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Coming to a rearview mirror near you: It's got cop tires, cop suspension - and a Hemi V-8.



The Michigan State Police, one of the prime evaluators of police cars in the country, announced preliminary results of its 2006 model year Police Vehicle Evaluation Program, which includes a series of on-road tests that evaluate acceleration, top speed, braking and vehicle dynamics. The test results are viewed by police departments throughout the country before they order new vehicles for their fleets. The new Hemi-powered Dodge Charger and Magnum scored big, apparently.

The Charger recorded the a best-in-class top speed in the test of over 145 mph. The Dodge Charger Hemi and Dodge Magnum Hemi claimed first and second place in acceleration times (0 - 100 mph in 16.24 seconds and 16.49 seconds, respectively). And on the MSP's handling road course the Dodge Charger Hemi and Dodge Magnum Hemi finished in first and second place with average lap times of 1:37.96 and 1:38.26, respectively.

Dodge announced that the U.S. MSRP for the Dodge Charger police vehicle with the 5.7-liter Hemi is $28,805, and the MSRP for the 2006 Dodge Magnum police vehicle with the Hemi is $30,505. Both prices include a destination charge of $675.

The 2006 Dodge Charger and Magnum police vehicles began production in September 2005 at Chrysler Group's Brampton (Ontario) Assembly Plant. So that means you'll start seeing them around the country shortly, although we've been seeing them for months around here in the hands of the Auburn Hills police on "loan" from the Chrysler Group. www.autoextremist.com







Discovery Channel Video - Chrysler Hemi Police Cars

y2k_ta

iTrader: (80)

Well my friend Adam will be pleased

http://www.scottsrides.com/family_rides_06charger.html

Spazdout

those are pretty nice looking! hope to never see one behind me.

technical

You'll never catch me copper, nah see.

BIG_MIKE2005

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Oklahoma Highway Patrol is gettin ready to test 40 of those for here. My uncle is OHP & gave me the heads up.

sb427f-car

"DOH!" Just what the cops need, faster crusiers.

TOO Z MAXX

Still not as fast as the Camaro cop cars

2000Hawk

iTrader: (5)

Those cars look bad-***, wonder if South Florida will take any of those. I do like the FHP Camaro cars better though.
-Joel

krfan1

I heard the FHP got some custom Mercury Maruders that were souped up to be fast. Anyone ever see one of those?

They had a little clip in Hot Rod earlier this year about them.

krfan1

BIG_MIKE2005

iTrader: (116)

Actually according to my uncle(who is a Oklahoma Highway Patrol) who was issued one, he said they aren't much faster than stock & they really don't mess with the motor. Not here anyway. And on top of that I raced a Highway Patrol Camaro at the track & it only ran a 13.7 on drag radials with all police equipment taken out, which weighs a good bit.

These new cruisers will be & are faster, I hate to admit it.

White_Hawk

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The article says they are doing 0-100 in 16.24. Doesn't seem that fast to me. Probably low 90 mph with a low 15 second 1/4 mile. You might get them by a couple seconds in a camaro, but you can't outrun the radio...

-Geoff