Ford's new interceptor Police Car

The issue with this is that it's a front driver. Sure, the sheriff's departments and local municipalities might buy into it, like they've done the Intrepid and the Impala, but it's gonna be a hard sell on the state trooper level.

Working at a former Ford dealership who did a lot of repair work on Crown Vic trooper cars and talking to a lot of the troopers, I made the off hand comment one day about the Charger being available with AWD and the Hemi making a good cop car in upstate NY. One of the troopers replied that it wouldn't happen because of the handling characteristics being different than the RWD drive Crown Vic. The troopers are trained for the RWD and the way it maneuvers. To go AWD would mean that the troopers would have to undergo retraining. Even the Tahoes here are RWD, not 4WD. It would be the same way for FWD. Of course, I can only speak for NY and speaking to a few troopers here about it. Other states may feel differently.

I would also think that a lot states for their troopers might shy away from the FWD because of tranny issues, deserved for this car or not. Sever duty use and FWD drive, historically, has never gone hand in hand. Of course, the Vic's tranny and sever duty use was always an issue, too...