The Ford Crown Victoria is a car that we all best know as a police interceptor. It's one of America’s most recognizable police cars, but it looks like some people believe the Crown Victoria could have other uses as well. Digital car renderer Abimelec Arellano has taken the iconic police car and completely transformed it into a German DTM racing car with a wealth of aerodynamic upgrades to make it possibly the coolest DTM car you’ve ever seen.
An Interceptor Made For The Track
Arellano’s rendering makes it look like the Crown Victoria was always born for the track. The new DTM racer is in classic Crown Victoria P71 colors, with a “detective spec” metallic blue being the main body color. The car has hints of gold across it, too, with white and black used as the main colors for the car's sponsor logos. The gold stretches from the hood, down the side of the car and across the rear fascia. Michelin tires are the rubber of choice with this car, and the race-ready rims are in the same gold that stretches across parts of the car.
The Big Aerodynamic Changes
To turn this car into a racer, it has gone through some major aerodynamic changes. The front now has a big splitter attached to it, very reminiscent of what we would see on the previous, high-downforce generation of DTM cars. This splitter integrates neatly with the turning vanes either side, which direct airflow over the wheels and their arches as well. Moving down the side of the car, we can see the twin side exhaust system that this ex-police car now has, before we move towards the rear of the DTM racer.
Significant Difference To The Rear Of The Crown Victoria
More major changes are evident at the back of the car. There is now a massive rear wing sitting high above the trunk, and DTM style turning vanes are again on either side of the fascia. Below all that is a massive diffuser. Not as complex as those you might find on a Formula 1 car, but massive all the same and looking like it’ll keep that rear end planted on the ground.
The bigger Michelin rear tires are also nicely covered up in their new arches, and this entire rendering has got us wishing someone would make this wild racer a reality.
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