GM Could Make Commodore Police Cars for the US

General Motors is aiming to sign a contract with the US authorities to supply cars to the local police departments. The US-based manufacturer will build the vehicles based on the Holden Commodore, which would practically represent the Australian brand's return in the United States.

In an interview for drive.com.au at the Frankfurt Auto Show, GM CEO Fritz Henderson revealed that GM is pretty confident that the company will be awarded the contract.

“We’ve been working on a package for police applications. I just think that’s going to work. We’re pretty optimistic about it and that product will be sourced in Australia,” he said. “It’s a global architecture, it gives us options in the future but right now you’d say, near term, no."

Holden on the other hand, refuses to comment on such a deal, although building cars for the United States would be welcomed for the Australian brand. According to a bunch of rumors, Holden has already negotiated with LAPD over a possible replacement for the Ford Crown Victoria sedan, a fleet project to see its end next year.

"Fritz is obviously intimately aware of Holden and our capabilities," says Holden spokesman Scott Whiffin. "It's fantastic to have this kind of endorsement from the guy in the big chair."

"When the Pontiac deal fell through we said then it was a shame, it was a great car, but understood the reasons for it. And we said then we would get up, dust ourselves off, and find other opportunities. And that work has pretty much been going on since that [Pontiac G8 axing] was announced."