Chevrolet Caprice PPV (Police Patrol Vehicle) deliveries in the United States totaled 60 units in January 2017, an increase of 185.7 percent compared to 21 units sold in January 2016.
Sales Numbers - Chevrolet Caprice - January 2017 - United States
| MODEL | JAN 17 / JAN 16 | JANUARY 17 | JANUARY 16 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPRICE | +185.71% | 60 | 21 |
For the North American market, the Caprice PPV is imported from GM’s Holden division in Australia and is sold exclusively to police fleets in the United States; it is not available in Canada or Mexico. The Caprice is, however, available for purchase to civilians as a used vehicle once it has been decommissioned by police fleets.
The GM Authority Take
It would appear that January Caprice PPV sales were positively impacted by greater police fleet orders. However, the vehicle and its Zeta platform mates — the Holden Caprice, Chevrolet SS, and Holden Commodore — will be discontinued as the GM-Holden plant in Elizabeth, South Australia will be closed in October 2017.
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Comments
I wish Chevy sold a consumer version of the Caprice. I love the style.
I would wager if you check some of the fleet prices they are making some sweet deal to empty inventories.
Ford generally under cuts GM on police sales. The local department here get Explorers for $26k and that is hard to pass up if you have a tight department budget.
Also if you used the real numbers it is only 39 cars . This is why I hate percentages as they are too often used and can be misleading on low volume cars.
Scott, my thoughts exactly regarding the incentives.
Scott,
I was informed that there are no incentives for such purchases, and that the spike is most likely due to the police buying cycle in Chicago and California.
What’s going to happen when they need repair parts when production stops?
Parts will be available for 10 years in Australia after production stops.
After that, it will have to be recycled parts from wrecking yards as we have a lot of these cars over here 🙂