1993 Ford Police Cars

This is a copy of a VHS tape 1993 Ford Police Cars.

[@Zaltic]

Little did the world know the Crown Victoria would rule America well into 2023

[@richardlea818]

They’ve been out of production for 12 years now, what are you talking about?

[@AmericanSirenProductions]

@@richardlea818there’s quite a few still patrolling in small towns

[@mrperkinsthehusky]

2024 and I still see them in service everywhere

[@Mr_Toroshi]

My town recently retired their Ford Crown Victoria. Meanwhile, my town: still uses a 2008 Dodge Charger.

[@richardwetzeliii4195]

@@richardlea818 I still see a constable car in my little town.

[@82stuntman]

"It's a Police car. It's a real Police car."

[@fernandorocha-dx1wv]

Ford Crown Victoria always is best car of polices forces

[@CheeseScout]

@@fernandorocha-dx1wv Caprice was

[@Unknown-ky2jj]

@@CheeseScout The crown vic has been proven better than the caprice. sorry.

[@CheeseScout]

@@Unknown-ky2jj not until after years of improvements.....

[@Unknown-ky2jj]

@@CheeseScout Yet, it still ended up better.

[@samwenske]

Todays society is now friggin pickup trucks and SUVs and shit. What a friggin shame

[@CJColvin]

I know brother

[@scrat8177]

don't forget those god awful Teslas

[@thndr_5468]

Friggin a rite

[@jxq12]

NO MORE SAYING CUSS WORDS GUYS!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 dawg just say fuck

[@alexisam9829]

But the space on the Ford Explorer police interceptor is huge, and is better for polices enforcement due to the space needed for all the equipment, like weapons and such We can't say today is worse, because pickups and SUVs are 100 better for police enforcement

[@mjallen1308]

A police car with a manual transmission?! OH MY WOW!

[@jasonmurdoch9936]

I remember hearing Houston in the early nineties department of public safety had those mustangs and so did Harris county yes it was a different time back then everyone I've ever seen that a manual transmission in it back in them days

[@Neojhun]

Perfect for when you need to use a PTT radio.

[@mjallen1308]

@@jasonmurdoch9936 I love manuals. I learned how to drive on a manual and i still love them to this day. I’ve had two manual cars and I’m hoping my next is one.

[@mjallen1308]

@@Neojhun hmmmm

[@redneck400m3]

"Only use the parking brake for parking"...meanwhile in the beginning the cop uses it to hook a J turn

[@AnalogSins]

He also locked up the brakes, which if it had the 4abs, shouldn't have happened :D

[@alecsgarden3901]

I can lock up my brakes in my 08 Taurus pretty easily and it has abs so I'm not surprised that old and outdated abs can lock up

[@stefco4616]

​@@AnalogSins where ?

[@drCox12]

@@stefco4616 on the road.

[@stefco4616]

@@drCox12 sorry I ask for timecode to see where he lock the brakes whit ABS

[@RestitutorEuropa]

It’s crazy how even in the 90s they recognized that they were living in a distinct era called the 90s and called it the “good ol days.” That’s why I don’t really believe that we don’t know if we are living in the good old days until it passed. The 80s and 90s were truly the peak of humanity in my opinion.

[@lriper4702]

Totally agree with you

[@alexyoungberg5232]

Everything changed after 9/11

[@FlyingSpaceOstrich]

The 90’s video wouldn’t be complete without the saxophone

[@kostinmeizu8897]

And the man with the mustache

[@ComradeRandolph]

And the large, gold rimmed glasses

[@SnepperStepTV]

Life isn't complete without saxophone. Lord knows we've had enough vine booms

[@TakeFlightGarage]

God the 90s were just a different universe lol.

