How fast are Ford police models?
Ford has built a great reputation for providing law enforcement agencies with the best models currently available. Speed is more important with these vehicles than any others. So how fast are Ford police models? The results are in, and the competition cannot match the performance of the Ford police lineup.
2017 Ford Interceptor Lineup Performance
The Michigan State Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department both recently tested all of the top law enforcement models from a variety of manufacturers. The goal of the study was to determine which models provided the best pure speed numbers.
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After several tests, the Ford Interceptor lineup emerged with several significant recognitions. Both the Interceptor sedan and Interceptor utility models delivered times that significantly bested the competition.
Ford’s sedan interceptor model entered the competition powered by an EcoBoost V-6 engine. This engine helped the car out-perform even V-8-equipped models. After testing the 0-60 mile per hour times of all the competing vehicles, the Interceptor sedan turned in a time of 5.70 seconds, better than competing V-8 models. Extending the competition to 0-100 miles per hour allowed the Interceptor to continue to build its lead. The Ford sedan clocked a time of 13.62 seconds, besting the competition by almost an entire second.
Competition for the Interceptor utility model proved no closer. This larger police model was able to best the competition by over a second in the 0-60 test and by almost four seconds in the 0-100 mph test.
As one final test, the Michigan State Police Department took all the police vehicles out to Grattan Raceway and let them fight it out on the track. Once again, Ford’s two Interceptor models posted the fastest times.
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