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winmutt

03-30-2010, 01:57 PM

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1135692&icid=autos_1371&GT1=22017

BMW to Turbocharge Police Cars
BMW has struck a deal with Carbon Motors to supply turbocharged diesel engines for the company's new patrol cars.

By Dale Jewett of AutoWeek

Carbon Motors E7 police car prototype (© AutoWeek)Click to enlarge picture

Carbon Motors is shopping its E7 police car prototype to law enforcement agencies. It signed a deal to buy diesel engines from BMW.

BMW has agreed to supply turbocharged diesel engines to Carbon Motors Corp. to power Carbon's purpose-built police cars.

In a deal signed on Monday, Carbon ordered more than 240,000 units of BMW's 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder turbodiesel — the same engine used in the X5. In the X5, the diesel is rated at 265 hp and 425 lb-ft of torque.

http://fp.images.autos.msn.com/Media/425x255/b7/b7370146ec4f49bf96ffabf066317a8b.jpg

Prophet

03-30-2010, 02:43 PM

I want to test drive one

Mongo

03-30-2010, 02:54 PM

Wonder if they'd sell one for personal use, swap the red/blue LED's out to white and have some fun :D

Prophet

03-30-2010, 03:20 PM

supposedly they don't want one ever in civilian hands so they will be buying them back from law enforcement agencies to be refurbished

Hammerhead

03-30-2010, 05:30 PM

I like the new Taurus police car better.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/12/ford-police-interceptor-taurus-breaking-images/

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/fliboy482/policeinterceptcon01opt.jpg

Snafu484

03-30-2010, 05:35 PM

Phatmax

03-31-2010, 10:05 AM

Lazarus

03-31-2010, 10:32 AM

Decent car, but I would rather have an infiniti G37 sedan. I like the AWD, but... only 365 with Twin Turbos? The G gets 328 naturally. Drop a supercharger on the G and you are looking at over 400 hp for only about 3K more then a Ford.

Of course, I would REALLY like the M56 sedan. AWD, 420 HP 400 lbs.ft of torque...naturally.. Yum.

60K... not so nice.

Yea but local and federal government won't allow purchase of foreign vehicles for domestic use.

I was at the car show this weekend and saw the new Taurus. Those things are fuggin expensive. I think the SHO was like 42k and the Limited was 38-39k. WTF. For that price I'd rather have a G37 too.

Butthead

03-31-2010, 10:33 AM

$42K for a taurus????? WTF??????

Phatmax

03-31-2010, 10:37 AM

Plus, just thinking about it, I would like to see an at the WHEELS dyno of the SHO vs. G37. With AWD and power loss through the drivetrain, I wonder how much of that HP is actually reaching the ground.

ETA: Ah-ha, here we go:

Here is review side by side SHO vs. G37

Comparison Test: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO vs. 2009 Infiniti G37 Journey

stock G37 0-60 5.6 secs

stock SHO 0-60 5.8 secs

stock G37 1/4 mile 13.8 secs

stock SHO 1/4 mile 14.2 secs

http://www.insideline.com/infiniti/g37/2009/comparison-test-2010-ford-taurus-sho-vs-2009-infiniti-g37-journey.html

ETA2:

Imagine what happens if you dump all the "cop weight" into that SHO... Toyota Priuses will be able to outrun it.

Lazarus

03-31-2010, 10:41 AM

Plus, just thinking about it, I would like to see an at the WHEELS dyno of the SHO vs. G37. With AWD and power loss through the drivetrain, I wonder how much of that HP is actually reaching the ground.

AWD and power loss through the drivetrain is the same thing. :lol: The G37 would have just a small percentage less drivetrain loss since its RWD.

Lazarus

03-31-2010, 10:42 AM

$42K for a taurus????? WTF??????

Thats what I said. No wonder Ford was/is losing money.

Phatmax

03-31-2010, 11:05 AM

AWD and power loss through the drivetrain is the same thing. :lol: The G37 would have just a small percentage less drivetrain loss since its RWD.

ooops, mis-typed don't know why I put AND, meant to say AWD power loss. Doh!

Lazarus

03-31-2010, 11:30 AM

ooops, mis-typed don't know why I put AND, meant to say AWD power loss. Doh!

Yea AWD powerloss will certainly drop that 368 down to around 295.

winmutt

03-31-2010, 12:12 PM

265hp + 425ftlb.

About the x5:

Low-end acceleration is stupendous, unsurprising given that the engine makes 390 lb-ft of torque at 1500 rpm, just off idle... and 425 between 1750 and 2250. Horsepower takes over after that, peaking at 265 at 4200 rpm.

I'll take that over 365hp @ 7k any day when it comes to handling. BMW lists 0-60 as 6.9 secs for the SUV and I found a 1/4mile at 18.9s, thats with a 5225lb curb weight (the carbon is 4000lb).

Of course AWD is nice but we're talking cop cars here. They need to be low maintenance and efficient where diesel is gonna show up in trumps.

Phatmax

03-31-2010, 01:01 PM

265hp + 425ftlb.

About the x5:

I'll take that over 365hp @ 7k any day when it comes to handling. BMW lists 0-60 as 6.9 secs for the SUV and I found a 1/4mile at 18.9s, thats with a 5225lb curb weight (the carbon is 4000lb).

Of course AWD is nice but we're talking cop cars here. They need to be low maintenance and efficient where diesel is gonna show up in trumps.

Heck, save the bucks and get the Nissan Armada 0-60 in 6.8 and 1/4 at 15.3 and 88.9. That is for a curb of 5713.

Lazarus

03-31-2010, 01:05 PM

Heck, save the bucks and get the Nissan Armada 0-60 in 6.8 and 1/4 at 15.3 and 88.9. That is for a curb of 5713.

Handles like poo.

winmutt

03-31-2010, 01:10 PM

Armada 12/18 mpg.... Carbon is saying the e7 will have a combo of 218-30mpg. Given a diesel engine will probably go 2-3X the distance of a gasser over its life time thats alot of bucks saved!

ramm

03-31-2010, 01:15 PM

R32 - Bi Turbo - AWD - 500hp.

http://vimeo.com/1800296

I rest my case. :D

Phatmax

03-31-2010, 01:42 PM

Armada 12/18 mpg.... Carbon is saying the e7 will have a combo of 218-30mpg. Given a diesel engine will probably go 2-3X the distance of a gasser over its life time thats alot of bucks saved!

AHH, did not realize that was a diesel. Plus diesels can be..um... tweaked.

Phatmax

03-31-2010, 01:48 PM

R32 - Bi Turbo - AWD - 500hp.

http://vimeo.com/1800296

I rest my case. :D

Nice!..

My current wishlist (semi-realistic) car is the Nissan GT-r.

This is the extra expensive Spec V version.

http://www.desktopcar.net/wallpaper/39804-2/Nissan_GT-R_SpecV_2010_03.jpg

MrBlah

03-31-2010, 01:58 PM

I'm not sure which is uglier, the gtr or the police car

Phatmax

03-31-2010, 02:13 PM

I'm not sure which is uglier, the gtr or the police car

lol, at least the GTR is actually fast. Ugly but gets the job done.

Butthead

03-31-2010, 02:15 PM

agreed. not sure why they cannot put the innards of the gtr into the 370Z body. that would be hawt.

I'm not sure which is uglier, the gtr or the police car