[@MegaBlueBomber]

Not any more jazzy music, everything is military like nowadays with the police

[@knucklestheechidna5718]

A way better universe. Wish I could go back to the old days of playing Nintendo and eating fruit snacks. Oh wait I still do that

[@tylers4665]

Omg.. I'm 34 ur making me feel old

[@nostalgiaof98]

The 90s really does seem like a fever dream. I was born in 98 but goddamn 94 seems the the sweet spot of everything, and then again in 2003. Media, cars, fashion etc

[@SnepperStepTV]

The 90s are modern classic cars. That's how it works

[@Fenrirmaster30]

And now no American auto companies even make cars. Just SUVs and trucks

[@GarbyJeVrloDobro]

Ford fusion, Chevy malibu, Dodge charger, Chrysler 300. only 5 I can think of. Sad to see the sedan go

[@alexflosho]

@@GarbyJeVrloDobroThe Fusion got the axe in 2020.

[@Gamingandhistoryamdmore]

@@alexflosho And the charger also got cut from production in the end of 2023, as far as I know.

[@Commentleaver-c6x]

@@GarbyJeVrloDobrothe Malibu is still supposedly being made but you’re hard pressed to find one on a dealer lot. I’d say it will get the axe very soon.

[@alexflosho]

Ok, did a bit more research. Based on the manufacturer website, here is a comprehensive list of ALL sedans available from major American brands: -Cadillac CT5 -Cadillac CT4 -Chevrolet Malibu -Chrysler 300 -Dodge Charger Five cars. Two of which are pretty much the same. Another two are very similar as well. Three of which are likely to see or have seem the axe. Two of which I completely forgot about. Sad state of affairs! Ok. After some comments, the consensus is that the list is now: -Caddy CT4 -Caddy CT5 -Malibu One normal, boring rental car, and two cars that are literally the same just different sizes (well, the 4 only has 4 and 6 cylinder engine options). This is really sad to see.

[@westonkenyonmusic]

Gotta love that classic 90s narration style.

[@aw7248]

For Detroit PD, the Taurus comes in primer gray

[@nouveaumanifesto]

based pfp.

[@dougfisher1813]

I did not know this.

[@adventurewagen]

The ocp patrol cars are black.

[@MoparTech]

RoboCop

[@Grushdevah]

@@MoparTech All I can think of when I see the police Taurus.

[@lukedavis436]

"we build pride of ownership into everything we make... that will never change" But it did change....😢

[@TheAmbientUniverse]

Oh they're still very proud of what they make. Fat cat corporate money and government connections which keep them in business.

[@theblubus]

the "Computer sounds" are cracking me up LOL Ahhhh the 90s...

[@erichollis7140]

Those light bars are extremely hard to see in broad daylight

[@Gazdatronik]

Bright lights never really POP on video.

[@gavinvalentino6002]

What kind of simple person complains about a lightbar featured in a video from *OVER 30 YEARS AGO?* Just because you *can* type your brainflatulence for others to read does *NOT* mean you *should.*

[@MineGames131]

​@@gavinvalentino6002Um, probably because he remembers encountering them in the past? Not everything has to be a "how stupid are you" moment.

[@drCox12]

@@MineGames131 Then he would have said that the light bars *were* hard to see.

[@JimoftheSlim]

@@drCox12 Only if they had ceased to be hard to see. They haven't, so his sentence is tense-correct.

[@Senicova]

The only time I seen a Taurus cop car was on robocop 😅 Maybe a mustang a couple times in the 90s. Crown Vic and the Caprice Classic was about it.

[@CGJ7755]

It was always those two, and I saw a couple mustangs, Ive never seen a Lumina or a Taurus squad car, a Celebrity police car either, apparently they existed tho.

[@RockandrollNegro]

@@CGJ7755 I lived in an area that had pretty much every vehicle ever used as a police car at some point. The V6 cars like Luminas/Celebrities, Dodge Intrepid and the Taurus were usually relegated to school resource officers or recruit training; something low-need. They even used Reliant and Aries K-cars with HD suspension packages. Military police usually had a 4 cylinder like the Escort or Plymouth Sundance. Highway patrol/state police usually had Mustangs and Camaros for pursuit vehicles.

[@TheCFD_Dude]

I've seen a few ecoboost Taurus police cars around my area, especially from where I moved from. The sheriff's office had like 3 of them. Never saw a 90s Taurus as a police car in person though.

