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"Chevrolet police fleet sales are currently running at a rate 300 to 400 percent greater than for the comparable first quarter period a year ago," Robert D. Lund, corporate vice president and general manager of Chevrolet Division said.

Total sales for the first quarter of the 1979 model year from announcement day through December, 1978 were 4,100. This compared to 1,043 total police unit sales for the same period in 1978.

Mainstay of the police fleet business in 1978, Lund pointed out, was the excellent sales success of the highly cost effective compact sized Chevrolet Nova 9C1, as well as the 1978 version of the Impala 9C1 unit.

Lund noted the Nova, although an outstandingly efficient vehicle (which provided overall cost savings to police agencies of up to as high as 50 percent in police field cost surveys) is being phased out and replaced by the '79 Malibu 9C1. This is because of GM's current vehicle re-sizing programs.

At the same time, the 1979 Impala 9C1, first introduced two years ago in 1977, is in its second year and receiving unusually high police agency acceptance, particularly as a highway patrol car entry.

"Many police bid orders during the 1979 first quarter sales period have been unusually large ones, and have come from virtually every geographical section of the United States," Lund said. "This indicates that Chevrolet police vehicle sales in the last five years dating from the gasoline short years of 1973-74 have been building a reputation for performance and cost effectiveness, which is now beginning to be reflected in very substantial state police agency purchases of 500, 600, and even 700 unit fleet orders."

Lund said some of the larger police vehicle bids Chevrolet dealers have won include:

State of North Carolina	700 to 900 units
State of Michigan	500 to 700 units
State of Ohio	500 to 600 units
City of Chicago, Illinois	400 units
State of South Carolina	300 units
State of Mississippi	300 units
State of Connecticut	285 units
City of Dallas, Texas	200 units
State of Wisconsin	200 units
State of Utah	200 units
State of Massachusetts	186 units
State of Arkansas	162 units
State of Arizona	158 units
State of Colorado	150 units
City of Jacksonville, Florida	135 units
Jefferson County, Kentucky	125 units
New York Thruway Authority	100 units
City of San Francisco, California	85 units

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