Chevrolet Caprice PPV on duty April 2011

By George Skentzos | July 28th, 2010

General Motors has announced the order and delivery dates as well as the final package specifications for the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV).

With rear-wheel-drive V8-powered large sedans favoured among law enforcement agencies across North America, it comes as no surprise that GM tasked Holden with producing the next generation of police pursuit vehicles.

Holden has not released production volume forecasts for the Chevrolet Caprice PPV, although according to Emily Perry, director external communications at Holden, even a fraction of the market would be worthwhile.

“In total the North American law enforcement market is around 70,000 vehicles a year, so to capture even a fraction of this market would be a great opportunity for Holden.”

Holden will build the completed police pursuit vehicles here in Australia for export, with specific equipment required by each law enforcement agency then fitted in the US.

Chevrolet will begin taking orders for the more discrete Caprice PPV detective package from October 2010 with the first patrol cars due to hit the streets in April 2011.

Orders of the Caprice PPV police package version with full lights and sirens will begin in January 2011 and will be on the beat around North America by next June.

The police-spec Caprice features the same 6.0-litre V8 engine you would find in the regular Holden line-up, including the fuel-saving Active Fuel Management technology and E85 capability.

The standard six-speed automatic transmission has been altered with improved sport shift calibrations for performance driving along with a “police performance” ESC mode for enhanced stability during high-speed driving.

A V6 engine option will also be made available for the 2012 Chevrolet Caprice PPV vehicles.

Dave

Great news for Holden and the Australian automotive industry generally.

(ironically my anti-spam word is ‘Pontiac’)
Angelo

He he, will be interesting to see the big Statey/Caprice featuring in car chases in Hollywood.

Tomas79

BOGAN PRIDE!!

Golfschwein

All official now. Good work, Holden.

Employee

Still NO actual orders yet. Waiting ……

Shak

The order books only JUST opened!

Shak

Lets hope the Yanks see that our offering is the best of them all. Good work Holden. One question? Why dont we use this Caprice PPV in Australia as a detective package?
http://zuboora.com mohamad is right when he

so..the yanks send us the engine. then we send it back in a car.. lol good work australia. show them yanks the australian car industry is taking over.

anti spam word “coyote”

mmmmmm

and in the middle AUSTRALIAN workers are paid to put it together.
that’s a good thing – mohamad

and you forgot the gearboxes too

http://zuboora.com mohamad is right when he

i know its a good thing u loser lol.. im laughing at the yanks. derhh.. hitting my head on the keyboard …. frrhyui cvbhyiswcceGYWUICDEYUIWC DFUCDRBHUIWCEUCWEBUI

Shak

Mohamad you only highlight two components, what about all the other components that come from Australia? And the jobs that local manufacturing supports.

Tomas79

About 88% of the components come from korea, and or china!!

Frenchie

Like most of the car manufacturers around the world.

http://zuboora.com mohamad is right when he

champ.. im clapping to the aussies and the jobs this is going to create hopefully.. its good for the country.. im laughing at the yanks how they cant build their own cop cars. and the fact that its funny they send us a engine.. and we send it straight back in a car.. cmon they look pretty hopless 2 me

Van Ariel Disease

I can see it now…….broken down police cars all over the USA…….

Jabba the Hut

I wish you’d break down. Regardless of a person’s preference this is great news for jobs in the Auto industry and all the suppliers to it.

Mitchell Oke

Agreed, I’m generally a Ford person but this is great news for Aussie car manufacturing!

The Realist

So will they cut all tax payer assistance if this transpires?

Botswanky

There’s something very ironic about this, & it’s kinda cool!
stuzz

the true blues-mobile
Tom

Caprice PPV detective package, the most pointless car ever!
Hugh Jorgan

Wonder if the USA GM fanboys will be annoyed “the heat” can buy a V8 rear driver four door sedan and they can’t?

delux

I can see these cars fetching big dollars at the police auctions when their service life is over.

Car-Enthusiast

No offence, but how dumb do some americans have to be, in regards to the Caprice PPV detective package. I mean if u see a car that no one else has got except the police, then surely you would be thinking WHAT THE…?

It will be a useful car for the detectives for every purpose except being un-noticeable.

For the sake of Americans Hopefully they know their cars, so they don’t miss the odd one out.

Shak

Thankfully your average American crook knows nothing about cars, and when they see blue and red they run. They will just think this is “some Chevy” because it looks very similar to the Impala.

Dirge

I always did believe our cop cars are some of the best pursuit vehicles in any country’s police force. America, the land of the musle car importing rear wheel drive police vehicles? never thought I’d see that. Can’t wait to see them in person om my next vacation to the states.
Mick

The V8 engine has massive rooms for improvemnent. Personally I think Holden should only be importing the blocks, and making modern heads here for both the local and export market.

Wouldn’t a 4 valve DOHC VCT Direct injection head sound much better than what the current V8 has? You could detune it so it would run fine on the US fuel, afterall, other cars have these technologies in the states and run on tht fuel.

Not only could they have a higher power output, but the fuel economy would (supposedly) be noticeably better which would make a big difference over the lifespan of the vehicle.