I was very fortunate this weekende toget a sneak peak and drive of the mecrury maruder. I used to work for dealer ship that speccializes in new and rebulit police cars. (rebulit= wrecked cars)Im still very good friends with owner and he called me up to invite me to this. He knows I like fast cars.The result is that maruder is not at all waht ford makes it out to be. It is fast and does hadel very well for a boat but then again so does the police issue crown's. With a little of pursading I conviced the owner (and the mecrury reps) to line the maruder up with a 2002 crown interceptor. (I drove the intercptor)They where about nose to nose till 120 MPH then the interceptor started to walk away from the maruder.The maurder no matter what ford says appears to goverened at about 120 to 125. the interceptors are not. The interceptors because of weight and aerodynamics can only reach about 130 to 140 depending on the wind.If it has a light bar on it about 120. So if you want one these maurder's just by a interceptor and paint it monochromatic black and put the big mecruy wheels on it and no one will know diffrence. Kinda like the 95 impalla SS. one thing to note is that the maurder does have a nicer interior but i can help anyone out with that as well the interceptor if anyones intrested. The dealer ship I worked for also puts interceptor motors in normal crown's and marquis and has them calibrated. If you want to buy a police issuse look for CERTIFIED CALIBRATRION on the speedo. This lets you know its the real thing.
