Oh dear, their repair bills will soar. Why didn’t they buy 5 series or Range Rovers like in Europe?

i like the CHP mustangs better

manipulator whats the cost difference between fixing a 5 series and a RR compared to a dodge/chevy/ford. Also do you pay attention to vechile reports, Range Rovers are one of the worst reliable cars.

I just hate dodges and chryslers raptor

so, manipulator, bias clouds your judgement… as long as we are clear on that.

I am surprised by this, NY picked up a few of these a few months back, providing 3.5l for patrol/city use and 5.7l for highway use. I can’t see them going 5.7 for the full fleet…

I live here in NYC and I am sure they will use these for faster pursuits….I haven’t seen any of them yet, but I am sure some of my lead footed friends will! LOL!

These cars will make the cops look gay

theyll be in the garage more than on the road, pices o crap

Stealth mode?
I’ve been running in stealth mode for years. It’s called using the dimmer.

So these cars are going to be hiding in traffic because no one can see them at night?

Mike have you ever been to Europe? Sorry I’ll write it as Yoorp so youknow what I’m talking about

I think the ’stealth’ thing is more for sitting in the median shooting radar.

Manipulator, your an idiot and probably could’nt afford either of the cars you mentioned much less a Dodge Charger which apparently you know so much about. Dustin must know all there is to know about cars in general. All manufactures should go to him for advice. I’m sure his Mom will let him out of the house every once in awhile.

lexus is the most reliable car and honda why dont get one of those?

I can’t afford (and don’t want a Range Rover) I can’t afford another 5 series, but what would I do with 2 of them

look up most reliable large sedan in Consumer Reports and also look at best used car for the money.

Crown Vic

Why change. But at least they are doing it slowly so they can seen what is going to cost them

Manipulator, seems you never even seen a Range Rover since you are comparing it to a BMW 5-series… You must be an American…

“the police edition has an engine oil cooler for long sprints down the highway at such speeds”

So the engine will overheat when I drive a regular version at high speeds for an hour or so? Wtf?

Does anyone really think that any PD would ever not buy american?

These chargers sure look the part and beat the crown vic or impala hands down.

Yup they do…

http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/imgpreview.asp?id=2289

I assume you mean LAND rovers. Europeans think that Kate moss is attractive, techno is cool, and that Muslim terrorists should be respected. We Americans should not place much stock in views of these pseudo intellectual trash.

“Did you think this forum served a legitimate socially redeeming function other than mental masturbation?”

ive never seen so many morons leaving comments, all the reliability comments are being left by 12 year olds who flip through magazines like motor trend, and all they do is look at the pictures… gimmie a break.

Range Rovers are Land Rovers. I don’t understand why so many people can’t figure that out. Land Rover is the Make and Range Rover is the flagship model. Land Rover Currently imports the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and LR3 into the US. For the rest of the world they make those three models along with the Defender and Freelander. The Freelander is about to be replaced by the Freelander 2 / LR2.

But no one ever says The Land Rover Range Rover, it stems from the time when Rover made the Land and the Range Rovers so in Europe most people would say no I mean Range Rover not Land Rover to distinguish between models. I dont think 2006300C is as knowledgeable as you British_Rover and was referring to the Defender when he/she said Land Rover

I think NY should have like Ford GT police cars and that would be tight as hell!

I’m inclined to agree with 1952 MG TD. Besides, given the congestion that’s typical with NYC streets, is 340 HP really necessary? For Highway Patrol, go with the HEMI! Manhattan/Brooklyn/Bronx/Queens…go with the 3.5 V6.

For the record: I lost my lunch when I saw a 4-door Charger. On top of that, DCX doesn’t offer a full manual tranny to go with that excellent HEMI. Sacreligious!!! But, I have to admit….in PD livery, that car is sharp. It looks like the cop behind the wheel means business. Good job DCX! Now, change the name to ……CORONET!!!

Looks fine to me.

^^^america gets that piece of crap freelander too

Not anymore we don’t. The freelander stopped being imported back around July of 2005.

FYI, the Washington State Patrol have started using unmarked Chargers to pull people over on the highway. Watch out Washingtonians! This is in and around the Seattle/Bellevue area that I have seen them.

Oh what the Hell they might as well get the chargers they’re just about as ugly a tank as the Crown Vic is…

you guys are ghey

I was referring to the defender/freelander, i find it odd that a luxury vehicle would find service in any major kind of fleet, except limos of course.

Oh and I do live in a liberal state , PA, I am a moderate libertarian deist and I believe that John McCain losing the 2000 primary to GWB was one of the biggest disasters in contemporary politics.

ffs just give em Lambo’s so everyone stops whining

Hell Auburn Hills, where I work, has had these things for almost a year, they are in the garage being fixed about once a week. They suck.

booooooooooooooooooo i rather get the camaro police car in 2009

Yes, American cars 0wns y’all!

