This is the 2012 Chevy Caprice outfitted with the most technologically advance law enforcement equipment known to man... (THAT NEVER HIT THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES!)
I own a version of this car and I love it and I'm sure it'll be a boss cop car buy why on earth would ford stop making the Crown Vic?? They had 70% of the market nailed so they should've surely revamped the Vic, given it power and performance to match this car and kept on selling! When someone says no thank you, I don't want to keep making millions then I'm missing something??
Actually the number plate reader will pick up everything...it is based on the NSW Police in Australia system. The Police can place warnings on a vehicle and when the PPV number plate reader reads the plate it will come up with an alert to tell teh Police officer, this warning could relate to anything from unpaid tickets, warrants for people who might travel in or own the vehicle, firearms in the vehicle, drug runners (and so on...). They are a great tool for Police to have..
i really can;t grasp the whole problem with plate readers. I hate the government wiretapping and spying on citizens, but the outrage some people display over plate readers really bewilders me. if a cop wants to check your plate, he can just type it into his computer anyways, so reading them automatically is really no different. All the plate tells them is if the car is registered, if it's stolen, or if there are any warrants out for the driver. other than that, it really does nothing.
+David O Rodriguez nothing beats an LS smallblock OHV v8 and thats is a proven fact. ecoboost suck and full issues. LS is a proven engine architecture for a very long time.
+David O Rodriguez lol what? they have problems with those. Chevy and their smallblock LS architecture have been proven for so long. you sir are clueless as fuck. smallblock LS have been the greatest v8 engines (and v6 lv3 gen 5) ever made on the face of the earth. know ur shit before mentioning ford here fucking fanboy.
So is the company that designed the Camaro... Both GM companies. The entire suspension, steering and chasis refinements were designed by Holden Australia.
No, Ed Welburn is the head of global design, Being in such a position and the type of man he is he does not interfere with the various design centers meaning that South Korea and Australia had little interaction with the US in the design phase....
Other people have already mentioned it, but these cars are Australian. I think it is a shame that a U.S. police car is not built in the U.S. Maybe they should buy BMWs.
Considering GM them selves have stated that the 5th gen Camaro was designed in Australia your argument is hopeless... Yes Ed did over see the project but that does not mean he was the one sitting down at the drawing board designing it.. My argument is further backed up by the fact that the Camaro sits on the Australian Zeta platform... if it was done in America solely they would have used only American..
@TommyChevyBugle Correct they aren't made in the USA. But the Caprice is a very good car. My local Sheriff's Office got one in August as a demo car to see if they are going to go with the Charger or the Caprice. I have ridden in the Caprice with them twice. It is very fast and agile. We got called to a fire assist and we did 65 mph up an on-ramp with a 25 mph limit. Then we got it up to 135 mph. It can go faster. It's a good car but GM needs a year or two to fix minor flaws.
@StreetArtillery the alpr is really meant for finding stolen vehicles...officers would have to do a personal check on you to find out if you have unpaid tickets
umm, What about the Camaro? Seeing as that is actually an Aussie designed vehicle. Matter of fact several vehicles out now and up coming ones over the next decade are being heavily designed in Australia. Also Australia has far stricter building requirements then many other countries in various industries making Aussie car's very safe.
LAPD don't have these Caprice's. I see Beverly Hills, Culver City and Inglewood PD'S have them. I talked to an officer who driven them, he said they are fast but, gas guzzlers.
Add Los Angeles airport Police to the list of Chevrolet Caprice Police interceptors. I spoke to an LAX officer, and he loved the vehicle. According to him, all vehicles in their fleet are equipped with the V8, L77 package, and officers are very impressed with the GM Performance package.
Holy shit! they have an automatic license plate reader. FUCK!! FUCK!! I owe lots of tickets and have an arrest warrant FUCK what to do what to do....shit imma have to pay them fucking tickets.
Guess I win the debate =) beyond me to how you think that the 5th Gen Camaro was designed by a single guy in a management position who him self has made steps to remove excessive oversight in the design phase from those up top....
Yea they have and if you haven't committed any crimes then nothing will pop up on you for them to pull you over for (unless at the time you are breaking the law), And that argument is mute by the simple fact that they currently can search up and number plate as it is today all this device does is takes away a lot of the wasted time thus increasing efficiency thus better use of your taxes.. So if you rather your taxes continue to be used poorly then keep on whinging.
So the Holden Commodore was designed in America? What was that based off of? You sir have little facts and seem to think because the parent companies are in the US that every car that is designed and built around the world must be that of a US design.. That is just completely bogus.. Yes Detroit designed there version of a camaro, and Holden designed one as well, The Holden design was chosen as the winner and the Detroit design was thrown away =)
i hope police cars stay chevy impala or ford taurus. because this chevy Caprice is To fast and to strong especially the V8 :(. if they gonna use this chevy Caprice there is NOWAY to ESCAPE T_T
No it isn’t the commodore is a shorter wheelbase we can actually buy Caprices here in Australia wit a lot more options than these like DVD screens in the back and also a factory sunroof and other options
garbage this shouldn't even be titled under Caprice i use to love those cars but this isn't one it's just a Aus. Holden. Big four door, rear wheel drive, V8 North American made with a column mounted shifter is what the REAL Caprice are. Chevy dropped the ball once again.
K Nola They most deff need this in the inner cities cause the Tauruses are to big and slow. My department only uses Vic's and Chargers and that's good enough lol!
