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Carbon Motors reports 10,000 preorders for diesel-powered E7 police car

- As it turns out, there's quite a bit of pent up demand for a purpose-built police car. Who knew that law enforcement officers were so fed up with their current fleet of Crown Vics, Chargers and Impalas? Apparently, that would be Carbon Motors, which is now reporting an impressive 10,000 preorders for its diesel-powered E7 cruiser despite the fact that production isn't schedule to start until 2012. We can understand the interest. Each E7 will boast an impressive lise of features like 360-degree built-in police-duty LED lights, suicide rear ... Read more →

Diesel-powered Carbon E7 police car to go on sale in 2012 Jeremy Korzeniewski

Police officers are scheduled to have a much more fuel efficient choice beginning in 2012 when Carbon Motors finally introduces its E7 to the eager market. As it stands right now, most police ...

Note to the coppers: This is a diesel vehicle Jeremy Korzeniewski

Owners of gasoline-powered vehicles couldn't possibly fill their tanks with diesel, well... unless they tried really hard, since the nozzle is larger on most diesel pumps. The problem is that the ...

Carbon Motors hopes to put the Police in diesels Jeremy Korzeniewski

As it stands today, the vast majority of police cars are powered by large gasoline-fed V8 engines up front, which drives the rear wheels through an automatic transmission. The steel body sits ...

Carbon Motors reports 10,000 preorders for diesel-powered E7 police car 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

- As it turns out, there's quite a bit of pent up demand for a purpose-built police car. Who knew that law enforcement officers were so fed up with their current fleet of Crown Vics, Chargers and Impalas? Apparently, that would be Carbon Motors, which is now reporting an impressive 10,000 ...

Diesel-powered Carbon E7 police car to go on sale in 2012 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Police officers are scheduled to have a much more fuel efficient choice beginning in 2012 when Carbon Motors finally introduces its E7 to the eager market. As it stands right now, most police cruisers come from Ford Motor Company, which modifies its aging Crown Victoria platform for the heavy ...

Note to the coppers: This is a diesel vehicle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Owners of gasoline-powered vehicles couldn't possibly fill their tanks with diesel, well... unless they tried really hard, since the nozzle is larger on most diesel pumps. The problem is that the smaller nozzles from gasoline pumps fit just fine with plenty of room to spare in the filler necks of ...

Carbon Motors hopes to put the Police in diesels 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As it stands today, the vast majority of police cars are powered by large gasoline-fed V8 engines up front, which drives the rear wheels through an automatic transmission. The steel body sits atop a heavy steel frame to which a decidedly old-tech set of suspension bits, including a live rear ...


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