NIceeee! I like it! T thik this is an excelent idea. I think this would be better for the LAPD!

Mongtomery County in Maryland has been using these new Dodge Chargers for a while now! I am surprised NY is just getting them!!

wow. you guys are really f’ing stupid with all of this pro-america the rest of the world doesn’t matter and anything in america is the best crap. then you whine and wonder why the rest of the world and the coastal americans don’t like you backwards rednecks. get a clue and pull your heads out of your asses. you should have M3’s or 5′ers on the highways and 535d’s in the cities over there and you are set.

No in America, American cars should be used by government offices. What people buy with their own personal money is up to them. But seriously why do you need Charger police cars? Like I said Auburn Hills has had these things since last summer and they have a lot of issues with them, also we have Magnums and they aren’t much better. The Intrepids are decent though and the Trailblazers are ok.

See…
http://raywert.blogspot.com/2005/11/dodge-charger-police-cruiser.html

The rest of the world does matter because America is usually drawn into your idiotic and self perpetuating conflicts, to no benefit of our own. By coastal I assume you mean New York and LA. Well, New Yorkers make the French seem congenial and Los Angelinos are as deep as a puddle in the Sahara, so we don’t like them either. No woods behind my house, but there is a $400,000 colonial and my neck is sort of an olive color.

GOOD now they won’t have to deal with the EXTREMELY underpowered Ford Crown Victoria Police cars.

The #1 reason, American cars are used in fleets, is becasue the manufacturers offer fleet discounts, just as euro manufacturers give fleet discounts in europe. Also the manufacturers give huge discounts on parts to the municipalities that use the products.

Pittsburgh, PA has been using Impalas for years and they have recently received the new next-gen one’s. They look bad-ass and the V6 seems to have plenty of power to haul ass in the city, V8’s are really unneccessary in most cases and they’re less fuel effecient.

Oil and Trans coolers are pretty much standard features on most police vehicles, take any car and have it idle all day w/ the ac on and a high output alternator pulling a full load then drive at 95 for 5hrs, the damn thing is gonna overheat or at least get damn close. Or have it sit in stop and go all day. They wouldn’t put it in if it didn’t have a purpose.

Great. Now the charger is going to go the way of the Expedition. Boring and uncool cause cops got ‘em

I am gay and I love being gay. I can do it every night with no consequences. Gay Chargers for all!

Not bad. I wonder if any of these will be coming to Queens.

Manipulator, you really must be an anonymous American coward since you can’t argue without behaving like a 10-year old. I never said anything about what cars the police forces in Europe drive or not. And asking why the buy a Dodge Charger instead of a Range Rover, is lika asking why somebody bought a VW Rabbit instead of a Ford F-150…

Lol, even the Transit police in Toronto is using Chargers now!

In the Middle East the cops use a variety of cars, like the previous gen. 5 Series, Crown Vic, Holden Statesman aka Chevy Caprice, Ford Excursion, GMC Yukon.

BOBZOOKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still owe you for that copy of KBCO Studio C….

You know what would be really cool? If LLN had a forum where people could discuss cars.

Yea, imagine that. A forum where people who could actually read and write and liked cars could talk about them sensibly.
Also people who would pull their head out and realize what trouble the world would be in if the US was to become the isolationist state they seem to want it to be.

That 340 horsepower should come in handy.

“the police edition has an engine oil cooler for long sprints down the highway at such speeds”

So the engine will overheat when I drive a regular version at high speeds for an hour or so? Wtf?

Comment by Arne, posted on August15 at 4:26 pm

you must dont know that mostly ALL police cars have upgrades to withstand harsh conditions that the average driver would never encounter in the normal version of the car. i own a charger and couldnt be happier with my purchase. if you dont own one then how can you comment on its reliability? makes no sense.

the cops over here have nissan altimas..

The Charger may be fast but it will never outlast a Ford Crown Vic.Try chasing a suspect down some back country roads or down a set of railway tracks, the charger will never be the same,using a unibody car as a cop car is not the way to go,but I’m sure you will find that out soon enough.Those Charger’s will be in the scrap yard long before the Crown Vic.

Why attack Kate Moss?!She is an Eloise and you are a Morlock.Look around.See all the old men who are madder than hell?It is because they are ball-and-chained to water buffalos.Remember what happened to the fat kid in the motion picture Lord Of The Flies?What was the name of the skinny dude who started greasing everyone.

Beyonce is out.The skinny girls from TLC are in.

okay…..TLC has not made an album since lisa left eye died. go back to your coke binge

thats how crap the new charger is. all the bad guys used to have them but know the cops do.

This rocks! I live just outside the city so now I will have a challenge when trying to evade the cops:)