Want to buy a new Caprice police car?

[darkan]

Apparently a dealership is selling 13 of them to civilians.

http://jalopnik.com/5815228/chevy-dealer-will-sell-you-a-new-caprice-police-car

[laserred]

Just more proof that GM are out of touch with what buyers actually want. First they kill Pontiac when the division was actually starting to make something exciting, and now tease us by shitting on it with a bowtie and giving it to the cops. May they rot in hell.

[laserred]

8 of them at $31,870, and the other two at basically $37k.

http://criswellchevrolet.com/New-Inventory.aspx#modelyearid=null&virtualpageindex=0&totalrecords=10&model=Caprice&sortdirection=False&page=new-inventory&make=null&modelyear=null&numberofvisiblepages=10&ajax_t=1308941656007&sortitem=0&makeid=null&currentpage=1&modelid=Caprice&cultureinfostylederived=null&hyperlinkargument=page&pagesize=25

[Shredmo]

Maybe this is a way for GM to get around CAFE.

[laserred]

What do you mean CAFE? The car isn't dinged for gas guzzler anyway. GM isn't officially offering it here because they're dense. This dealer is just trying to follow (I guess in this case, lead) with what the market wants. I doubt they'd stick their necks out unless they were pretty sure it would work.

[Shredmo]

Was thinking about the future. By 2016, average fleet economy needs to be ~35mpg. Leaves me questioning whether this car is part of the fleet, since it is technically not sold to the public.

[Anrosphynx]

my question is.. why are most of them 31 and two of them 37? What does the 37k get you??

[Sephiroth]

Just more proof that GM are out of touch with what buyers actually want. First they kill Pontiac when the division was actually starting to make something exciting, and now tease us by shitting on it with a bowtie and giving it to the cops. May they rot in hell.

the market ''wanted'' a G8 too, and fyi sales were not so hot, by the end they were basicly giving them away with the incentive packages like everything else. The car got perfect reviews, and they struggled to shift 20K units a year. The reason the Charger sells as many units as it does is because of the name, and fleet sales with the tiny 2.7L V6 and the other 3.5L V6.

[Mier]

No idea, I looked just now and sorted the list by price and there are none that I can find. I'm guessing word got out and people swarmed that dealer to pick one up.

[John Wilson]

I can't find any either.

[Whitey72]

Ill drive by tomorrow to see if they sold or if they pulled them off websites

[Panzer Leader]

Can't find them on the inventory list. So what suspension are they running? BTW IMO the reason that the G8 did not sell is because GM did not really advertise the car.

[exesivefire]

I just want this one...

http://www.drivethecars.net/images/HSV-Grange_WM3_2011_photo_04.jpg

[Panzer Leader]

AAhhhh, CP get ready. 13 for sale, all gone (?) my bet is: Travis, Ray, Wicked Mom, Wreckwriter, George, Charlie, Nate, Joe, Fatdaddy, Mongo, Moonpie, Zepcom and IndyPete. LOL

[wreckwriter]

All I want is the laptop mount...

[OLD_GOAT]

The reason the Charger sells as many units as it does is because of the name, and fleet sales with the tiny 2.7L V6 and the other 3.5L V6.

My wife and I took a test drive in the Charger with the smallest (entry level) engine, and even as nice as the car looked, driving it was almost unsafe (IMHO) due to the lack of power.

[laserred]

Criswell probably got a not so pleasant phone call from GM today... LOL all 10 of the Caprices are now off the website. Boo GM!

[travis gore]

AAhhhh, CP get ready. 13 for sale, all gone (?) my bet is: Travis, Ray, Wicked Mom, Wreckwriter, George, Charlie, Nate, Joe, Fatdaddy, Mongo, Moonpie, Zepcom and IndyPete. LOL

:) not me. I am waiting to hit the lottery and bring a few real Holden's over

[Sephiroth]

Can't find them on the inventory list. So what suspension are they running? BTW IMO the reason that the G8 did not sell is because GM did not really advertise the car.
it had great advertisement for what they had $$ wise imo.


However to answer your question, they're running FE2 like the G8.


My wife and I took a test drive in the Charger with the smallest (entry level) engine, and even as nice as the car looked, driving it was almost unsafe (IMHO) due to the lack of power.
which one? the old 3.5 or the new 292hp 3.6? The old one did 60 in almost 9seconds iirc, the new one is closer to the low 7second range.

[Crazy Paul]

AAhhhh, CP get ready. 13 for sale, all gone (?)

I've already been contacted about a list of specific parts wanted.
: )

[MongosG8]

:) not me. I am waiting to hit the lottery and bring a few real Holden's over

Good idea!!

