Mustang Cop Car Fails Test

[Whitespeed]

Oops!

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/fo...ts-105761.html

(replaced original dailytelegraph.com.au link that ended up behind a paywall)

Nigel

[FenwickHockey65]

They can always join Florida with the Charger party.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by Whitespeed

Oops!

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...da6563d0a0fea3

Behind a paywall

[motorhead]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

Behind a paywall

Glad I'm not the only one. Thought I was doing something wrong.

[Gary24]

Originally Posted by motorhead

Glad I'm not the only one. Thought I was doing something wrong.

Same here. Good job op.

[h422694]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

Behind a paywall

This link works - http://www.autoevolution.com/news/fo...ts-105761.html

[TheReaper]

You can't fit a 4 year old in the back of a Mustang so I don't think it would make a
good Cop car.

[The_Blur]

It overheated after less than 5 minutes of hard driving. The Mustang can't handle it's only job: driving hard.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by TheReaper

You can't fit a 4 year old in the back of a Mustang so I don't think it would make a
good Cop car.

It wasn't meant for transporting suspects. They'll be using sedans (such as the Camry) for that.

They are looking for highway patrol/interceptor type cars. Thats why they need a high performance vehicle that can maintain said performance for more than a couple minutes at a time.

[TheReaper]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

It wasn't meant for transporting suspects. They'll be using sedans (such as the Camry) for that.

They are looking for highway patrol/interceptor type cars. Thats why they need a high performance vehicle that can maintain said performance for more than a couple minutes at a time.

I have no problems with my 2014 hanging at 150 for a few minutes.

[Whitespeed]

Originally Posted by Gary24

Same here. Good job op.

I don't have a subscription. It worked for me the first time I opened it. Don't know what happened.

Nigel

[Whitespeed]

Just noticed I still had the original link opened in a tab on my browser. Here's the text...

EXCLUSIVE

THE Ford Mustang may be in hot demand but it won’t be in hot pursuit.

The iconic US muscle car has lost its police stripes after failing a critical test at the final hurdle before it could become a highway patrol vehicle.

NSW Police are now likely to be driving Volvo sedans and wagons, after their highway patrol counterparts in Queensland took delivery of five Swedish cars last month as part of a trial.

News Corp Australia has been told the Ford Mustang passed a brake test in the simulated pursuit at the police driving academy in Goulburn, however the automatic transmission overheated after just two laps, or about three minutes of driving.

The Mustang was then taken to the local Ford dealership in Goulburn for repairs after the performance flagship went into “limp home mode”.

While Ford is now holding a record 6000 orders in Australia for the Mustang — pushing the waiting list to 18 months — none will join NSW Police ranks after failing the endurance test, which is conducted for safety reasons before a car can be put into police service.

The future of the Ford Mustang bought by NSW Police for the trial is unclear. It may be used as a show pony at road safety displays, or could be stripped of its livery and sold.

The Ford Mustang was one of a number of vehicles police are considering to replace Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon pursuit cars, once they go out of production.

The Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon have been a staple of highway patrol fleets across Australia for decades, with more than 1000 in use nationally.

The Mustang’s police test failure means Ford will miss out on a large slice of the market it has previously dominated.

While cars like the Toyota Camry will replace general duties police sedans, finding suitable highway patrol vehicles is more difficult because the Falcon and Commodore have a lot of performance for the price.

Once the Ford production line closes in October 2016 and the Holden production line closes in late 2017, police will be forced to drive imported cars.

Ford spokesman Wes Sherwood told News Corp Australia the Mustang “was not specially engineered for police use” and described the test as “extreme” as it involves “more than twice the amount of braking manoeuvres as the global standard”. Ford had to make upgrades to the brakes and transmission cooling to the current Falcon before it passed the police test.

Mr Sherwood added: “We are confident Mustang would help officers chase down bad guys if put into service”.

NSW Police said it would not comment as the evaluation process for highway patrol replacement vehicles was “ongoing”.

Last week, police in Victoria became the envy of their colleagues after taking delivery of a $200,000 Mercedes SUV that can sprint from 0 to 100kmh in a Porsche-like 4.2 seconds.

But it did not cost taxpayers one cent because it was donated by Mercedes for a 12-month trial.

Original link (behind paywall):
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...story-comments

[Denis]

Originally Posted by TheReaper

You can't fit a 4 year old in the back of a Mustang so I don't think it would make a
good Cop car.

just sayin....

not the first time a performance car was used as an interceptor.

[FenwickHockey65]

I got to see FHP's B4C at MacDill AirFest Sunday...



Might be time for a 6th gen B4C...