That is, until the fox-body Mustang came onto the scene. Special SSP (Special Service Package) cars were developed for the police, packing 5.0-liter high-output engines. Reports suggest that these ...

The Ford Mustang SSP provided a speedier option for the police force in lieu of heavier sedans. The Foxbody patrol car was first used in 1982 when, according to Ford, the California Highway Patrol ...

when law enforcement agencies across the country used Ford’s Foxbody Mustang SSP (Special Service Package) models for highway patrol. From California to Texas to the Carolinas, the V8-powered ...

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The North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) bid farewell to their fleet of Ford Mustangs back in the early 1990s, but now the American pony car is making a comeback. The NCSHP announced it ...

That's why Road and Track scribe Zach Bowman sought out the very first Mustang SSP for a must-read feature. As we recently discovered, there's something different about driving a police car.