Before I retired from the Fire Dept. on 2002 we got 4 of the pilot or first run vehicles from the Arlington GM assembly plant. GM was required to produce x number of each model that could not be sold or titled to train assembly line employees. They gave them to FDs for training and the State of Texas got some for the prison system where they never left the farm property. These were not stripped down models either, leather interiors, alloy wheels and nice stereos. We had a great extrication class and cut them to pieces, much better than working on 20 year old wrecks. I did notice that when they were towed to the junk yard they no longer had new tires and rims or stereos but our FD vehicles were nicer.
