Dodge Charger Police Cars

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New York City police commish Ray Kelly showed off a pair of brand new Dodge Charger police cars to the press yesterday in the Big Apple. NYPD ordered 15 Chargers for testing -- 10 HEMIs and 5 V6s, according to Allpar.com -- and indicated that the city would likely order hundereds more to add to its existing fleet of 3,000 police vehicles.

The Charger, despite its 340hp V8, gets better gas mileage than the city's less-powerful Crown Vics. It's also significantly faster, running to 60 in 6.5 sec and topping out at 150mph. Perps thinking they can outrun the cops at 2 in the morning on the FDR are going to find they've miscalculated badly.

Easily the toughest-looking cop car on the market , and by far the coolest since the Special Service Mustang, the only issue I have with the NYPD's new Charger is the white livery. NYPD switched to white several years ago because it's cheaper, but these bad boys would have looked A-OK in the old-school blue.
The Dodge Charger V6 appears to have a fleet (police) price of about $22,000; adding dual spots is another $175, and side airbags another $360, with rubber floor mats $70. The Charger was priced to compete well against the Crown Victoria/Police Interceptor and Chevy Impala, and is really quite a bargain considering braking and acceleration. (The Hemi Charger is about $24,000.) There are additional discounts for fleets ordering five or more vehicles. In some cases, Ford and Chevy have priced their vehicles lower this year, though - a good couple of thousand dollars apiece lower. In the long run, if the Charger holds up under police use, that money could be well spent (preventing a single accident due to improved brakes could more than pay for a few cars’ premium.)

According to the Oregon State Police, the 2006 Ford cost $29,600 when fully equipped, compared with the Hemi Chargers at $30,600 fully equipped (making the purchase of 43 Chargers a cinch). Oregon adds:

Prisoner partitions.
Emergency lighting system and siren.
Radio communications equipment.
Rear plastics prisoner transportation seats using factory installed safety belts.
Radar and in-car video systems. (Thanks, Thomas Obuck)

http://www.ryanpatrickdean.com/MagnumPolice.html

[BlueXr8]

OMFG ill take a black SRT8 thanks

i wonder if they will be imported into aus would be a wicked car

with the exeption of the fuel prices today

[Brett3158]

Dont ya love them chargers. Hey Charger!

[Genghis]

Dodge (Daimler Chrysler) is importing the Caliber at present. An entry in the small car market.

With any luck, more models including that georgeous Charger will follow.

I'm with you Blue, an SRT8 and a Mustang GT for the driveway thanks Mr. Bank manager....