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ARTICLE SUMMARY The Caprice PPV is now available with a 3.6L direct injection V6. Making 301 hp, this V6 gives the Caprice better acceleration and top speed than the Ford CVPI. This Caprice also gets better gas mileage than the CVPI. Frankly, this is the best engine for today's largest police sedan. MORE INFORMATION www.kerrindustries.com www.gmfleet.com X The new, 300+ hp, 3.6L "High Feature" V6 is a Double Overhead Cam (DOHC) engine with Variable Valve Timing (VVT) and Spark Ignition Direct Injection (SIDI). This engine is E85 FlexFuel rated. The challenging and seemingly contradictory issues of lumbar support in the same exact seat location as the duty belt location have been successfully (amazingly so) addressed. Console with Cop Gear measurement, especially legroom. Tere is nothing like it among current police sedans. New for 2013, the Caprice comes with police-specific rear door panels. Tese have closed-off pockets and flatter packets. The Best Police Seats Te Caprice has the most comfortable, supportive, duty belt-compatible seats in all of policing, period. Te police seat has been under development since 2006 and it shows. Te right amount of seat bottom and seat back bolsters for support. Te right amount of sculpting for the police duty belt – both relieved for the duty gun, and soft-cushioned in the area of the belt with S Feature by feature, the V6-powered Caprice is a direct replacement for the V8- powered Ford CVPI. The Caprice has a larger interior and same size trunk, is clearly faster, and gets better gas mileage. handcuff case, etc. It has the right amount of initial comfort followed by all-day sup- port – the right combinations of foam of different densities. Te multiple-foam layer seats are covered with two kinds of fabric. Te center sections of the seat back and cushion use high-wear, medium-friction fabric to somewhat secure the officer in the seat – keep from sliding around. Te bolsters on the seat back and cushion use high-wear, low-friction fabric to allow officers to quickly slide in and out. Don't be put off by the floor- mounted gear shifter on the Ca- price. It has been modified from a dual gate (retail) to a single gate (police), made 1 inch shorter, and moved to the left. As a result, a fully loaded center console can be unbolted from a Ford CVPI and bolted right to the center console mounting plate available from Kerr Industries, the factory offline upfitter. In fact, Kerr Industries has a You- Tube posting where the center console (full of gear) is removed from a Ford CVPI and placed right in the Caprice. Yes, the shifter can be easily reached even with a laptop display mounted to the dash and a swivel-mounted keyboard. In fact, the side-shifter is actually a bit more ergo- nomic than some dash or column-mounted shifters. From the 3 o'clock position of the steering wheel, the officer's right hand drops straight down onto the shifter. www.pfmmag.com 27