Last week, we presented a live photo gallery of the Chevy Tahoe full-size SUV in its Police Pursuit Vehicle (PPV) form, which GM Authority was first to report was on its way in May of last year. All of those images were of a stationary PPV, but of course the critical point about a pursuit vehicle is that it has to be able to pursue things. With that in mind, here are some more images of the 2021 Chevy Tahoe PPV in motion.
At first sight, the PPV appears to be simply a 2021 Chevy Tahoe with the Z71 trim level, the most off-road-focused model in the Tahoe range that is equipped as standard with a front skid plate and a unique lower front fascia which provides a greater approach angle than that found in other versions. There’s also the more aggressive grille that gives an idea of the vehicle’s purpose.
Without police-level exterior graphics to designate the vehicle, most observers would not be able to tell this model from a regular Chevy Tahoe Z71. However, the black wheels are unique to the PPV, and the ride height is slightly lower.
Furthermore, the PPV is the only Tahoe fitted with V-rated Firehawk pursuit all-season tires, developed jointly by Firestone and General Motors. These can be identified by anyone standing close to the vehicle when it’s stationary, but it would require startling visual acuity to spot them when it is moving at any speed.
Also unseen are the Chevy Tahoe PPV’s 16-inch Brembo brake rotors and six-piston front calipers, modified rear differential, heavy-duty oil cooling system and the rocker covers taken straight from GM’s 6.2L V8 LT4 engine to improve crankcase ventilation on the 5.3L V8 L83 gasoline EcoTec3 motor. The PPV is also equipped with a lot of technology, as shown in a recent video, but this is visible only from inside the vehicle, which is not where any civilian (probably) wants to be.
The Chevy Tahoe PPV is assembled at the GM Arlington plant in Texas alongside Tahoe Special Service Vehicle (SSV), the regular Tahoe, the 2021 GMC Yukon and the 2021 Cadillac Escalade, plus their long-wheelbase equivalents, the 2021 Chevy Suburban, the GMC Yukon XL and the Cadillac Escalade ESV, respectively.
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You forget the tell tale sign of any police vehicle is the spotlight coming through the A pillar.
Not anymore, they’re around 50/50 around my area, even on marked vehicles. What happened is light bars got high intensity white LED alley (side) and takedown (front) lights, which illuminate a broad area without needing the officer to adjust the spotlight while driving.
Like the Mad Max movies this vehicle will be in the pursuit of fuel…..
Our fleet of taxi cabs had about 425 cars and many of the guys used to buy used Chevy police cars, because everything was heavy duty. Even the valve springs in the engines were better than normal production line parts. The engine oil pumps, timing chain and gears were heavy duty truck parts. They even had power steering oil coolers with a separate tiny rad for the extra cooling. The air filters were bigger, the transmissions had a different torque converter than standard V8 engines, so they could accelerate faster from a stop. The driveshaft was bigger as were the universal joints. The sway bars were bigger and the rear diff was from the 1500 series pickup trucks. Even the sealing on the front and rear windows had about 3 times as much dum, dum around the edge of the glass, than a regular passenger car. Even with 300,000 kilometers on the car, the windows never had a squeak. We had about 380 cars running on 105 octane propane. The engines did not wear out, because propane is a dry fuel, unlike gasoline which washes the engine oil off of the cylinder walls when the car is first started.
The lowered ride height is always the give-away. My reasoning has always been that the consumer version isn’t lowered unless the owner deliberately modified the ride height.
you seem to want to much for these vehicles they are just vehicles not houses. The milage don’t match the year and price. It
seems as though you’re gouging. I’m thinking 2021 prices used with miles 60,000k $35,000 but your range is way to high. can’t purchase at the cost. must lower your prices…