FEATURE Carol Stream Justifi es V8


ARTICLE SUMMARY


The Carol Stream Police went about their evaluation of the replacement for the Ford CVPI like many departments. However, they took this a step further than most departments by factoring the residual value into their overall assessment. And they got a V8 that paid for itself over a V6.


CAROL STREAM


Using lifecycle costing to justify better police vehicles BY POLICE FLEET MANAGER STAFF


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ike many police departments and sheriff’s offi ces, the Carol Stream, Ill. Police planned ahead


for the replacement of the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. To their credit, Ford Motor Company gave plenty of notice to the law en- forcement community that the CVPI was going to be discontinued. This included at least one extension to the model year build, and the production capability to fi ll the sales orders for


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those departments who bought ahead on the CVPI. T is advance notice gave departments


plenty of time to research the NextGen ve- hicle. Even though Ford’s replacements for the CVPI were not necessarily available well in advance, solid glimpses certainly were. T eir two-vehicle strategy turned out to be the Police Interceptor Sedan and the Police Interceptor Utility. Even though diff erences exist between the police package vehicles and retail vehicles, early impressions of these


NextGen police vehicles were made possible by driving the retail Taurus and the retail Explorer. Like many police departments, the Carol


Stream PD used vehicle test results from the Michigan State Police and the Los An- geles County Sheriff to get a better view of how the NextGen vehicles might perform. T ese test results include much more than acceleration, top speed, braking and han- dling. Importantly, taken together they also include driving impressions, fuel economy


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