown Victoria or LTD on list... These guys don't know anything about police cars then.

Those last two Chargers looked more like Christmas trees than police cars imho.

That 440 Monaco sounded cool

The crown victoria ?🖓👎

No Mustang....No Camaro....No Crown Vics...

LOTS of years ago (1978!) I worked in the Duluth (Mn.) City Hall/Police Dept. The police stable of vehicles was comprised of '75 Ford LTDs, '77 Chevy Novas, and '76 Furys...The MoPars outperformed ALL of the others, and were MORE RELIABLE!

Nice video and gave a like.

who disliked I agree no Crown Victoria it is one of the most reiable cars made

The crown vics were the most popular

The new Dodge Chargers, especially tuned as Cop Car are probably the most intimidating cop cars around. Adding the fact that the Charger is practically a 4 door family car in a muscle/super car package, it's the pinnacle of Law Enforcement. The Ford Crown-Victoria's were super common, as it was such a reliable car, plus it had so much leg room that it was practically a boat, but the Charger 1-Uped it with an impressive performance upgrade.

1988 dodge diplomat.. my dad had one painted midnight blue. Old police car with interceptor 😍