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Carbon Motors Police Concept Car!

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:25 am
by Wile E. Coyote
I'm not sure if this has been discussed here before, but has anyone heard about this concept car from Carbon Motors Corporation? Looks impressive, but I have my doubts on it's practicality. Let me know what you think:

http://www.carbonmotors.com/

-WEC 8)

[Edit - Cleaned up dead picture links]

BJ and the Bear

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:12 am
by Wowbagger
I'll show my age, but does this car remind anybody of the super police car from one episode of "BJ and the Bear"?

Re: Carbon Motors Police Concept Car!

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:31 am
by akardam
Love the license plates :)

Re: Carbon Motors Police Concept Car!

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:47 am
by thebigphish
that's a lovely photoshopped image.

i've never heard of the company before.

Re: Carbon Motors Police Concept Car!

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:32 am
by OCSD117
it is an interesting concept! I like the idea of a police car being built from the ground up! I think despite the Dodge Charger being a civilian vehicle it is the best designed police car in terms of handling, speed, control and stopping! Ford really need to look into a redesign of the CVPI and don't even get me started on Chevy's Impala! I have worked on all three for installs at my department and the Impala was the worst!

Re: Carbon Motors Police Concept Car!

Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 12:05 pm
by Grog
RPDM313 wrote:
I think despite the Dodge Charger being a civilian vehicle it is the best designed police car in terms of handling, speed, control and stopping!

As long as cops don't have to see anything behind them, sure.

The 91-96 B-body was a great car, lots of room compared to the later fords. GM had an offer to buy the tooling to continue production for fleet use, it's a shame they didn't sell it.

Re: Carbon Motors Police Concept Car!

Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:07 pm
by OCSD117
You know I drive an 07 Charger every day and can honestly say that yes there are blind spots but as you drive it you can easily find ways to overcome them and after driving the charger I am hard pressed to go back to any other police car! as far as the Impala is concerned Chevy shot them selves in the foot early on. We had 1 impala that had gon through 4 transmitions in it's life that is totally unacceptable!

Re: Carbon Motors Police Concept Car!

Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:39 am
by chpalmer
I saw a handout on this car a couple of weeks back...


Its Diesel powered! :D