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The Ford Police Interceptor Utility, the Blue Oval's latest police-grade offering, starts with the 2011 Explorer, stuffs in the heavy-duty high-tech goodies from the Taurus Police Interceptor and adds a few more tricks. It's an Explorer built for a beating. More »
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The 2012 Ford Police Interceptor unveiled today is the latest in a long line of Ford squad cars. Here's why the sight of even a civilian Crown Vic now induces Pavlovian application of brakes in all motorists. More »
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A toy Ferrari hacked together with kitchen and office equipment makes for one wicked balcony toy. More »
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Google Street View traveled into the future to a post-apocalyptic, dystopian Australia to catch Mad Max and his Pursuit Special V8 Interceptor at the Silverton Hotel in New South Wales, Australia. More »
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This is so very cool — V Eight, the guys who renovate and restore Jensens, then load them up with LS2s to create the Jensen Interceptors S, are planning to build the limited-edition, restyled, high-performance Jensen Interceptor SX beginning in 2010. Only 25 copies of the Interceptor SX will be produced, but those few will be a solid block of awesome. Starting with an original Jensen Interceptor, they plan to strip the body off, update the styling, create an all-new interior with more leg room, and, as a finishing touch, drop a 620 HP GM LS7 mill under the bonnet. More »
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Jim Hunt has channeled the power of the beard for good. Miffed at speeding motorists in front of his home in Summerville, South Carolina, Jim decided to build what has come to be known as the "Tric-Vic", a fake-out cop car which he says works to slow down the speeders. The clever lawn ornament is constructed of expanded metal and reflectors in such a way as to mimic the iconic look of a Ford Police Interceptor parked roadside. Why do we have the sinking feeling this is going to be the next "lady bending over showing her bloomers while working in the garden"?[via Youtube] More »
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We hear this AM that Ford's taking a page directly from GM's Aussie-loving playbook. Bryce Hoffman of the Detroit News, who's never met a job he couldn't hand-le when it comes to Ford, is reporting they're looking at bringing the rear-wheel-drive Falcon platform up from down under to provide the basis for the next Ford Mustang. In addition to the muscular two-door, it'll also be used for new sedans from the Ford and Lincoln brands — replacements for the Crown Vic and Lincoln Town Car — both scheduled to meet their demise come 2011. The only problem is, Auto Week reported this same thing like umm, in January. So we've got a more important question that Bryce has seemingly left unasked. More »
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Upset over getting ticketed, a tow truck driver in Gresham, Oregon decided to take his revenge out on the first police cruiser he could find. Turns out there was an unmarked police car responding to a domestic disturbance call that was a fairly easy target. The angry driver was able to get the interceptor hooked up to his rig when a police officer noticed what was going on. After a few tense moments, the driver released the officer's car, but then he locked himself in the cab of his truck. More »
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Though no automaker gets rich from producing police package vehicles, the market represents a chance to move inventory and put your vehicle in the public consciousness. That's one of the reasons Chrysler is aiming to steal some of the share from Ford/Chevy with it's hemi-powered Charger and Magnum wagon. The pair can outrun and outstop both the Vics and Impalas, and are also seriously mean looking (the Impala looks sort of cross-eyed). More »
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Because it's sometimes unnerving to get pulled over by a real unmarked patrol car, some police and safety advocates are calling for fleet services to do a better job of making ex-patrol cars more civilian-ized. While there are good reasons for wanting a used cop car (you might be on a "Mission from God"), there are also a couple of less-than-noble motives. Former King County Sheriff Pat Jones has been pushing the state lege to make the change, but so far the law hasn't passed. More »
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In theory, anyone can get an old Interceptor and some strobes or a plug-in cherry and start pulling people over. While unmarked cops in most places are encouraged to call in a marked radio car to handle the stop, that doesn't always happen. We constantly see people getting popped in the Chi by mustachioed men in dark blue P71's. It may not be worrisome in the middle of the day on Michigan Ave, but it could be downright creepy on a lonely road in the dark of night with your family. Below are some guidelines for how to react: More »
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With the Olds blasting the Chrysler by a decisive margin in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll, we figured it was time to go across the water and get a couple of seriously cool- yet sanity-shreddingly difficult- sporty cars for you to choose from today. And, just because no choices are easy in Hell, we're going to make you choose between German rotary and Detroit V8 power. More »
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A right-hand-drive Mustang with a twin-turbo V6? You heard that right. Of course, the goofyfoot version would be for Aussie eyes only. From the other direction would come a new rear-drive Ford platform for the US market, a strategy GM's already following for a new line of burnout machines. That from a report today in Australia's Drive.com.au, which says Ford Australia will be the development point for a new range of cars that could show up as early as 2011. Ford's already said it's considering options for rear-drive development, and the Aussie connection would be an obvious story line. Could the Interceptor concept become the next Crown Vic? One can only hope. [Drive.com.au] More »
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Looks like BMW isn't the only new twin-turbo sheriff in town. Back during the Detroit Show we hipped you to the knowledge that FoMoCo was readying a "twin-force" V6 good for over 400 hp that would be showing up in a Lincoln flagship. Not good enough for Mulally, apparently. Turns out that Dearborn is actually preparing twin-turbo 4 and 8-cylinder engines as well. Which is fantastic news. For their part, Ford is saying that this new family of forced induction mills will be easy on our pocketbooks, explaining that "twin-force will offer diesel-like fuel economy." And that's good, we like that. But they are leaving out the part about how twin-turbo V8 Mustangs (and maybe the Interceptor...) will be better than 10 Super Bowls. Direct injection and cylinder deactivation will also be part of the mix, natch. – Jonny Lieberman More »
