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But if we talk about the performance of the Ford Crown Victoria, especially the police modified car, the safety and controllability of the car are really not comparable to ordinary cars. """ ()

"American police car? Isn't that the world of Ford Crown Victoria?"

The ugly American police car with a long nose came to mind. Jin Xiaoqiang casually told the origin of this car. To be honest, whether it was in his previous life or this life, he had seen it in countless Hollywood movies and TV series.

Pass this police car.

In Hollywood movies, this car has been seen countless times, chasing, colliding, and even rolling over with gangsters' vehicles on the road.

To be honest, apart from its unsightly appearance, the car's safety and handling are really great. Otherwise, in a country with a developed car culture like the United States, people would choose this car as a special vehicle for police use.

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"Hmph! Ford's Crown Victoria? If we hadn't shifted the research and development direction of the automobile department in the last century, where would we have gotten this car to serve as a front for the police?"

Hearing Jin Xiaoqiang mention the Crown Victoria of his old rival, Nick Reilly snorted coldly and mentioned Ford disdainfully to show his disdain for this rival.

Then they began to explain to Jin Xiaoqiang the legendary history of the GM brand in the American police car industry.

Indeed, this is because Jin Xiaoqiang does not know the situation of American police cars, so he does not know the history of GM in the field of special vehicles for American police.

We must know that the world's car culture originated in the United States. Cars, a tool, are also carried forward in the hands of Americans. However, if this tool is used properly, it will be a major boost to human development. If it is used improperly, it will

It will definitely become a crime tool in the hands of bad people.

Ever since cars became popular in the United States, countless criminals have used cars as tools to commit crimes, rob and escape.

Since the 1920s and 1930s, the American police have begun to notice the benefits of using police cars, because if the gangsters use a high-horsepower model, the police model is likely to be unable to do so. This will lead to the final

Tired of escaping.

So in fact, since the last century, the American police have been in the habit of customizing special police cars from several major automobile companies.

Moreover, the American system is different from that of China. American citizens do not like police officers who are paid by taxpayers' taxes and sit in the office every day. {/Update uploaded by book friends} Drinking coffee with a big belly, so American police

, the most common one is the police patrolling the streets and enforcing the law.

They are a comprehensive all-round police force that combines Chinese traffic police, 110, and armed riot police. They have to patrol the road for eight hours a day, and Americans are all relatively big, so the American police use them every day.

The requirements for police cars are also very high.

Not only must the driving seat of the car be ensured to be spacious and comfortable, but also the car's handling performance and powerful power must be ensured to ensure that when they encounter an emergency, they can rush to the scene as quickly as possible or catch up.

criminal.

Therefore, the American police have very high requirements for special police vehicles.

The universal police vehicles of the American police have gone through several generations of products after so many years of development.

The first generation was Ford's Model A, and then General Motors competed for power. From the 1930s to the 1950s, the two sides continued to win and lose.

Later, in the 1950s, General Motors' Chevrolet Impala began to take over the police car market and dominate the world. Then the U.S. police car market has been monopolized by General Motors for decades.

Over the years, many brands under General Motors have had a history of police vehicles, including the implala, which has been in use for the longest time and has the widest area of ​​use, as well as another Chevrolet caprice, and a Chevrolet

Mairuibao.

It was not until the mid-1980s that General Motors had to adjust its design plans for the mid-level family car market due to the impact from Japanese and Korean automobile manufacturers. They began to stop developing new high-power V8 sedans.

Ford's Victoria took advantage of it and became the standard configuration of the American police again.

Since 1996, Ford's Crown Victoria has gradually become the main force in the U.S. police car market, and has gradually driven GM products out of this market. Coupled with GM's wealth, it is not a good choice for this market.

Special emphasis has been placed on it, which has led to a substantial loss of market share. So far, Ford's Crown Victoria has retained 80% of the market share in the U.S. police car market.

There are about 80,000 new police cars on the road in the United States every year, and almost 60,000 of them are Ford Crown Victoria models!

Among the remaining 20,000 vehicles, many are Ford's high-power, multi-functional SUV models modified for police use. General Motors and Chrysler have almost been driven out of this market.

