andyross Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 (edited) The next time the cops chase you down for speeding, they could be driving a fuel-efficient gas-electric hybrid. Ford Motor Company will offer a police pursuit version of the hybrid Fusion midsize sedan in response to requests nationwide. (April 10) AP https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/04/10/fords-new-hybrid-police-car-fights-smog----and-crime/100234812 https://www.usatoday.com/videos/money/cars/2017/04/10/ford-offer-gas-electric-hybrid-police-pursuit-cars/100273144/ https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/money/cars/2017/04/09/photos-fords-new-hybrid-police-car-gets-tough-on-gas-mileage/100273808 Edited April 10, 2017 by andyross 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermans Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 The FFH been used in NYC for years now. I've seen high speed chases there over 100 MPH. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyross Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Another story with some more information. According to this, it has 17" front brakes? I don't know if that is really correct, or somebody misread something and it's 17" wheels. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/04/fords-police-responder-hybrid-sedan-twice-as-efficient-as-the-average-cop-car/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Ya I bet the 17" brakes is a misunderstanding. The wheels are barely 17"! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyross Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) Comments from the Ars Technica thread: MMarsh Ars Centurion Dr Gitlin wrote: Stephen Tyler told us they were 17" rotors (check the video), and Car and Driver also got the same info: http://blog.caranddriver.com/ford-now-o ... -pursuits/It's also listed in Ford's spec sheet for the vehicle: https://media.ford.com/content/dam/ford ... -sheet.pdf Looks like they both have the same wrong info. Folks who have seen the thing up close are saying it has 17" rims and 13" front rotors (the standard Fusion Hybrid has 11.8" rotors). Typos in press releases are not uncommon, particularly on small details like this that a marketing intern is not going to catch during a pre-show rush.17" rotors would require 21" or 22" tires, which those most certainly are not. Edited April 17, 2017 by andyross 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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