Iconic police cars used by the Los Angeles Police Department: Dodge Polara. Plymouth Fury. Dodge Diplomat. Ford Crown Victoria. Chevrolet Caprice. AMC Matador. Dodge Charger. Chevrolet Suburban. Noticing a pattern here? Eight cylinders, large cars for the most part, stout, dependable, able to take abuse like few others can. And in Los Angeles, where damn near anything can and will happen, those are qualities that make the difference to officers. But apparently the LAPD’s community outreach division is going to go in a different direction soon, because it’s been announced that the department is going to lease 100 BMW i3 electric vehicles for officers to use in situations that don’t involve patrols or pursuits.
In a deal that will cost the city just under three million dollars, the LAPD will lease the i3s at $387 per month for three years, and invest approximately $1.5 million in vehicle charging infrastructure. The move is part of a broader motion to shift the LAPD’s vehicle fleet to something more economically friendly. For the last year, the department has been testing Tesla Model S P85Ds as part of the program, and even flirted with the idea of testing the Model S P90D, but in the end the BMW won for the simple reason of cost: the i3 is about half the cost of a P90D.
It’s not the first car we’d think of when we picture a black-and-white, but look at the bright side…it’s not a Segway. And maybe this will open the door to a Tesla Pursuit model. Maybe.
Oooooh!
I hope they paint these pink!
Yeah right – welcome to the LAPD’s new faggot squad – lithe young officers who will respond to the sound of a chipped nail or a drag-artist’s bra starp snapping within 5 miles. Send this powder-puff mobile to Compton and watch the gang-bangers upend it and set it on fire before the lady-boy “officers” can get their pieces out of their handbags…
Meet the new captain, Bruce Jenner.
I still call him Bruce cause he hasn’t chopped off the old crotch sausage yet.
Wonder how a lithium ion battery takes to bullets? They will be tested.
Those remind me of the cop cars in Demolition Man. The ones that fill the interior full of foam when you crash.
Cant see this going over too well. Make sure to put up pics of the first one broad sided by a stolen Suburban.
These need to be used first as governor “Moonbeam’s” security detail.
How utterly precious.
I”m surprised its El Lay rather than San Fran.
I was in Philadelphia this past week and saw one of their equally sissy cop cars, a not so Smart Car. Another example of Philadelphia’s leadership over the past several years giving new meaning to their motto; City of Brotherly Love.