[@jeremybennett5547]

My family owned 2 Taurus’s that were retired cop cars, a 97 and a 98. Had one of them forever! Sold it with almost 300k on it a few years ago The other got totaled when my bro wrecked it

[@Senicova]

@@jeremybennett5547 Those were those oval shaped ones.. interesting design we had one as a rental before. I liked it but I don’t think they were so popular.. but they were everywhere!

[@gavinvalentino6002]

I have owned several of each of these over the past 30+ years. A halfdozen NCSP SSP notches, 2 Tauri ( ABC/Tobacco Control division unmarked), and probably 10 Crowns from model-year '87 (351W Henrico County Va) through '05s, including unmarked high-rank admin versions with full cloth interior & split-bench front, down to the all-vinyl hose-it-out versions without cruise control (but typically the higher 3.55 rear instead of the 3.27 usually found in the more-optioned P71s). I'd kill to have any of the Mustangs back, and the Taurus was actually a very cool car for what it was. Dual exhaust tips and that slit in the grille were the only details visible from the outside, and the things actually handled reasonably well. I'm officially old now, I guess.

[@Woody_Florida]

Well said.

[@CGJ7755]

this is the best acting ive ever seen

[@jameslongstreet9259]

The Crown Vic, the Mulder and Scully FBI cruiser....

[@richardlea818]

I loved seeing the different rentals they would drive on that show. My first car was a 95 Ford contour, and the X Files is the only media I’ve ever seen one in. There’s a camaro police car in the show somewhere too

[@theshapeexists]

I remember these back in the day. It was hilarious watching them slide all over the roads in a blizzard. It took Colorado police way too long to get suitable vehicles for snow and ice

[@williebillie925]

If only I could’ve witnessed it but sadly I wasn’t born yet

[@Bobmcjoepants]

To be fair there was nothing designed for police duty that would work in the snow until, realistically, the 3rd gen Explorer There were other SUV's, sure, but they sure couldn't take the abuse and still be pursuit rated

[@glanzera]

Lol that's why Aspen and Vail historically always had Saabs and Volvos because they could get sedans with 4WD.

[@temper.temper]

But those are worse cars​@@glanzera

[@temper.temper]

Officer's needed a driving class

[@def_not_trace9915]

The last model year for the iconic Foxbody, R.I.P 1979-1993, the Crown Victoria took the place of the Mustang in 1992 when it was first released with the Police Interceptor badging.

[@PTRRanger951]

Last year for the box was 1991, in 92 was the first version of the Crown Vic. In 93, they changed the grill on it to be open. The 1992 model year had a closed off one like the Taurus. Been in a lot of crown vics. Owned a 1996. Been in a few LTDs and the box Caprice. Last model I patrolled in was a 2010 up till about 2017. Nothing beat a Vic. Nothing could touch their durability. The Interceptor Utilities are nothing but trash and can’t handle bumps in the road without something breaking. Worst decision Ford ever made. The 1998 to 2011 body style went unchanged. Now every 2-4 years something major changes on cars. It sucks.

[@Zaltic]

Crown Victoria was the greatest cop car to ever exist. Still out there in 2023

[@fernandorocha-dx1wv]

@@Zaltic True, Crown Victoria is always favorite police car since 1983

[@limprooster3253]

Good news was the SN-95 and New Edge were on a modified version of the Fox platform. Wasn't the same styling at all but the cars had a lot in common underneath. But even those are 20+ years old now...

[@yyeezyy630]

Not everywhere. In my city they had a mustang always. Up until 2004 they bought one every year

[@MrKoihige]

リアルでトーラスのパトカーなんてあったんだ!

[@Iskalawagz24]

9:37 that jazz tune

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

Dat fucking 90s saxophone.

[@scrat8177]

@@MichaelOKeefe2009 saxOphone

[@nicholasf.1893]

i think it was composed by John Williams...Sounds like Night Court

[@maddg7471]

Now this is class

[@PatrikWalzer-lt2qo]

I love this 90s DX7 funky fusion music in the background 😂 I miss the 80s/90s. It was a good time!

[@haunter_1845]

The DX7, what an icon.

[@richardwetzeliii4195]

Still driving my 92 CV today. Was an ex fire police car.

[@Boomerbang31]

Some parts of the tape weren't shown in the most viewed one. Thanks for this!

