This directory lists all 14 police vehicles profiled on I Go Cars, from the Fox-body Mustang that the California Highway Patrol put on the road in 1982 to the battery-electric Chevrolet Blazer EV PPV that GM still lists for the 2027 model year. Each profile opens with a single production-status verdict, and the directory groups the vehicles by that verdict so a reader can see at a glance which models an agency can still order and which survive only in service fleets, at surplus sales and in private hands.
How to read the verdicts
Every vehicle carries one of three verdicts, and each verdict answers a narrow question: can a law enforcement agency order this vehicle new, for police duty, today?
- In production for police means the manufacturer currently offers the vehicle to agencies in police form, supported by a current fleet listing, a current specification guide or a current Michigan State Police (MSP) test entry.
- Special service only means agencies can still buy the vehicle for police work, but the manufacturer does not offer it as a pursuit-rated model.
- Out of production means the manufacturer no longer builds the police version, and every example in existence is a used, ex-fleet or privately held vehicle.
The verdict is a statement about production status, not about quality. A retired model is not a poor vehicle because it is retired, and a current model is not a sound purchase because it is current. The verdicts are set from the documents and are not opinions about which vehicle is better.
What the 14 profiles cover
Eight of the profiles describe vehicles that agencies can still order. Four are sport utility vehicles: the Ford Police Interceptor Utility, the Chevrolet Tahoe PPV, the Dodge Durango Pursuit and the Chevrolet Blazer EV PPV. Two are pickups: the Ford F-150 Police Responder and the Chevrolet Silverado PPV. One is an electric crossover that agencies upfit themselves, the Ford Mustang Mach-E. The eighth is a motorcycle line, Harley-Davidson's police touring and adventure models, which the company says it has supplied to agencies since 1908.
Six profiles describe vehicles that are out of production. Five are sedans: the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, the Taurus-based Ford Police Interceptor Sedan, the Chevrolet Caprice PPV, the Chevrolet Impala 9C1 and the Dodge Charger Pursuit. The sixth is the Ford Mustang SSP, a two-door police Mustang built from 1982 through 1993 that is now a collector car.
The names are not interchangeable
Police vehicle names cause more confusion than any other subject on this site, and the confusion is understandable. "Police Interceptor" is not a generic term for a police car. Ford lists it, along with "Police Responder," among its trademarks, and it has been applied to three different Fords: the Crown Victoria, the Taurus-based sedan and the Explorer-based utility. A used car wearing an Interceptor badge therefore tells a buyer very little; the VIN and the build data tell far more.
Chevrolet's abbreviations add a second trap. On the Tahoe, Silverado and Blazer EV, PPV stands for Police Pursuit Vehicle. On the Caprice, GM's own announcement used PPV for Police Patrol Vehicle. GM also identifies its police models by package code: 9C1 for the patrol package, 9C3 for detective or unmarked use on some models, and 5W4 for the non-pursuit special service versions of the Tahoe and Silverado. Dodge uses "Pursuit" for both the Charger and the Durango, while the Charger was sold as the "Police Package" until its 2011 redesign.
Where the performance figures come from
Most profiles quote the Michigan State Police Police Vehicle Evaluation Program, an annual test series that runs every police vehicle a manufacturer submits through acceleration, top speed, braking, a 32-lap road-course evaluation, and ergonomics and communications scoring. MSP tests each patrol vehicle with a clean roof, meaning no light bar, spotlights or other emergency equipment, and warns that once that equipment is installed, "overall performance may be lower than reported." Every MSP figure on this site is therefore a clean-roof figure, given with the model year of the test. Some profiles also cite the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) program, which has tested police vehicles since 1974 and measures fuel use during real driving rather than relying on EPA estimates.
Neither agency ranks vehicles for others. MSP states that its report "is not an endorsement of products," and LASD states that interpretation of its results "is the responsibility of each agency." This directory follows the same rule. It compares documented figures and does not rate any vehicle.
What each profile contains
Each vehicle page follows a common structure, so the profiles can be read side by side. A short facts panel gives the manufacturer, the civilian vehicle it is based on, the police model years, the body style, the engines, the drive layout, the latest MSP test result and the production status. The sections that follow explain what separates the police version from the civilian one, what the testing shows, how the model developed, how agencies use it, which recalls, service actions and investigations are documented, and what a buyer of a retired unit should check. Each page closes with answers to the questions people most often search for and a list of its primary sources.
Where sources disagree, the page prints both. The Crown Victoria's retirement is a good example: Ford's own history says the car was "retired in 2012," while the production record shows the last Police Interceptor built in August 2011. Where a claim could not be confirmed, such as the start date of the police Tahoe, the page says so rather than choosing a date.
What the directory does not do
This directory lists vehicle models, not vehicles for sale. It cannot locate a particular car, value one, or say which auction holds one. It does not recommend a model, and no figure on these pages is a current price. Readers looking for a specific retired vehicle will find the sales channels, title documents and inspection limits described in the buying guides, each sourced to the agency or statute that sets them.