Last year Ford sold around 20,000 vehicles to law-enforcement agencies. While the number may seem huge, it’s dwarfed by many of Ford’s retail models. The Ford Escape small crossover, for example, accounts for nearly 30,000 sales every month.

Still, there are plenty of reasons for a car company to court the law-enforcement community. First, police-car buyers tend to be loyal, returning for the same models year after year—this to reduce the cost and complexity of fleet maintenance.

Also, having cars in a police fleet is good advertising. Nothing says a car or truck is rugged and dependable more than being selected to endure the rigors of law-enforcement service.

Finally, law-enforcement vehicle purchases are dependable. Even if the economy slows down, police still work—and drive. So even if the public is pulling back from new-car purchasing, makers can count on law-enforcement business to help gird sales and production.

To honor the cars that help America’s men and women in blue keep our communities and highways safe, we have amassed for you 35 police-vehicle brochure covers, and one promotional video.

What model car were the police in your community driving when you were a kid? Tell us, the spot for comments is below the last squad car. And, if you collect old police car brochures, tell us that, too.

6 Coolest Police Vehicles of 2018

 

1947 Ford

 

1954 Ford

 

1955 Ford

 

1956 Chevrolet

 

1956 Ford

Cop-Car Walk-around: Ford Police Interceptors

 

1956 Mercedes-Benz

 

1958 Ford

 

1959 Ford

 

1960 Chevrolet

 

1960 Ford

Cop-Car Walk-around: Dodge Charger Police Car

 

1960 Metropolitan

 

1960 Studebaker Lark

 

1963 Rambler

 

1965 Dodge

 

1965 Dodge Polara

Cop-Car Walk-around: Chevrolet Caprice PPV

 

1965 Ford

 

1970 AMC Ambassador

 

1970 Dodge

 

1975 Ford

 

1976 Dodge

Chevrolet Caprice PPV: Cop Motor, Cop Tires, Cop Suspension, Cop Shocks

 

1977 Dodge

 

1977 Pontiac

 

1978 Ford

 

1978 Ford Fairmont

 

1978 Volvo

2016 Ford Police Interceptor Utility: A Fresh Look for John Law

 

1979 Ford

 

1981 Chrysler-Plymouth

 

1982 Plymouth

 

1983 Chevrolet

 

1987 Ford

The Cars of “The Rockford Files”

 

1989 Ford Crown Victoria

 

1989 Ford Mustang

 

1990 Ford Crown Victora

 

2004 Ford

 

2014 Chevrolet

Ford Police Responder Hybrid Sedan

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