Virginia State Police get Dodge Chargers

[jgc61sr2002]

I'm not so sure Chrysler 'took over' the Police market in those years. I do know some departments used them because their base level was cheap, and most were 6's
Ford remains the first in that market with a police specific vehicle, from the Model A era, and the only to have a continuous presence in that market.

True most were 6 cylinders for routine patrol, while Highway Patrol had 8 cylinders. From 1964 through the 80's the NYPD and most emergency vehicles (NY) were chrysler products.
The exceptions were 1966 Chevrolets, 1969 and 70 Fords and a few Pontiacs in the 70's. To the best of my knowledge.

 

[04MEMA]

Motor Trend Stuff

There's an article this month in Motor Trend about police cars. I couldn't find the article on their website (somebody post a link if you find it) but here's a link to a little video (not much content). They tested the Impala, Charger and CV - I just skimmed the article at home last night and saw the Charger ran a 14.2 in the 1/4. Also they set up a city-like track to see how the police cars do against an Evo and a Miata. The Miata and the Evo were faster through the course, the Charger was the fastest police car, than the Impala, then the CV, if I remember correctly.

http://www.motortrend.com/av/features/112_0704_the_truth_about_cop_cars

 

[GreekGod]

How much faster is a Hemi PI than a CV PI?

In the Michigan State Police "vehicle dynamics testing", the CV PI was slower than the Hemi competition. In testing at the Grattan 2 mile road course, it was found there was less than 4 seconds difference in a 2 mile lap. The Gratten course is very much a handling course, so horsepower is only part of the real world equation.

I'm not sure if 4 seconds really means much in 2 miles. Of course, the radio is much quicker.

 

[RCSignals]

In the Michigan State Police "vehicle dynamics testing", the CV PI was slower than the Hemi competition. In testing at the Grattan 2 mile road course, it was found there was less than 4 seconds difference in a 2 mile lap. The Gratten course is very much a handling course, so horsepower is only part of the real world equation.

I'm not sure if 4 seconds really means much in 2 miles. Of course, the radio is much quicker.

Yes as I recall the CVPI was behind in that course by a hair. Insignificant really.
But certainly ahead of the Impala. Can't imagine what happened at Motor Trend.

 

[04MEMA]

If you want...

Hey if you want -I just read about an offer to give friends a copy of the magazine - PM me your email addy and I can send you a free electronic copy through Zinio. Not sure who knows about Zinio but it's an electronic version of your favorite mag's. There is a program to download (Zinio reader) to view the magazine, and then you download the magazine.


If you want to check it out first go to www.zinio.com - they usually have a bunch of older mags you can download free as a sample. I've been using this for a couple years and I like it. THis episode of MT has a review of the Shelby GT in it.