NSW Police Choose Core SRT8

[Bossxr8]

Wonder if they will get a cop chip

[cycle myth]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye84

Agree, probably the worst branding decision made by BMW Australia.
In chasing volume to compete with Mercedes here in Australia, they are going to forgo the brand equity they have and very much devalue the it and resale values. It will definitely have a flow on affect.

Mercedes and Audi would be laughing.

I don't know about laughing - Benz were romancing the Police with some pretty stand out AMG product for some time.

Lots of images around - but I'm no expert.

[Hawkeye84]

Originally Posted by cycle myth

I don't know about laughing - Benz were romancing the Police with some pretty stand out AMG product for some time.

Lots of images around - but I'm no expert.

Yeah but at a price that didn't bastardise the brand - which is why the Police didnt take on the AMG product.

BMW have dropped their pants to gain much needed volume - It'll be interesting to see what happens over the next couple of years.

[danzvtil]

I don't think MB or BMW striving for the police business will have any detriment to their brand, if anything it will make them more mainstream, the ford and Holden guys who would pick up an ex chaser would probably move up to an M3 or A45 on the second hand market.

[bbbero]

[QUOTE=csv8;6020816]

Originally Posted by FTE217

Hence why I recalled from somewhere the 300 was dead man walking, model was being killed.[/QUOTE


ARTICLE
How much longer will Chrysler’s original gangsta sedan and only actual car remain in production? Scuttlebutt suggests when the LX platform gets replaced for 2021 on an Alfa-shared architecture, the 300 might be put out to pasture. That’s sad; together with the Charger, FCA’s LX sales currently dominate the full-size car segment, outselling GM (Chevy Impala and Buick LaCrosse) by 17 percent last year. Oh well.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/www.mo...ve-review/amp/

Looks like its definitely dead! Apparently RHD builds already stopped! Was the deal with Police just to flog of remaining stock I wonder??

http://www.carscoops.com/2017/10/fca...ysler-and.html

[Wretched]

[QUOTE=bbbero;6022764]

Originally Posted by csv8

Looks like its definitely dead! Apparently RHD builds already stopped! Was the deal with Police just to flog of remaining stock I wonder??

http://www.carscoops.com/2017/10/fca...ysler-and.html

Hmmmm from what i have been told planned production is through until 2019 at this stage and that's only because that's as far as the system allows.

FCA (AU) is also actively and hopefully not far away from securing a deal to get some Charger/Challengers here.

So I am not sure if the article is entirely accurate..soon see.

[Bossxr8]

[QUOTE=bbbero;6022764]

Originally Posted by csv8

Looks like its definitely dead! Apparently RHD builds already stopped! Was the deal with Police just to flog of remaining stock I wonder??

http://www.carscoops.com/2017/10/fca...ysler-and.html

Chrysler Australia have denied that story. Not sure what is going on though. I can't see it surviving very long. Australia and NZ are apparently the only market left that sells RHD 300's.

[CoupeKing]

I feel sorry for the Albanian cops. Even Liberace wouldn't drive around in the last car.

[marty351]

What's Toyota going to offer as a Aurion replacement?

[jpd80]

[QUOTE=Bossxr8;6022893]

Originally Posted by bbbero

Chrysler Australia have denied that story. Not sure what is going on though. I can't see it surviving very long. Australia and NZ are apparently the only market left that sells RHD 300's.

Rumors suggest that the replacement large car will be on the same platform as the Pacifica minivan, FWD/AWD
and that FCA will be developing TT V6 engine similar for Ford's Ecoboost.

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by marty351

What's Toyota going to offer as a Aurion replacement?

Camry V6 will be the Aurion replacement..................that's what the Aurion was anyway.

[EBSXR6]

Sorry already answered

[cycle myth]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye84

Yeah but at a price that didn't bastardise the brand - which is why the Police didnt take on the AMG product.

BMW have dropped their pants to gain much needed volume - It'll be interesting to see what happens over the next couple of years.

Hawkeye84 - sound like you are close to the know.

So what were the discounts on the Benz and BMW?

[XD 351 Ute]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

Wonder if they will get a cop chip

Cop brakes, cop tyres, cop suspension.
Best movie ever!

Ed

[PooDog]

Originally Posted by XD 351 Ute

Cop brakes, cop tyres, cop suspension.
Best movie ever!

Ed

Yep ( replace the cigarette lighter)

[HO 3]

With the way Automomous drone technologoly is going are we really going to be relying on conventional Policing into the future?

Cheers Mick

[GTP534]

Originally Posted by HO 3

With the way Automomous drone technologoly is going are we really going to be relying on conventional Policing into the future?