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[Note: The Jalopnik Fantasy Garage will be back to its normal Tuesday schedule next week. — ed.] When I took over the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage from Farago, my initial thought was... 1978 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Oscar India. Shoot me. However, my second thought was the Jensen FF. Many of us are old enough to remember the shockwaves shot through the automotive world when Porsche's 959 bowed in 1986. It was like an alien had arrived and brought along all of the home planet's best technology. The FF was just as incredible in terms of technological innovation, only it added serious luxury to the mix and showed up earlier. Two-decades earlier. Powered by a Mopar big block, the Jensen FF was the first production car to offer all-wheel drive, antilock brakes and traction control. More over, the beautiful body was designed by Touring Superleggera and built by Vignale, while the entire car was assembled by hand in Britain. American power, Italian hot looks and British everything else coupled with stupefying technical innovation. I know I don't need to go on, but I will. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=267959&view=rss&microfeed=true There's a man in England named Adrian Bennett. He is going to move to Australia with his family and his car. Why? Because he is going to convert his replica Ford Falcon V8 Interceptor from Mad Max status to the way the supercharged beauty looked in The Road Warrior. Why? So he can drive it near Robin Hill, which is where they filmed the second film. Can you say mumbo? Yeah, we're smitten. More like Mr. Bennett, please. – Jonny Lieberman More »
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Yesterday, Fort Worth's finest were in the middle of a pursuit with an old white Crown Vic that was involved in a gas station robbery (Is it just me, or does the sketchiest behavior always occur in decommissioned police cars?). Suddenly, a maroon truck sped past. The truck's driver, who was likely intoxicated, thought he was the one being chased and decided to realize his own worst fears by inciting the FWPD to pursue him. Both drivers were eventually caught, along with a third suspect involved in a separate chase on the other side of town, coincidentally occurring at around the same time. We can only imagine how many highball glasses of second-shelf hooch the local news producers knocked back after their shift. – Matt Hardigree More »
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Just look at that handsome lump of bulging, muscular Americana (on the right). You know the story by now. The Interceptor is a four-door Mustang (no matter what Ford says and then denies). Which means it's a rear wheel drive sedan powered by a torquey V8. We like this fact so much that us bothering to explain why is a waste of our collective breath. We also enjoy the aggressive, battering ram design, even though the big Ford 4-door looks a little too much like last year's Super Chief Mega-Truck. Looks? Why are we talking about looks? FoMoCo — can you drop the TwinForce Turbo in this sucker and paint it black? Oh screw it; we want our 500hp Supercharged Shelby Interceptor and we want it now. With the stripes. – Jonny Lieberman More »
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Along with FoMoCo's release on the new Interceptor concept sedan we brought to you over the holiday weekend was a corollary release on a Ford design direction we'd thought gone the way of the dodo bird, those pigeons in London and of course, the 427 concept car from 2003. That thought-to-be extinct species would have to be the "squircle" — a made up word from Ford to show off the innovative and provocative design element consisting of a "partly square, professionally rounded circles." Ok, seriously now — do we need a press release touting the ability for a major automaker to round the edges of a square? Better yet, do we need a press release touting a major automaker instituting a design element found on not only the Ford Fusion but also on the heretofore already mentioned 427 concept? I mean, what's next — a separate release on how a car company's remembered to include tires on its concept car this time around? Fully squircled press release after the jump. – Ray Wert More »
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What you see in front of you is the product of a bold move — or so we're told. This four-door sedan concept's got a 5.0-liter Cammer V8 with 400hp, and was called by FoMoCo Prez of the 'mericas "a Mustang all grown up." But since with our luck all we'll see this year is a five hundred with the Gillette-like "Hi, I'm Dave" tri-blade on the front end, we're pleased to see what Ford's got here — despite the fact it'll have the opposite of the Lincoln MKR concept's independent rear axle. Ford should be building something like this for fans of the strong n' forward-facing fascia of the classic 'merican sedan. This is a car that could compete with a 300C — if it were in the market now and not merely a concept. But whatevs, maybe it actually means FoMoCo's gonna bring something to market in the sedan market with some pizazz over the next five years. Gallery below and full release after the jump. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=225223&view=rss&microfeed=true Carscoop's waiting patiently for embargo's end, when they'll show off the new Aussie Ford Interceptor, which AutoWeek recently implied would hearken a four-door Mustang. Despite the latest round of denials from Fordies, and notwithstanding the Interceptor's 'Stang-derived platform, we're still waiting to see if the reported 300C beater offers any few hints at what rear-drive goodness may be on the way from the Bluest of Ovals. Then there's the matter of 400 hp. It's no match for Max's blown, 600 hp V8, but 25 years after "Road Warrior," what exactly is? – Mike Spinelli More »
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Right after receiving the phone call from the boys in Dearborn earlier today, FoMoCo issued a press release whereby they again vigorously deny plans for an expanded Mustang line-up. But the second half of the press release brought up plans for a concept car they'll be showing at the Detroit Auto Show in nary more than a few weeks time. It's called "The Masturbator "The Interceptor" and it "is based on the Mustang's rear-wheel-drive architecture but it is not a Mustang and no production plans have been announced." While that's not technically a "Mustang", it's most certainly a Mustang platform-derived vehicle. More than likely this concept would need to hold very little in the way of cues from the Mustang it's "based on" in order to ensure FoMoCo PR isn't seen as a bunch of liars, liars, pants on fire. While we've got no pictures of this Ford "Interceptor" concept to show you yet — our crack graphics team's been working overtime and they've provided the following two possible renderings below the jump that merge the "Hi, I'm Dave!" styling with FoMoCo's heritage. More »
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