Ford Motor Co. is firing back following General Motors’ announcement that it would begin selling a police-only Chevrolet sedan in the United States in early 2011.
That’s just about the time Ford is expected to end production of the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, which is currently the most popular police car in America. Ford claims that of the 60,000 to 70,000 police cars sold in America every year, it sells about 45,000.
Ford (F, Fortune 500) didn’t provide any details of its new Police Interceptor but promised the car would be revealed to the public in the first quarter of 2010.
“We have heard the repeated requests from the law enforcement community to continue uninterrupted support of the law enforcement community,” said Mark Fields, Ford’s president of The Americas in a company announcement. “Ford is answering the call with the new Police Interceptor — engineered and built in America.”
The current Crown Victoria Police Interceptor is built in Canada.
GM’s Chevrolet Caprice PPV, which is set to compete against Ford’s Police Interceptor, will be imported from Australia. The car is built is built by GM’s Holden subsidiary, which is responsible for engineering rear-wheel-drive vehicles for GM.
Ford’s new police vehicle was designed with input from “Ford’s Police Advisory Board,” Ford said. The car has been under development for the past 14 months, Ford said.
(Source: CNN Money)
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Beware Ford- since the president owns GM, you might have a hard time fighting this war.
everyone- buy American, buy Ford. Support the free-economy!
Will hatzolah memebers b able to purchase one?
Buying a Ford is supporting capitalism. Ford received no stimulus, or bail out, money from the govt. and still managed to turn a 1 billion dollar profit. Bottom line, build a good product and people will buy it. That’s what capatalism is all about.
Stick to GM. Henry Ford was a known Anti Semite.
Im glad someone follows elightbars
#4- dont punish the kids for what the father has done. Is the late Henry Ford any less of an antisemite than Obama? Think carefully about this one. Obama owns GM. Buy Ford and support a free market and capitalism at its best. They managed to make money when GM failed. Hmmm. Maybe they have a better product at a better price???
#6 – I pretty much agree with your statement but I do take exception to the “Obama owns GM” part. You really don’t need to resort to this hyperbole to support an otherwise valid position. Until GM pays back the loans, it’s the U.S. taxpayers who own a share of the company. Obama has no personal ownership stake at all, and I’m pretty certain you know that.