Ford Debuts New Taurus Police Interceptor

Drivers beware! The red and blue lights that appear in your rear-view mirror every so often are moving to another car. Today Ford unveiled their newest Police Interceptor based on the 2011 Taurus and let us be the first to say, we approve…just as long as it’s not behind us.

So besides a bunch of lights, a huge front battering ram, and a mean black and white paint job, what makes a Ford Police Interceptor different from a regular Taurus? For starters, lots of things just seem to do more. The brakes have 60% more swept area than a standard Taurus,the rear bench has more room to transport trouble makers in comfort, and the back doors open up 70 degrees, a full 10 degrees more than its civilian sister.

Ford also says the car is designed to take a 75 mph hit from the rear- we’ll believe that when we see it on Cops. Expect to see these on the hunt in a year or two.

[AutoBlog, Chad Waite]