National Police Fleet..when Ford & Holden close down.

[Sabantien]

Given every country in the world has a police force that use cars, I can't imagine it'll be that hard to find a replacement.

I'm guessing it'll be aurions.

[MercurySilver]

we could go to the old mount prospect city police auction and pick up half a dozen?

[SumoDog68]

Originally Posted by new2ford

VW Golf and Skoda Octavia

They don't intercept XR6Ts or SS Commodores in Europe :-) - here HWY patrol car has to have certain level of performance.

[Windsor220]

I'm pretty sure they have performance cars in other countries........

[SYZ]

Originally Posted by FPV GTHO

The order would only be 4000 every 3 years, the existing 12000 unit stock would need to continue in circulation

I take on board the ramifications of what you're saying in the longer term, but the initial order would be for 12,000 vehicles for the first 12 months (not 4,000).

Anyway, do you think an ongoing 4,000 every third year is unsustainable as a single order? What sort of numbers would you suggest as an annual minimum to make a viable proposition for an o/s manufacturer to produce/export?

[FPV GTHO]

They would only need 12,000 if they dumped every current vehicle though. They would have anything between 1 month old stock up to end of life in that 12,000 so all they have to replace is the rolling stock, which is the 4000 over 3 years. Those numbers would be enough to get manufacturers like Chrysler and AMG interested, but they will only provide near stock vehicles much like Holden and Ford provide currently, nothing like the US style interceptors.

[Giant Cranium]

Originally Posted by FPV GTHO

They would only need 12,000 if they dumped every current vehicle though. They would have anything between 1 month old stock up to end of life in that 12,000 so all they have to replace is the rolling stock, which is the 4000 over 3 years. Those numbers would be enough to get manufacturers like Chrysler and AMG interested, but they will only provide near stock vehicles much like Holden and Ford provide currently, nothing like the US style interceptors.

Over the 3 years they would have to do 12000 cars. So 4000 a year. Not 4000 over 3. If that was the case the fleet would have 8000 cars over 3 years old.

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by SumoDog68

They don't intercept XR6Ts or SS Commodores in Europe :-) - here HWY patrol car has to have certain level of performance.

um they do have other fast cars in Europe,

[superfly]

This is not a HWY patrol car but I saw a marked Hyundai Sonata cop car the other day. I've seen unmarked i40's and marked Sante Fe's in the past.

[xtremerus]

Originally Posted by Giant Cranium

Over the 3 years they would have to do 12000 cars. So 4000 a year. Not 4000 over 3. If that was the case the fleet would have 8000 cars over 3 years old.

From the article.

"Police forces typically replace one-third of their main fleets every three years, or after 60,000km on lease deals, providing an attractive supply opportunity for several overseas manufacturers."

[SumoDog68]

Originally Posted by Bevsta007

um they do have other fast cars in Europe,

They do - Fiestas and Polos :-) or maybe even a big block 2 litre Golfs.
There are no 4litre turbos or 6litre eights in abundance .