Ford's latest police ute also has the highest top speed of any cop car the MSP tested, at 137 mph. The only vehicle faster than the hybrid was the new Police Interceptor Utility equipped with the ...

The Los Angeles Police Department is going electric… well, almost. The department will be one of the first in the country to use the new Ford Police Responder Hybrid, based on the Ford Fusion ...

There is a new vehicle that you should keep an eye out for when you're going a little too fast down the Interstate. Ford's Explorer-based Police Interceptor Utility was the bestselling new law ...

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Police Department's fleet of patrol cars is getting more environmentally friendly. Two new Ford Fusion police responders were revealed at LAPD ...

LAPD to Take the Wraps Off Its New Pursuit-Rated Hybrid Patrol Car The Ford Fusion Police Responder has a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder gas engine and electric motor powered by a 1.4 kilowatt lithium ...

Already this year, Ford confirmed that the Explorer—and all its new utility vehicles—would be available as a hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or both as part of a wide-reaching announcement toward more ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department and Ford Motor Co. unveiled two new Ford Fusion hybrid pursuit-rated patrol cars Monday that are intended for future use by police departments.

The new Police Interceptor Utility is clearly based on the all-new Explorer, but we can’t yet tell you much about the Explorer itself, as we’re sworn to secrecy until Jan. 9 at 7:30 p.m. EST ...

Based on $2.50 per gallon gas and 20,000 miles of driving, each Police Responder could save $3,900 in fuel costs each year, Ford says. It is unclear how many Police Responders the LAPD will ...

Ford sold more Interceptor Utilities than every other police car combined last year, and the new model is nominally priced at $37,500 for the 3.3-liter, $41,000 for the hybrid and $42,000 for the ...

The '11 unibody Police Interceptors -- the new Explorer is on the same platform as the Taurus, of course -- have crush zones that the body-on-frame, Panther-platform Fords lacked. This is a big deal.

Unlike the Ford Taurus-based Police Interceptor Sedan and the Explorer-based Police Interceptor Utility, as well as the long-gone Crown Vic Police Interceptor, the Responder’s rear-end has been ...