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11-02-2010, 03:12 PM
Filed under: Concept Cars (http://www.autoblog.com/category/conceptcars/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), Police/Emergency (http://www.autoblog.com/category/police-emergency/)
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Ford Police Interceptor Stealth Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
While we should be excited to see Ford show off a new, updated cop car, the Police Interceptor (http://autoblog.com/tag/ford+police+interceptor) Stealth Concept already has us checking our rear-view mirrors. The full details on this cop cruiser were released yesterday (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/01/ford-shows-off-police-interceptor-stealth-concept-ahead-of-sema/), but seeing it under the bright lights at SEMA (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sema/) only serves to kick up the nervous anxiety to 11.
The man behind the car, Ford designer Melvin Betancourt, says he drew inspiration from the SR-71 Blackbird stealth plane. The blacked-out finish and hidden blue and reds, coupled with the potential for hosting a 365-horsepower, twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 under the hood are more than enough to cause speed-limit scofflaws to think twice about pushing harder on that gas pedal.
It's not only the outside that incorporates the idea of stealth design. The interior features a police radio hidden in the console, along with the on-board computer and the glove box has a hidden space to hide weapons. Slow down and check out the Stealth concept in our high-res gallery, below.
Gallery: SEMA 2010: Ford Police Interceptor Stealth Concept (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/01ford-interceptor-sema-concept_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/02ford-interceptor-sema-concept_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/03ford-interceptor-sema-concept_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/04ford-interceptor-sema-concept_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/05ford-interceptor-sema-concept_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept/)
Photos copyright (C)2010 Drew Phillips (http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/) / AOLSEMA 2010: Ford Police Interceptor Stealth Concept will haunt the dreams of speeders everywhere (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/02/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept-will-haunt-th/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Ford Police Interceptor Stealth Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
While we should be excited to see Ford show off a new, updated cop car, the Police Interceptor (http://autoblog.com/tag/ford+police+interceptor) Stealth Concept already has us checking our rear-view mirrors. The full details on this cop cruiser were released yesterday (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/01/ford-shows-off-police-interceptor-stealth-concept-ahead-of-sema/), but seeing it under the bright lights at SEMA (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sema/) only serves to kick up the nervous anxiety to 11.
The man behind the car, Ford designer Melvin Betancourt, says he drew inspiration from the SR-71 Blackbird stealth plane. The blacked-out finish and hidden blue and reds, coupled with the potential for hosting a 365-horsepower, twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 under the hood are more than enough to cause speed-limit scofflaws to think twice about pushing harder on that gas pedal.
It's not only the outside that incorporates the idea of stealth design. The interior features a police radio hidden in the console, along with the on-board computer and the glove box has a hidden space to hide weapons. Slow down and check out the Stealth concept in our high-res gallery, below.
Gallery: SEMA 2010: Ford Police Interceptor Stealth Concept (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/01ford-interceptor-sema-concept_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/02ford-interceptor-sema-concept_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/03ford-interceptor-sema-concept_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/04ford-interceptor-sema-concept_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/05ford-interceptor-sema-concept_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept/)
Photos copyright (C)2010 Drew Phillips (http://www.drewphillipsphotography.com/) / AOLSEMA 2010: Ford Police Interceptor Stealth Concept will haunt the dreams of speeders everywhere (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/02/sema-2010-ford-police-interceptor-stealth-concept-will-haunt-th/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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