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08-20-2013, 08:04 AM
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Speeders beware, the police are going to be getting quite a bit faster. Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford) has just announced that it will be offering its 3.5-liter, twin-turbocharged, EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ecoboost/) V6 in the Explorer Police Interceptor (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/01/ford-explorer-police-interceptor-utility-prepares-to-serve-and-protect/). The new engine will be joining the existing 3.7-liter V6. The 365-horsepower, 350-pound-foot mill should be familiar to consumers as the powerplant that's found in the Ford Taurus SHO (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/taurus/) (and its LEO equivalent, the Taurus Police Interceptor (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/police+interceptor/)) and the Ford Explorer Sport (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/04/2013-ford-explorer-sport/). It should also provide quite a kick in the pants to officers used to the naturally aspirated 3.7 and its 304 ponies and 279 pound-feet of torque.
The move to the more potent powerplant was born out of all the equipment officers need to carry on a day-to-day basis. These days, there's so much stuff that police need on a regular basis, that there's a genuine market for a faster Police Interceptor Utility, as it's known officially. The Explorer-based cruiser has already accounted for 68 percent of Ford's LEO sales thus far in 2014, and that's with just the 3.7, and we'd only expect that number to increase once the twin-turbo, 3.5-liter V6 is available. Ford won't offer up any indication of what the take rate will be on the new engine, but we're guessing it'll be fairly high.
The success of the Explorer PI couldn't have come at a better time for Ford. The decision to end Crown Victoria (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/crown+victoria/) production was not a popular one with police, and combined with Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/) and Dodge (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/) diving into the LEO market feet first, Ford hasn't been performing as well as it's wanted to. The Explorer has been helping it turn around, though. And with the inclusion of the EcoBoost, Ford also has a legit competitor for the Chevrolet Tahoe (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/tahoe/) on the big utility side of the police market.Continue reading Ford's Explorer-based Police Interceptor to get 365-hp EcoBoost option (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/20/fords-explorer-based-police-interceptor-365-hp-ecoboost/)
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Speeders beware, the police are going to be getting quite a bit faster. Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford) has just announced that it will be offering its 3.5-liter, twin-turbocharged, EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ecoboost/) V6 in the Explorer Police Interceptor (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/01/ford-explorer-police-interceptor-utility-prepares-to-serve-and-protect/). The new engine will be joining the existing 3.7-liter V6. The 365-horsepower, 350-pound-foot mill should be familiar to consumers as the powerplant that's found in the Ford Taurus SHO (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/taurus/) (and its LEO equivalent, the Taurus Police Interceptor (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/police+interceptor/)) and the Ford Explorer Sport (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/04/2013-ford-explorer-sport/). It should also provide quite a kick in the pants to officers used to the naturally aspirated 3.7 and its 304 ponies and 279 pound-feet of torque.
The move to the more potent powerplant was born out of all the equipment officers need to carry on a day-to-day basis. These days, there's so much stuff that police need on a regular basis, that there's a genuine market for a faster Police Interceptor Utility, as it's known officially. The Explorer-based cruiser has already accounted for 68 percent of Ford's LEO sales thus far in 2014, and that's with just the 3.7, and we'd only expect that number to increase once the twin-turbo, 3.5-liter V6 is available. Ford won't offer up any indication of what the take rate will be on the new engine, but we're guessing it'll be fairly high.
The success of the Explorer PI couldn't have come at a better time for Ford. The decision to end Crown Victoria (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/crown+victoria/) production was not a popular one with police, and combined with Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/) and Dodge (http://www.autoblog.com/dodge/) diving into the LEO market feet first, Ford hasn't been performing as well as it's wanted to. The Explorer has been helping it turn around, though. And with the inclusion of the EcoBoost, Ford also has a legit competitor for the Chevrolet Tahoe (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/tahoe/) on the big utility side of the police market.Continue reading Ford's Explorer-based Police Interceptor to get 365-hp EcoBoost option (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/20/fords-explorer-based-police-interceptor-365-hp-ecoboost/)
Ford's Explorer-based Police Interceptor to get 365-hp EcoBoost option (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/20/fords-explorer-based-police-interceptor-365-hp-ecoboost/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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