The American Highway Patrol does not deal with electric cars. She bought V8 Mustangs

New horses are starting to patrol America’s roads and highways in North Carolina. The local police force bought twenty-five new eight-cylinder Mustangs.

Modern electric cars are already starting to appear in police fleets around the world. And there are indeed situations where an electric drive is a more sensible choice than a traditional internal combustion one. During last autumn, for example, the electric Toyota bZ4X began to be used by the park police in London, but even so, there are places where you prefer to reach for an internal combustion engine, and a bit of tradition. The American police from North Carolina just bet on new horses.

And literally. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol showed the newest addition to its service vehicle fleet on official social networks. Law enforcement officers begin driving the new Ford Mustang GT, which the police force purchased in total of 25 units. And as the GT model name already suggests, under the hood they have an honest atmospheric five-liter Coyote fork eight cylinder with 486 horsepower. They all have a ten-speed automatic.

All service mustangs will carry the distinctive police livery and judging by the wheels and rear wing, this is a more technically advanced variant with the optional GT Performance Package. The one in the United States costs almost five thousand dollars and offers more powerful Brembo brakes, a sportier chassis, a Torsen self-locking differential, additional body reinforcements or an improved exhaust.

At the same time, the American police announced that they paid 50,790 US dollars for each of the new mustangs, i.e. approximately 1.2 million crowns at the current exchange rate. With the end of production of the eight-cylinder Dodge Charger sedan, the eight-cylinder sports coupe from Ford became the obvious choice.

The Ford Mustang has a long tradition in the service of the American police. North Carolina started using it as early as the 1980s, when they drove an eight-cylinder model with a unique Special Service Package that added special police equipment. The automaker currently offers it for the F-150 pickup or the Expedition SUV, but it’s not available for the Mustang.