The 1972 AMC Matador Enforcer with a 401ci V8 outperformed Plymouth police cars and served the LAPD from 1972 to 1974.

When Ford decided in 2011 to discontinue the boat-like Crown Victoria—long the standard for police cruisers and taxi cabs alike—police departments were forced to go shopping for a new model to take on ...

In the golden age of full-frame American steel, when police cruisers still had four doors and real hubcaps, and before SUVs replaced every wagon from sea to shining sea, the Ford Galaxie stood tall as ...

Detroit has crafted some mighty fine motors in its thirteen decades or so of being at the heart of the automotive industry. And it has also planted the collective gearheaded consciousness with ...

On this episode of Wide Open Throttle, Jessi Lang spends a day with the 2013 Ford Interceptor Police car. She gets an overview of the sophisticated technology that allows police officers to do their ...

Update, October 3: This story has been updated to include yet another light bar that makes its cop cars that much harder to spot. To be fair, if you’re flying up on an Explorer so fast that you don’t ...

Police cars are built differently for obvious reasons. The specialized equipment and upgrades they receive are what sets them ...