Chevrolet Caprice

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The Chevrolet Caprice is a full-size automobile produced by General Motors, known for its long-running use as a family sedan, police car, and taxi in North America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf automobile model ⓘ
full-size car ⓘ
assemblyLocation Arlington Assembly, Texas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Arlington Assembly, Texas

Elizabeth, South Australia ⓘ
Janesville Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Janesville Assembly, Wisconsin

Oshawa Assembly, Ontario ⓘ
basedOn Holden Caprice (WM) ⓘ
surface form: Holden WM Caprice (for 2011–2017 police model)
becameStandaloneModelYear 1966 ⓘ
bodyStyle 2-door coupe ⓘ
4-door sedan ⓘ
station wagon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
engineType V8 petrol engine ⓘ
inline-six petrol engine ⓘ
fuelType gasoline ⓘ
generationCount 4 ⓘ
5 ⓘ
introducedAs top trim package of Chevrolet Impala ⓘ
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout ⓘ
manufacturer Chevrolet ⓘ
General Motors ⓘ
market North America ⓘ
marketPosition flagship full-size Chevrolet sedan ⓘ
notableFeature body-on-frame construction (early generations) ⓘ
widely used as fleet and taxi vehicle in large U.S. cities ⓘ
widely used by North American law enforcement in the 1980s and 1990s ⓘ
notableUse family sedan ⓘ
police car ⓘ
taxi ⓘ
notableVariant Caprice Classic ⓘ
Caprice Estate ⓘ
Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle ⓘ
platform GM B platform ⓘ
GM C platform ⓘ
GM Zeta platform ⓘ
policePackageCode 9C1 ⓘ
predecessor Chevrolet Impala SS (1961–1969) ⓘ
surface form: Chevrolet Impala Super Sport (as top trim)
primaryDriveType rear-wheel drive ⓘ
productionEndYear 1996 ⓘ
2017 ⓘ
productionStartYear 1965 ⓘ
successor Chevrolet Impala ⓘ
surface form: Chevrolet Impala (eleventh generation)

Chevrolet Lumina SS ⓘ
surface form: Chevrolet SS
taxiPackageCode 9C6 ⓘ
transmission automatic transmission ⓘ
manual transmission ⓘ
wheelbase 119 inches (varies by generation) ⓘ

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Arlington Assembly, Texas, United States → formerProduct → Chevrolet Caprice ⓘ
subject surface form: Arlington Assembly
GM Zeta platform → notableModel → Chevrolet Caprice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevrolet Caprice PPV
GM Zeta platform → usedByLawEnforcementModel → Chevrolet Caprice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevrolet Caprice PPV
Impala SS (1994–1996) → basedOn → Chevrolet Caprice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevrolet Caprice (1991–1996)
GM B-body → notableModel → Chevrolet Caprice ⓘ
Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser → relatedModel → Chevrolet Caprice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevrolet Caprice Estate
GM D-body → usedForModel → Chevrolet Caprice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chevrolet Caprice (coachbuilt limousines, selected years)