I just bought a couple tickets ..let you know how I make out.. LOL;)

[95_9C1]

jalopnik is the suck

idiots they are ...

like the kid that tells his parents about the Playboy magazine he and his brother found in the woods ... http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii440/95_9C1/facepalm.gif

they definitely earned a facepalm for this "report"

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii440/95_9C1/facepalm.gif


All I want is the laptop mount...

Jotto and Havis have bits and pieces that work on the 2011 Caprice and, most likely, our G8s ...

these links are for trunk trays:

http://www.fleetsafety.com/2011-Caprice-Trunk-Tray-by-Jotto-Desk-1090

http://www.fleetsafety.com/Trunk-Tray-Organizer-Full-Width-for-Caprice-2011-by-Havis-937 (http://www.fleetsafety.com/Trunk-Tray-Organizer-Full-Width-for-Caprice-2011-by-Havis-937)

[zepcom]

AAhhhh, CP get ready. 13 for sale, all gone (?) my bet is: Travis, Ray, Wicked Mom, Wreckwriter, George, Charlie, Nate, Joe, Fatdaddy, Mongo, Moonpie, Zepcom and IndyPete. LOL


LOL -- nicely played.

Yes, I picked one up in MGM. lol

[USAFSahara]

Way to go GM, coulda had a good selling car but no like always they find a way to not make money. This pisses me off, I was eyin that on Jalopnik and thinkin to myself, I kinda want one, and they go and do this public sale ban thing. Really grinds my gears. There are 12 or 13 lucky buyers out there. Dangit I don't want a used one from a police dept, its gonna be ragged out and beat up. Freakin Chrysler and Dodge have 4 door RWD V8 cars out there right now with no comp from GM nor Ford. I may be going Chrysler....

[GeorgeInNePa]

AAhhhh, CP get ready. 13 for sale, all gone (?) my bet is: Travis, Ray, Wicked Mom, Wreckwriter, George, Charlie, Nate, Joe, Fatdaddy, Mongo, Moonpie, Zepcom and IndyPete. LOL

Not me. Same glass jaw diff.

[MongosG8]

Panzer .. I would take the Heron White one..lol

My wife goes to me .. I like your G8 better than that one until I showed her a Commodore SS-V Red-line ..she is like wow GM is selling those now .. I said .. no only Holden does in Australia..GM lost its balls to sell them in the States.

[Fatdaddy]

AAhhhh, CP get ready. 13 for sale, all gone (?) my bet is: Travis, Ray, Wicked Mom, Wreckwriter, George, Charlie, Nate, Joe, Fatdaddy, Mongo, Moonpie, Zepcom and IndyPete. LOL

Good call. I would have taken one.


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[BigRed585Lbs]

Just start making your wish list out:

http://eogld.ecomm.gm.com/NASApp/domestic/proddesc.jsp?year=2012&butID=1&regionID=1&divisionID=3&vehicleID=11761&type=0

[95_9C1]

Just start making your wish list out:

http://eogld.ecomm.gm.com/NASApp/domestic/proddesc.jsp?year=2012&butID=1&regionID=1&divisionID=3&vehicleID=11761&type=0

i see: Sedan (1EW19)

[Andy@SquashPerformance]

Interesting RPOs on there. You can get a large or small spare tire, 170 amp alternator, heavy duty suspension (I'm curious about that one), and emissions overrides!

Andy

[Sephiroth]

Interesting RPOs on there. You can get a large or small spare tire, 170 amp alternator, heavy duty suspension (I'm curious about that one), and emissions overrides!

Andy

heavy duty just meaning that they're beefier struts/springs that can handle increased weight capacity like in the CV's. They're not more sport oriented or anything

If you ever buy a low-mileage second hand CV, there's a TON of rear rake because the shocks are designed for a few hundred pounds of equipment in the rear.

[BlackGT5]

Article in USA Today saying the Caprice is "The Best Chevrolet you aren't allowed to buy....."

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/07/civilians-get-best-chevrolet-caprice-police-vehicle-gm-wont-sell-you/1

[Panzer Leader]

OK I was going to wait until the National Meet to show it off, but I got one. What can I say, took the chance. OK now that you all want to kill me. Who really got it?

[RWD-V8]

I just checked one out at a dealer in Nashua, NH last night. The mgr said no way to a public sale.... Sounds like GM is fixing their loophole.

[95_9C1]

Criswell Chevrolet in Gaithersburg, Md., posted 13 of the cars on its website -- until the Jalopnik blog noticed and wrote about it and GM sprung to action.

fuck the retards at jalopnik