Through Nick Reilly's explanation, Jin Xiaoqiang finally understood that Ford was not the dominant force in the U.S. police car market. It turned out that before GM gave up this market, they were the dominant force.

No.1 in this market.

But after hearing Nick Reilly finish explaining, Jin Xiaoqiang continued.

"Um...Nick, after listening to what you said, I understand the history of GM in the American police car industry, but I have a question, that is, you also mentioned before that the police car market changes every year.

There are only about 80,000 new cars on the road, with sales of just over 80,000, and there are still more than 60,000 sedans. But compared with the civilian passenger car market of millions of vehicles every year, this number is really small.

It’s nothing, isn’t it?”

"What?"

Nick, when he heard this, he almost vomited his eyes out, but when he thought about it again, Jin Xiaoqiang really didn't understand the ways of American police cars, so he suppressed his anger and gave Jin Xiaoqiang another blow.

Popular courses.

"Mistkin, the police cars we are talking about are not ordinary models that are on the market, but are specially modified models. For example, our impala models that were once on the market, ordinary models are also sold on the market, but with

The ones used by the police are quite different. You must know that many details of police cars need to be modified, such as the engine, chassis, etc.

The braking system, as well as the interior of the door panels, etc. all need to be specially modified. These special police cars are not comparable to those ordinary models on the market. The price of this kind of police modified car generally starts from

Prices start at US$62,000 and range from US$80,000 to US$80,000. At this price, you can buy three brand-new Passats in the American market..."

After speaking, Nick Reilly rolled his eyes at Jin Xiaoqiang to show his ignorant contempt. Jin Xiaoqiang was also stunned after hearing this.

Okay, I’ve only heard in the past that Americans don’t waste public effort, but now it seems that’s not the case either?

The price of such a modified police car is completely comparable to the price of a luxury high-end car. This kind of business is totally promising!

Just imagine, the annual sales volume of 60,000 high-end luxury cars is fixed. This is the sales volume that many high-end luxury cars dream of. Even if Americans are so rich, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, which cost $50,000 a year, can sell in the United States.

How many were sold?

And here there is a minimum standard of 60,000 vehicles. Waiting here, this is a big fat piece of meat!

No wonder Nick Reilly rushed over anxiously to seek his support, but what kind of technical support did they mention?

Indeed, this is also caused by Jin Xiaoqiang's lack of understanding of the history of American police cars. Starting in the 1990s, General Motors stopped developing high-horsepower cars due to the transformation of research and development, and gradually faded out of the American police car market.

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You must know that American police cars, in order to ensure that they can quickly chase criminals and arrive at the crime scene quickly, so their police cars are generally equipped with a V8 engine of above 5.0l as standard.

But later, GM gave up the research and development of this medium and high-horsepower engine, and Ford gradually drove it out of the market. However, in recent years, GM has been losing money internationally, so it thought of this guaranteed profit.

After buying and selling, I wanted to challenge Ford again and regain this market.

In recent years, the police in the United States have indeed had the idea of ​​upgrading their police cars. You must know that from 1996 to 2006, they have been using Ford's Crown Victoria for ten years.

They all understand the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of car. I won’t go into details about the advantages, but the disadvantages are equally obvious, that is, the displacement is too large and it consumes too much fuel.

Although Americans have just finished fighting the Iraq War and are not short of gas, gas prices are quite high now, and American taxpayers do not want the police to keep using such gas-hungry vehicles.

After all, there are so many police cars patrolling the road every day, and there are not so many speed chase cases or violent cases every day, so driving such a large-displacement police car to patrol is indeed a bit too fuel-intensive.

Therefore, many local state governments or municipal governments are thinking of starting to reduce the displacement of police cars to please the people.

After all, the 4.6L V8 engine used in this Crown Victoria police car is too old. Despite its large displacement, the maximum peak power is only 254 horsepower. Using it to patrol the road every day is neither energy-saving nor environmentally friendly.

, this has made many American people dissatisfied.

Since last year, many Americans have called for the police to use a new generation of police cars. It doesn't matter what kind of car they use. The most important thing is that the car's displacement must be reduced, and the key is to save fuel.

After all, you drive a 4L or 5L V8 model and patrol the road every day. Isn’t it a bit wasteful for you? (To be continued...)

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