Cheers Mick

I would say so for the time being.

[Hawkeye84]

Originally Posted by cycle myth

Hawkeye84 - sound like you are close to the know.

So what were the discounts on the Benz and BMW?

BMW offered significantly less than what they originally proposed

[Mercury Bullet]

This happens all the time.

I know of one police force who went with off the shelf xr8s because Ford offered them cheaper than n.a. xr6s.
No police specials, standard off the showroom floor retail examples.

[cycle myth]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye84

BMW offered significantly less than what they originally proposed

You still haven't said what those significant discounts were...

[Hawkeye84]

Originally Posted by cycle myth

You still haven't said what those significant discounts were...

For what purpose?

[Sioso]

https://www.carsales.com.au/editoria...l-done-110173/

NSW police to continue using V8 rear-drive pursuit cars – but this time they’re American muscle-cars

The large and unmistakable grille of Chrysler 300 SRT will soon be a lot more common in the rear-view mirrors of Australian motorists – with sirens and lights.

As we reported in October, the NSW Police force was evaluating the big Chrysler sedan for pursuit duties and now we can confirm it's a done deal.

A fleet of Chrysler 300 SRTs will become pursuit vehicles when NSW Police takes delivery in 2018, giving it a phalanx of fast rear-drive, V8-powered chase cars.

Peak power of 350kW and torque of 637Nm emanates from the 300 SRT's 6.4-litre naturally-aspirated HEMI V8. That's enough twist to propel regular versions of the cars to 100km/h in 4.5 seconds. Top speed is around 280km/h.

However, the NSW highway pursuit cars will be anything but regular, with tweaks to the suspension, brakes and powertrain expected, along with advanced number plate sensing technology and police database computers to name a few of the mods.

The new Chrysler 300 SRT Core police cars will replace Ford Falcon XR8 and Holden Commodore SS police patrol vehicles which will be gradually retired now that local production has ceased.

In the past it was a requirement that police car fleets were Australian-made, but that regulation is now dead and buried, opening the door for the likes of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Australia to fill the void.
NSW Police will take delivery of the Chrysler 300 SRT Core, a V8 sedan worth at least 350kW

It's not clear how many vehicles have been earmarked under the contract but given that NSW Police has around 400 highway patrol vehicles – the largest police fleet in Australia – the deal could be up to 200 vehicles.

Other vehicles also in contention to replace Falcon and Commodore police pursuit vehicles in Australia include the Genesis G80, a Korean-made rear-drive V6 sedan that has been under evaluation by the West Australian police force.

The Kia Stinger GT is also understood to be in contention with every police force in Australia taking a keen interest, its 272kW twin-turbo V6 and rear-drive adding appeal for police fleet buyers.

The Victorian Police force has already signed a deal to purchase 80 BMW 530d sedans, the turbo-diesel six-cylinder luxury cars pumping out 195kW/620Nm -- far less pepper than their the Chrysler 300 SRT Core.

The BMWs are almost double the price of the US muscle-car, costing roughly $120,000 each.

Priced at around $65,000 in showrooms, the Chrysler 300 has found 247 Australian homes so far this year, down 43 per cent from 524 sales last year.

The decline has been steady over the years as large cars fall out of favour with private buyers, the big American car recording 954 sales in 2016 and 1324 in 2015.

A source close to the deal suggested the contract will run for 2018 and 2019 and possibly beyond that. The indications are that it isn't a short-term contract.

The current Chrysler 300 first entered production in 2011 and will be 10 years old by 2020, which by our reckoning means an all-new model will arrive around that time, possibly based on the same Giorgio platform as the new Alfa Romeo Giulia.

We understand the chief commissioner of NSW Police will make an official announcement about the new Chrysler cop cars in March 2018

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by Bevsta007

Seems an obvious choice

given they are rarely allowed to make high speed pursuits, i see it as a waste of money giving them big, expensive barges. should have went with Camry Hybrids.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by aussie muscle

given they are rarely allowed to make high speed pursuits, i see it as a waste of money giving them big, expensive barges. should have went with Camry Hybrids.

The HP drivers would probably have preferred the Camry, much easier to blend in with the traffic than a Mafia Staff car

[Cherrybombbb]

Should mention here in WA WAPOL are still using Falcon XR6 Sedans, starting to see very few of them now, the local Police station near recentley decommissioned one and replaced it with a Toyota, they still have 1 FGX Left.

[Adamz Ghia]

That’s a quick turnover, wasn’t long ago the police in Geelong were getting around in FG MkII XR6 Turbos. Probably still going somewhere.