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The Civic Cruiser is a fictional standard issue patrol car utilised by the Rockport Police Department, Palmont Police Department, and Tri-City Bay Police Department.

There are two models of the Civic Cruiser; the standard issue model fitted with a full police package and the unmarked Undercover Cruiser.

The unit is fairly light and flimsy resulting in an ineffective means of pursuit against high durability vehicles.

The power mixed with torque produced by the engine can become too excessive at low speeds and result in very little grip.

Officers driving Civic Patrol units are trained in the following advanced driving techniques: Box, Herd, PIT, Roadblock, and Rolling Roadblocks. An excessively damaged or disabled unit adds a $3,000 cost to the state as well as $250 Bounty to the rap sheet of the suspect.

Games[]

Need for Speed: Most Wanted[]

The Civic Cruiser is a police unit in Need for Speed: Most Wanted, utilised by the Rockport Police Department, and engages in a pursuit at condition 1, also known as Heat Level 1.

Challenge Series

An RPD Civic Cruiser is offered in the Challenge Series and can be driven in a Spikestrips event:

  • #44 - Spike Strips: Dodge six police spike strips in a Heat Level 4 pursuit and evade.

It can not be unlocked for use in any events or game modes outside of its Challenge Series event.

NFSMW Police Civic Cruiser
Challenge Series vehicle
Top Speed 5.4
Acceleration 5.2
Handling 3.8

Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0[]

The Civic Cruiser appears in Need for Speed: Most Wanted 5-1-0 as a police vehicle.

Tuner Takedown[]

The Civic Cruiser can be driven during the early stages of the Tuner Takedown game mode.

Need for Speed: Carbon[]

The Palmont Police Department Civic Cruiser appears in Need for Speed: Carbon as a tier 3 tuner class car.

It can be unlocked for use in Quick Race, but is given for players to use in tier 2 Pursuit Knockout and Pursuit Tag events.

Custom

The custom Palmont PD1 is unlocked for use in Quick Race upon the player completing the "Police Civic Cruiser" Reward Card:

  • 1/4 Mile: Play 5 Sprint Races
  • 85 Tracks: Unlock 85 Quick Races
  • Arcade Level 2: Play 10 Quick Races
  • 50K Bounty: Get a Bounty of 50,000 in pursuit while in Career Freeroam
NFSC Police Civic Cruiser
CarbonTunerIcon Tuner Tier 3
Custom
Top Speed 6.4
Acceleration 9.4
Handling 9.2

Need for Speed Carbon: Own The City[]

The Civic Cruiser appears in Need for Speed Carbon: Own The City as a police vehicle.

Need for Speed: Undercover[]

The Civic Cruiser is a police unit in Need for Speed: Undercover, utilised by the Tri-City Bay Police Department, and engages in a pursuit at condition 1, also known as Heat Level 1.

Cops and Robbers[]

The Civic Cruiser can be driven by players on the Cops team during multiplayer Cops and Robbers events, but only against a racer team using tier 2 cars.

Need for Speed: World[]

Development - Some content may have altered during development.

The Civic Cruiser appears in the game files of Need for Speed: World, but the Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee Civic Cruiser is instead utilised by the Palmont Police Department in a pursuit at condition 1, also known as Heat Level 1.

Trivia[]

  • The design of the fictional Civic Cruiser takes cues from the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, the 2002 Ford Police Interceptor Concept car[1], and the 4th generation Chevrolet Caprice.
  • A pre-release image for Need for Speed: Most Wanted highlights a white Civic Cruiser with "Chitaqua Peaks" written across its front doors.
  • Pre-release screenshots of Need for Speed: Most Wanted show the Civic Cruiser with a similar appearance to the Ford Crown Victoria. The same vehicle can be seen in the PlayStation 2 demo of Need for Speed: Most Wanted and in the released game's pre-rendered cutscenes.
  • Pre-release screenshots of Need for Speed: Undercover show the Civic Cruiser from the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 releases with the same livery applied to the Civic Cruiser in the PlayStation 2 and Wii releases of the game.
  • A higher quality Civic Cruiser appears during busted cutscenes in place of the gameplay specific Civic Cruiser.
  • The cutscene variant of the Civic Cruiser in the PlayStation 2 and Wii releases of Need for Speed: Undercover has Palmont Police Department markings instead of the Tri-City Bay Police Department.
  • The cutscene variant mesh can be found in Need for Speed: World, but the content associated with the mesh degenerated as later builds were released.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. Article: caranddriver.com (2002) Ford Police Interceptor Concept - 2002 New York International Auto Show. Available at: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15137872/ford-police-interceptor-concept-auto-shows/
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