[@homes24]

What if I magically time traveled back to '93 with a '2011 P71, id be a god.

[@mitch9521]

P71s are slow as fuck lmao

[@homes24]

@@mitch9521 Yeah compared to today's standards they are slow AF you're correct but when they came out they were a force to be reckoned with, not to mention all the sleepers out there. I don't think you have any idea what your talking about or you're like 10 years old.

[@royale7620]

​@@mitch9521but reliable ad fuck

[@homes24]

@@DoubleMonoLR Yeah.... you didn't see cops in McLarens.....

[@Vostok7789]

SC Highway Patrol does have mustangs, though.

[@bricegraham8256]

This video brings me such joy. I love love love 90s Ford cars. Ford trucks are really cool too.

[@LateNightCable]

“You know you have an automobile beneath ya, it don’t wanna leave the road. It handles… Grrreat.” - Dep. Don Cather

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

2:30 Dat fucking 90s sound makes me want to go MENTAL!

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

2:56 I want to know about DAT distictive 90s sound. I heard it in Doug and Cartoon Network.

[@82stuntman]

I'm digging it! Cheesy and groovy

[@Rude_Boi]

Definitely 90's sound, like you would hear it from an episode of Bill Nye

[@SummonerArthur]

Thats the most 90's 90's sound ever

[@Froggyman145]

These things ruled the roads for years. They may not be as big or as fast as the modern Chargers, but when these were on the hunt, there was nowhere to hide.

[@CJColvin]

Thats one beautiful 67 Mustang there

[@juanc5149]

My city is STILL using crown victorias, as police vehicles. Some of them with missing paint and dented panels.

[@nostalgiaof98]

Man, that early model MX7000 lightbar

[@haunter_1845]

The classic cherries and berries. 🍒 🫐

[@armankordi]

Miss my 94 Vic and 98 town car.

[@fubodubo2178]

I work with a ex state patrolmen in texas, he told me stories about th foxbody they used, he said they were unstable at high speed because of all the things on it. He said multiple troopers died from crashing

[@SilverBullet93GT]

I'll save myself for the 1999 model, i have a good feeling :)

[@_RiseAgainst]

Back when 9.6sec 0-60 was performance.

[@yyeezyy630]

It’s crazy because it never really was performance. In the 70’s we have the trans ams slow years doing 0-60 in 8 seconds in 77 we had the little red express doing it in 7.6 seconds. in the 60’s we have cars doing it in under 5 seconds. In the 80s we had the cyclone, grand national, mustang all able to do it in under 8 seconds.

[@civertron9784]

I miss so much Ford Crown Victoria P71

[@memphisbarnwell5457]

Ford was great back then ❤

[@FighterJetOfDoom]

I didn’t live through the 90s but these vehicles were always cool to me. One of my favorite cars of all time is the Foxvody mustang. My state troopers used to use the SP Mustang while my home city used to use the old crown Victorias. Now it’s all Ford Explorers or Dodge Chargers. Still nice cars, but not the same.

[@transtubular]

I wonder what those older guys would think of the way the SUV became the new police cars. The Dept. I volunteered with started using full sized Broncos for the "rural" patrol routes in the late eighties, early nineties. Now it seems they are replacing the Chargers and Crown Vics with Explorers and Tahoes. They do make sense though, being able to haul so much more gear on top of being more comfortable. From what I've seen anyway.

[@FoxtrotGolfLima]

I imagine the larger doors provide more cover and protection, too. Easier to help suspects into the back without bashing their heads

[@ZedNinetySix_]

People were so much cooler back then. Just chiller.

[@RestitutorEuropa]

Humanity peaked in the 80s and 90s to be honest

[@steveboyd3377]

Those light bars really slowed performance, especially at the top end.

[@777Transcontinental]

crown victoria was popular car after Toyota in my country

[@bklynman100]

Hate the fact that my dept is about 90% Interceptor Utility now, and soon it’ll be 100%. Nothing like having an actual car on patrol

[@nikemikeike608]

Weird how a video makes you feel nostalgic for a time 10 years before you were even conceived.

