1987 Chevrolet Caprice 9C1

1987 Chevrolet Caprice in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Movie, 1991

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00:10:24 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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Ford_Guy ◊ 2013-01-08 08:59	This page is for the police cars that the T-1000 uses. All were within the 1987-1989 year range as 1990 Caprices had door-mounted seatbelts. First is the car in the main picture: Also, a shot of the inside and the MDT (Mobile Data Terminal): When the T-1000 arrives at John Connor's house, he clearly has a different Caprice. Notice the lack of spotlights. Instead, the car now has a hand-held spotlight on the dash. This would have been correct for LAPD cars of the era): Here he is again in the first Caprice (notice the spotlights): Then he steals this other Caprice in a deleted scene. This is right after the canal chase when the emergency personnel are putting out the truck fire. Notice that it appears to be one of the same Caprices later used in the Cyberdyne scene due to the MX7000 lightbar: Then at the mental hospital, he is back with using the second Caprice without the spotlights: -- Last edit: 2013-01-18 00:27:04
JBan717 ◊ 2024-12-06 19:35	Retrospectively, the 1980s Caprice police cruisers are the one thing about this movie that feels dated, even back in the 1990s (especially since we see so many of them throughout the film). When this movie was in production (late-1990/early-1991), the 1991 Caprice body style had just come out, and by the time this movie hit theaters, they were already being adopted by local and state police departments. By 1995, the 1980s Caprices were mostly gone from PDs' fleets. So it was just unfortunate timing, nothing else, but nonetheless, I remember seeing this movie for the first time in 1994 and thinking that the police cars looked older than the ones that my local PD had. It's also surprising because many of the other vehicles in the film are far more modern designs that would have still been common throughout the rest of the decade (e.g., the various big rigs). -- Last edit: 2024-12-06 19:35:46
Frank On ◊ 2026-03-29 10:47	JBan717 wrote Retrospectively, the 1980s Caprice police cruisers are the one thing about this movie that feels dated, even back in the 1990s (especially since we see so many of them throughout the film). When this movie was in production (late-1990/early-1991), the 1991 Caprice body style had just come out, and by the time this movie hit theaters, they were already being adopted by local and state police departments. By 1995, the 1980s Caprices were mostly gone from PDs' fleets. So it was just unfortunate timing, nothing else, but nonetheless, I remember seeing this movie for the first time in 1994 and thinking that the police cars looked older than the ones that my local PD had. It's also surprising because many of the other vehicles in the film are far more modern designs that would have still been common throughout the rest of the decade (e.g., the various big rigs). They feels dated because the body design came from 70s but that cars, Chevy Ford and Dodge/Plymouth were sold until early 90s, so 86-90 Caprices were still the most common car in early 90s by far because they were new, in LAPD no one from brand new model was adopted until 93-94, in 92 LA Riots TV Lives shown square boxy Caprice and LTD CV (also 83-87 model ones) were the only models in service that year. On Instagram and Facebook I found a lot of pages posting old pics of patrol cars, in 1997 marked boxy Caprices were still around, boxy LTD CVs ran until early 00s side by side with brand new 98 CVs. -- Last edit: 2026-03-29 10:53:05

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Ford_Guy

◊ 2013-01-08 08:59

This page is for the police cars that the T-1000 uses. All were within the 1987-1989 year range as 1990 Caprices had door-mounted seatbelts.

First is the car in the main picture:

[Image: vlcsnap-2012-11-21-00h10m32s57.jpg]

[Image: vlcsnap-2012-11-21-00h11m19s37.jpg]

[Image: vlcsnap-2012-11-21-00h14m20s63.jpg]

Also, a shot of the inside and the MDT (Mobile Data Terminal):

[Image: vlcsnap-2012-11-21-00h14m42s23.jpg]

When the T-1000 arrives at John Connor's house, he clearly has a different Caprice. Notice the lack of spotlights. Instead, the car now has a hand-held spotlight on the dash. This would have been correct for LAPD cars of the era):

[Image: vlcsnap-2012-11-21-13h45m31s158.jpg]

Here he is again in the first Caprice (notice the spotlights):

[Image: vlcsnap-2012-11-21-14h10m27s72.jpg]

Then he steals this other Caprice in a deleted scene. This is right after the canal chase when the emergency personnel are putting out the truck fire. Notice that it appears to be one of the same Caprices later used in the Cyberdyne scene due to the MX7000 lightbar:

[Image: vlcsnap-2012-11-21-19h14m31s239.jpg]

Then at the mental hospital, he is back with using the second Caprice without the spotlights:

[Image: vlcsnap-2012-11-21-19h32m08s47.jpg]

-- Last edit: 2013-01-18 00:27:04

JBan717

◊ 2024-12-06 19:35

Retrospectively, the 1980s Caprice police cruisers are the one thing about this movie that feels dated, even back in the 1990s (especially since we see so many of them throughout the film). When this movie was in production (late-1990/early-1991), the 1991 Caprice body style had just come out, and by the time this movie hit theaters, they were already being adopted by local and state police departments. By 1995, the 1980s Caprices were mostly gone from PDs' fleets. So it was just unfortunate timing, nothing else, but nonetheless, I remember seeing this movie for the first time in 1994 and thinking that the police cars looked older than the ones that my local PD had. It's also surprising because many of the other vehicles in the film are far more modern designs that would have still been common throughout the rest of the decade (e.g., the various big rigs).

-- Last edit: 2024-12-06 19:35:46

Frank On

◊ 2026-03-29 10:47

JBan717 wrote Retrospectively, the 1980s Caprice police cruisers are the one thing about this movie that feels dated, even back in the 1990s (especially since we see so many of them throughout the film). When this movie was in production (late-1990/early-1991), the 1991 Caprice body style had just come out, and by the time this movie hit theaters, they were already being adopted by local and state police departments. By 1995, the 1980s Caprices were mostly gone from PDs' fleets. So it was just unfortunate timing, nothing else, but nonetheless, I remember seeing this movie for the first time in 1994 and thinking that the police cars looked older than the ones that my local PD had. It's also surprising because many of the other vehicles in the film are far more modern designs that would have still been common throughout the rest of the decade (e.g., the various big rigs).

They feels dated because the body design came from 70s but that cars, Chevy Ford and Dodge/Plymouth were sold until early 90s, so 86-90 Caprices were still the most common car in early 90s by far because they were new, in LAPD no one from brand new model was adopted until 93-94, in 92 LA Riots TV Lives shown square boxy Caprice and LTD CV (also 83-87 model ones) were the only models in service that year. On Instagram and Facebook I found a lot of pages posting old pics of patrol cars, in 1997 marked boxy Caprices were still around, boxy LTD CVs ran until early 00s side by side with brand new 98 CVs.

-- Last edit: 2026-03-29 10:53:05

1987 Chevrolet Caprice 9C1

1987 Chevrolet Caprice in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Movie, 1991

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