Carbon Motors claims 14,000 reservations for E7 police car
 

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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>Carbon Motors E7 police car - Click above fore high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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In its latest newsletter update, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/CarbonMotors/">Carbon Motors</a> has revealed that it's received over 14,000 reservations from over 400 police agencies for its new purpose built E7 <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/police-emergency/">police car</a>. However, it's best to bear in mind those are just reservations for slots in the production schedule. As of yet, no one has placed a firm order for the E7 because Carbon hasn't even announced pricing. While the concept of a vehicle built specifically to meet the needs of police forces certainly sounds good on paper, the E7 will undoubtedly be expensive. <br />
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Besides using plenty of bespoke hardware that won't benefit from economies of scale, it will be powered by a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/bmw/">BMW</a> 3.0-liter turbodiesel engine - a phenomenal engine and much more fuel efficient than anything else currently available in the police market, but coming from Munich will certainly elevate the price. <br />
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It will be very interesting to see how many reservations get turned into firm orders once pricing is announced. Make the jump for the full details.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/carbon-motors-e7-6/low/">Carbon Motors E7</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/carbon-motors-e7-6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/car1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/carbon-motors-e7-6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/car6_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/carbon-motors-e7-6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/car2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/carbon-motors-e7-6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/car13_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/carbon-motors-e7-6/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/car3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
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