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j-dawg @ May 5th 2006 1:59PM
Speed really isn't that important to police fleets--chases are often called off because it's just not safe to chase someone. All this drooling over the Charger and comments on how it's finally a good police car are nothing--most important is reliability and price. The 5.7 Charger is more expensive than a Crown Vic by far, and the 3.5 V6 is an incredibly unreliable engine--that was why the police package Intrepid saw so little success.
Sure, the new Chargers are fast and look "good," but only time will tell how they are for reliability. The Crown Vic has advantages (reliability, price, availability of parts) that most people don't think of, and the Charger's main advantage--speed--isn't that important to fleets.