[@AndresSalazarAutos]

9.6 seconds... wow that's performance!

[@RobertPierson-en3sp]

2:37 Ahhh. The wonderful, 70,000 mile, head gasket-blowing 3.8.

[@markgiro8100]

Bring back the Vic sedan...SUVs are awful

[@Zeke2p9]

We lost something from videography since the 90s and early 2000s

[@Costner1995]

I had a 2nd Gen Mercury Sable GS. That baby had the 3.8 mated to an AXOD transaxle. It was an amazing rally car and a fine handling machine on the road...until the engine/trans mounts broke and the AXOD internals grenaded.

[@EXMachina.]

Honestly 2000s Ford Crown Victoria and the 80s Chevrolet Crapice has to be the most Iconic Police cars in the US.

[@SpaceMissile]

this is a great video. well-shot and well-explained. I do find the "techno" sounds and the focus on the microprocessor chips in the ABS to be kinda funny though. good ole nineties charm

[@STUDIO_YF]

bro, that handbrake turn was smooth

[@Yelladog78]

I drove Crown Vic's for years as a Police officer, fantastic cars and though as nails

[@metersocket00]

“Now it’s the 90’s and these are the good ole days” Hit the nail on the head, everyone in law enforcement I know raves about how great police work was in the 90’s and early 00’s.

[@sevegarza]

1991 Rodney King incident happens. 1993 Cops: "...so anyway checkout our cars!"

[@gabrielquinones3343]

The golden years of police patrol cars Nowadays Vomit inducing electric cars and barf colored ford explorers

[@Nothing-ox3oy]

I thought they were gonna say the trunk has a 20 body capacity

[@meckkz387c]

Theses crown Vic’s and caprice classics actually caught up to people

[@control2791]

When cars were cars and men were men

[@aliadam575]

🇺🇸🍻🇨🇦☘️🇨🇦🍻🇺🇸 ....¡Quite a flashback & kudos 👏 2 the folks up in Dearborn, MI!....Built Ford Proud, Quality is Job # 1.....

[@stvlu733]

Other drivers in front of me still think my Lincoln Mark 8 is a cop car. It's white and looks like one from this generation from the front. They actually slow down and carefully do the speed limit and look for seat belts as I approach behind. I'm not even doing this on purpose. I guess some are still living in a time capsule in their own mind.😂

[@emergencyresponsevideosand4423]

2:07 the ford taurus sho, i love 1st and 2nd gens, they had manual yamaha moter, i love them

[@RockandrollNegro]

That's not a SHO, it's just the PI 3.8 (Power Improved, not Police Interceptor as it's often called.) About 65 less horsepower than the SHO, but the engines didn't blow up due to faulty cam welds like the Yamaha SHO was prone to. The transmissions were still junk, so you rarely saw the PI Tauruses go past 100k miles.

[@emergencyresponsevideosand4423]

⁠@@RockandrollNegrooh, just saw this one, thanks for the info, heres another funfact, the 2nd gen taurus was only sold as a police interceptor from 1993 to 95’, it was also the only GL models that had a speedometer that went to 140, 96’ taurus and the taurus sho broke down to much it was brought back as an interceptor in 2010

[@familiaa.m.9097]

“Fuel efficiency”

[@ledguy315]

Man that cop was driving so unsafe... 😂

[@footsnail6880]

I still see a few resold crown vic police cars on the road in my town

[@emergencyresponsevideosand4423]

2:59 even tho its not the sho, it still sounds great

[@gabrielvieira6529]

Muito show!! E no Brasil usamos Celtas Corsas Gols Onix e Palios de policia KKKKKKKKKKKKKKkk

[@1Naif]

6:49 RIP Capt. Charles Hittson - 1938-1996

[@sir.confident]

I don't care what anyone says. Ford will always be the superior police car builder.

[@0326Hambone]

I mean, Robocop drove the Taurus in Old Detroit, so it must be up to snuff!

[@razor_170]

10:58 "Have you driven a Ford, lately."

[@mattwolf7698]

Interesting that the Mustang is the only one to come standard with drums in the back, probably because it was an ancient design by this point.

