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DBC
10-01-2008, 08:35 PM
http://www.carbonmotors.com/

I wonder if this will pan out, anybody going to the COPS WEST in Ontario this weekend?
I know some car builders that are going who also upfit fire and police cars who say this car has a chance to displace current police cars.
IMachU
10-01-2008, 09:04 PM
No, I'm going to the Off-Road expo in Pomona this year. Cops West gets boring after a while.
ateamer
10-01-2008, 09:42 PM
Carbon Motors has been talking and talking for years, and has yet to come through with anything. It's just vaporware.
DBC
10-02-2008, 10:54 AM
No, I'm going to the Off-Road expo in Pomona this year. Cops West gets boring after a while.

almost forgot about that one, I missed the sand sports show last weekend.
bork
10-02-2008, 10:07 PM
This looks like the work of some out-of-work car designer who thought up the idea and made a website. Customizing a production auto platform could be a possibility, but manufacturing their own model? not gonna happen at any reasonable price range, and certainly not at the quality needed for police work. I am interested to see what, if anything, becomes the standard once the Crown Vic slowly passes away. I doubt Chargers have the quality to last.
FORD4LIFE
10-07-2008, 11:23 AM
I am interested to see what, if anything, becomes the standard once the Crown Vic slowly passes away. I doubt Chargers have the quality to last.

Broward County Sheriff has a few hundred Charger Hemis mixed in with their Crown Victorias and they do go down quite often spending allot of time at the service center.

The Chargers after only 20K miles need extensive and expensive repairs.

The Texas Highway Patrol got around 100 about 2 years ago and said they weren't going to buy anymore due to suspension and other problems.