Is this a G8 in Chevy clothes??
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Is this a G8 in Chevy clothes??
http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl...cle/index.html
2011 Chevy Caprice PPV (police patrol vehicle).
Too bad they arent gonna sell this to civilians.
2011 Chevy Caprice PPV (police patrol vehicle).
Too bad they arent gonna sell this to civilians.
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Its hard to tell from the pics and the paint the light bar, but it sorta looks like similar body lines and proportions, just less aggressive (read cool looking).
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IIRC i read somewhere that this is based on the caprice sold overseas which is a longer wheelbase version of the platform that the G8 was based on. so while it is similar it's a little bit larger car than the G8.
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I think those PPV's look mean, I sure wouldn't want to try to out run one of them. They're not going to be a slouch like those POS Crown Vic's
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See, I don't get why they rebrand and rename all of this. They could saved money by not having to engineer new body panels and other supporting equipment (not talking about left hand drive reconfig) and just sell them as another brand at any GM dealership.
Plus, IMO more people would have been likely to try something new to the North American Market than yet another Pontiac. Even if the end product is the same people wouldn't see it that way.
The Aussie names are cooler as well.
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Each variation is the same car underneath with the same interior and mostly the same body parts. Much the same way American manufacturers used to make fullsized cars in the 1950s and 1960s, much the same way Chrysler's LX cars are right now.
The Commodore (Omega, Calais, Sportwagon, SS, SS-V), Ute and long-wheelbase versions (Caprice, Statesman) are all the same car underneath (VE) and produced on the same line.
The Commodore was sold as the G8 here, the Caprice will be sold as the Chevrolet Caprice here.
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I read that these are available for ordering starting in 2010. Just have to mark the "9C3" box on the ordering form and you can get one for personal use.
This will be a low cost option for someone looking for a fast RWD bowtie because the police packages are traditionally lower in price & value than consumer vehicles. I am going to try and order one cuz it looks like one bad *** ride.
http://www.insideline.com/chevrolet/...r-from-oz.html
This will be a low cost option for someone looking for a fast RWD bowtie because the police packages are traditionally lower in price & value than consumer vehicles. I am going to try and order one cuz it looks like one bad *** ride.
http://www.insideline.com/chevrolet/...r-from-oz.html