California Highway Patrol selects Porsche as 2006 pursuit vehicles
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California Highway Patrol selects Porsche as 2006 pursuit vehicles
California Highway Patrol selects Porsche as 2006 pursuit vehicles
ATLANTA, June 27, 2005 - The California Highway Patrol has announced today that its is standardizing on the Porsche 987 Boxster as its 2006 pursuit vehicles to replace its aging fleet of Chevrolet Camaros.
CHP spokesman Officer Bruce Nowwegotcha said that after extensive testing the Porsche Boxster was found to have all of attributes necessary for a proper pursuit vehicle. "The Boxster has 2 trunks which allows us to stash all of our police stuff" Officer Nowwegotcha was quoted as saying.
According to CHP Camaro pursuit vehicle manager Lt. Joseph Schmutz, "The Camaros were at the end of their useful life, and were never able to be used fully given that CHP officers are prohibited from wearing mullets while on duty".
The initial order for 200 Porsche Boxsters will be completed by the end of 2005 with the majority of units being placed in service in high enforcement areas throughout California.
The 987 "Police Interceptor" Boxster will feature a 3.8L 381Hp "power-kit" engine mated to a 7 speed DSG heavy duty transmission. This will be the first use of this specially designed power plant and transmission in the Boxster and will be exclusive to the Police Interceptor version.
Porsche Cars North America spokesman Lorna Gattasped said that the CHP contract represents a new market for Porsche in the US and expects other states to watch closely the CHP purchase.
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), based in Atlanta, Ga., and its subsidiary, Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd., are the exclusive importers of Porsche police cars for the United States and Canada.
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Bob Carlson
Media Relations Manager, Enforcement vehicles
(770) 290-3676
ATLANTA, June 27, 2005 - The California Highway Patrol has announced today that its is standardizing on the Porsche 987 Boxster as its 2006 pursuit vehicles to replace its aging fleet of Chevrolet Camaros.
CHP spokesman Officer Bruce Nowwegotcha said that after extensive testing the Porsche Boxster was found to have all of attributes necessary for a proper pursuit vehicle. "The Boxster has 2 trunks which allows us to stash all of our police stuff" Officer Nowwegotcha was quoted as saying.
According to CHP Camaro pursuit vehicle manager Lt. Joseph Schmutz, "The Camaros were at the end of their useful life, and were never able to be used fully given that CHP officers are prohibited from wearing mullets while on duty".
The initial order for 200 Porsche Boxsters will be completed by the end of 2005 with the majority of units being placed in service in high enforcement areas throughout California.
The 987 "Police Interceptor" Boxster will feature a 3.8L 381Hp "power-kit" engine mated to a 7 speed DSG heavy duty transmission. This will be the first use of this specially designed power plant and transmission in the Boxster and will be exclusive to the Police Interceptor version.
Porsche Cars North America spokesman Lorna Gattasped said that the CHP contract represents a new market for Porsche in the US and expects other states to watch closely the CHP purchase.
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), based in Atlanta, Ga., and its subsidiary, Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd., are the exclusive importers of Porsche police cars for the United States and Canada.
Contact:
Bob Carlson
Media Relations Manager, Enforcement vehicles
(770) 290-3676
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Re: California Highway Patrol selects Porsche as 2006 pursuit vehicles
Originally posted by Orient Express
[B]"...prohibited from wearing mullets while on duty..."
[B]"...prohibited from wearing mullets while on duty..."
lucky SOBs!
OT - how's that new engine?
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yea i was gonna say... officer Nowwegotcha. i smell BS!
i want to see what the 3.8L X51 kit can do in a Boxster. sounds like a 997 C2S engine huh?? DSG?? not even out yet! WTF@#$~!
i want to see what the 3.8L X51 kit can do in a Boxster. sounds like a 997 C2S engine huh?? DSG?? not even out yet! WTF@#$~!
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i would agree that california likely doens't have any money to buy new cars. it would be more belivable if they are some turbo tunned kia!!
but i heard that arizona is going to start using CGT to catch the drug smugglers across the borders. and me, officer ilovedonuts and my partner officer needmoredonuts will be coming for you.
but i heard that arizona is going to start using CGT to catch the drug smugglers across the borders. and me, officer ilovedonuts and my partner officer needmoredonuts will be coming for you.
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Have you guys seen the Volvo turbo CHP vehicles? I talked to an officer once at a car wash and he was saying that basically the auto manufacturers lease them the vehicles for pennies because they want the exposure. He said that the Volvos were pretty much free to them.
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Originally posted by 2thfixr
Have you guys seen the Volvo turbo CHP vehicles? I talked to an officer once at a car wash and he was saying that basically the auto manufacturers lease them the vehicles for pennies because they want the exposure. He said that the Volvos were pretty much free to them.
Have you guys seen the Volvo turbo CHP vehicles? I talked to an officer once at a car wash and he was saying that basically the auto manufacturers lease them the vehicles for pennies because they want the exposure. He said that the Volvos were pretty much free to them.
