I have a question for Ford Guy, how fast are American police cars? Today the most common police car is the Ford Crown Victoria (Chevy Caprices and Dodge Diplomats must have been mostly phased out by now) just about every US police department seems to use them. But they are still big, cumbersome cars (compared to European police cars), do they handle well and have high acceleration and top speeds for high speed pursuit? They just don't look like they could be as fast as something like a Volvo T5 or BMW 5-series, police forces in Britain often use these cars and they tune them up so they reach speeds of up to 170mph, there isn't much that can outrun a British police pursuit vehicle.