All-New Ford Police Interceptors To Deliver Higher Fuel Economy With Significant Fuel Savings For Cities

Ford's all-new Police Interceptor sedan and utility can save America's law enforcement agencies millions of dollars a year on fuel costs. With three powerful and fuel-efficient V6 engines, the new Police Interceptor lineup is expected to deliver average fuel economy gains of between 20 and 25 percent over the Crown Victoria police car, which ends production later this year. The market leader for the past 15 years, the current Crown Victoria police car is rated at 14 mpg city and 21 mpg highway.

Fuel costs from large to small law enforcement agencies illustrate the potential savings the new Ford Police Interceptor models are capable of delivering as the cost of oil hovers around $100 per barrel.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department – the largest sheriff's department in the world – operates a fleet of 6,200 vehicles which patrol an area the size of Connecticut. In 2010, those vehicles drove more than 27 million miles. A fleet-wide 20 percent fuel economy gain would save the department at least $20 million a year at today's fuel prices of nearly $4 per gallon.

"We set out to deliver our new portfolio of Police Interceptors to be industry-leading from durability to performance, including taking on one of the most important challenges for agencies today, fuel efficiency," said Kevin Koswick, Director of Ford's North American Fleet Operations. "With Ford's new Police Interceptors, we took the industry benchmark, our Crown Victoria, and improved every element including delivering up to a 25 percent improvement in fuel economy."

The improved efficiency of the new Police Interceptors is part of Ford's corporate goal to lead or be among the leaders in fuel economy in every segment in which the company competes – and that includes not just the vehicles that consumers buy, but also the cars, trucks, and utilities built for fleet buyers such as law enforcement agencies.

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