[@LittlePwnageMusicFan]

I seriously miss the Crown Victorias so much.

[@drivingdaily582]

Great cars, very durable

[@Shiruvan]

9:37 Gran Turismo added American sedan varieties

[@1091Alcatraz]

I almost expected Ray Liotta at the beginning of the vid

[@slobodanmilosevic3338]

When the whole thing started I was having a blast with the music till the cop showed up.

[@emergencyresponsevideosand4423]

2:59 i love the yamaha v6

[@RockandrollNegro]

That's an Essex 3.8. The SHO did not pass police testing and was not available with the severe service package, just the Power Improved 3.8.

[@emergencyresponsevideosand4423]

@@RockandrollNegrothen why does the speedometer on the interceptor taurus go to 140, and has the same headlights as the GL, i get that they need to go fast but the vulcan could never reach that speed

[@PintoPopProductions]

@@RockandrollNegro I grew up in the back of a '94 Taurus GL with the 3.8. Dad wanted an SHO but when the dealer came at him with the numbers that the Yamaha V6 was $6000 to replace (in 1994... with inflation that's over $12k today), he backtracked and got the GL, albeit with the floor shift and bucket seats option. I can imagine the average police department would rather fix head gaskets every couple of years than blow up an engine worth 1/4 the original MSRP of the car.

[@LancePowell-i3y]

Sgt. Charles Peterson messed up his stache but he couldn't live with shaving it off.

[@TurtleSauceGaming]

That cop's fucking brake. He's been waiting all day for something to happen. He doesn't care if it's just some old man going 5 over the speed limit.

[@edmaphet6]

Do you know why I pulled you over? LITTERING AND SMOKIN THE REFFER. I smell FEAR. That's the guy from Super Troopers. Thanks for the post.

[@Mr.Preston3991]

Taurus is still in action today. Most are just explorers now, but hey!

[@MegaBlueBomber]

Thanks, now I miss my first car 🚗

[@mishanya3399]

Outdated clunkers with ancient platforms and wildly inefficient engines. But they're nice in their own way, you can't take that away from them.

[@user-vi7bu5cw6v]

اتمنى ان تعود تلك الحقبة الجميلة

[@emergencyresponsevideosand4423]

1:22 bossfight activated

[@connorthomas2667]

Crown box’s is where it’s at and I have seen a few of those mustangs before

[@nicholasf.1893]

AH, 1993, a time when ABS was optional

[@LateNightCable]

ABS was still optional on the ‘99 Mazda Miata. Mine was optioned with leather, power windows, and Bose stereo, but no ABS. I prefer it that way.

[@JuniorFantone]

Ford police interceptor cars in 2010s 2020s)⁠☞🤓 Ford police interceptor cars in 1950s 1960s 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s)⁠☞😈💀🤫

[@johncameron6864]

Now people drive Japanese & Chinese cars

[@yes-mq5xd]

Go cry about it

[@SAUBER_KH7]

Japanese cars are one thing, Chinese cars are another. Japanese cars are generally reliable. In fact, many are produced here in the US. Chinese cars on the other hand, well... Just hope yours doesn't burst into flames For no reason. In case you don't get the latter, just search Chinese EVs catching fire. And you'll see what I mean.

[@UlrichWrangel]

Hopefully the Crown Vic "Acceleration Power" never bumped heads with a Audi UrS6, BMW M5, Mercedes 600 or Porsche 993 turbo :)

[@alamedacustomholsters]

CVPI, the best vehicle ever built.

[@metuberob]

and they expected the police to catch fast exotics back then ... what a joke ... the cv's couldn't move

[@mitch9521]

When 200hp was a barn burner lmao. Rav4s will clap all of these nowadays.

[@Popo_Cruiser]

In the 90's 200hp was still consider fast and a crossover flipped over easily and handle more like shit comparing to a older crown victoria

[@VorsprungDurchNik]

Look how ineffective those halogen rotators on that Federal Signal Streethawk lightbar are in direct sunlight 😬

[@danielaguilar6460]

The deputy at 5:31 reminds me of Johnny Knoxville lol

[@JZ_Cars]

Is that Robert Goulet in the Mustang?