Re: This is what a Police car SHOULD look like
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Looks cool, sure, but hard to ID when it's behind you... Maybe it's just me, but there's something about push-bars that sends an ominous, don't-mess-with-this message. That's a quality the old CHP Polaras had in spades; kinda like "I can chase you down and punt you off"...
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Re: This is what a Police car SHOULD look like
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You sure is the way they supposed to look. And a lot better then the other options out there. Well I guess Charger is the only one when it comes to cars now. Not to sound negative but I still like the11-14s better I do like how those ones have the marker lights more hidden as part of the wheel wells.
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Re: This is what a Police car SHOULD look like
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Looks cool but I think they should stop using the charger as a cop car and fleet car in general, its trying to be too many things and I think its design could be really awesome if it was just left as a 4dr coupe. For the fleet/cop car slap a generic Dodge front end on the 300, call it the interceptor and use it instead. Although they probably don't make as much on fleet sale (cop cars) it helps the overall profitability of the product. You build more and the overall cost to build is cheaper so it benefits the company. It puts more of them out there and helps the secondary parts market too, it's far more worthwhile to make replacement parts for more popular cars.
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Re: This is what a Police car SHOULD look like
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I like mine Granted, not a lot of trunk room in these, but let the supervisors carry most equipment in SUV. twocents doesnt always work that way but the trunk is pretty big for a modern sedan
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Re: This is what a Police car SHOULD look like
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Looks cool but I think they should stop using the charger as a cop car and fleet car in general, its trying to be too many things and I think its design could be really awesome if it was just left as a 4dr coupe. For the fleet/cop car slap a generic Dodge front end on the 300, call it the interceptor and use it instead. Although they probably don't make as much on fleet sale (cop cars) it helps the overall profitability of the product. You build more and the overall cost to build is cheaper so it benefits the company. It puts more of them out there and helps the secondary parts market too, it's far more worthwhile to make replacement parts for more popular cars. I hear you loud and clear but they have to design it for cop use, ease of getting in and out with full gear on, ease of getting bad guys in and out of the back etc. This is a car that is mainly cross shopped against the challenger, camaro and mustang - let it be a true charger and design it that way. They have the 300 about to be killed off anyway, they could put a dodge front clip on it and use it only for cop/fleet like GM did with the caprice PPV.
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Re: This is what a Police car SHOULD look like
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If all cop cars looked like that, i would love it. I could spot that thing 1/2 mile back in my rearview, and slow down
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Re: This is what a Police car SHOULD look like
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McLovin, the complaint at my agency has been trunk room, especially with the full size spare, that's why I brought that up. Especially from the oldies that drove Crown Vics.
Here is my '14 with trunk empty. It makes up for smaller trunk space in so many other ways.
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Re: This is what a Police car SHOULD look like
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Looks cool but I think they should stop using the charger as a cop car and fleet car in general, its trying to be too many things and I think its design could be really awesome if it was just left as a 4dr coupe. For the fleet/cop car slap a generic Dodge front end on the 300, call it the interceptor and use it instead. Although they probably don't make as much on fleet sale (cop cars) it helps the overall profitability of the product. You build more and the overall cost to build is cheaper so it benefits the company. It puts more of them out there and helps the secondary parts market too, it's far more worthwhile to make replacement parts for more popular cars. I have a fleet of them. We buy the AWD hemi pursuits for mid-20's and anyone with a badge can buy one at the same cost. the AWD hemi is discontinued this year. We are moving more toward Durangos now. Mopar is going to struggle to keep up with demand, as it is the only sedan police option now. Mopar is hard to beat with their fleet program. I don't understand how agencies are getting past their fiscal bodies (council and commission) to spend the extra bucks on a Tahoe or whatever that said thing is Ford offers. By the time you buy five Tahoe's you can have six Durangos with same performance; and room and better ride comfort. I keep thinking or ordering a low production paint blue Charger pursuit to replace my Durango.
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Re: This is what a Police car SHOULD look like
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McLovin, the complaint at my agency has been trunk room, especially with the full size spare, that's why I brought that up. Especially from the oldies that drove Crown Vics.
Here is my '14 with trunk empty. It makes up for smaller trunk space in so many other ways. Remove this spare and you and a friend might fit inside. No complaints from me on the size of the trunk in the 2016 SXT we have but I am not even sure if it has a spare or the junk pump and slime. TY Red
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Re: This is what a Police car SHOULD look like
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Looks cool but I think they should stop using the charger as a cop car and fleet car in general, its trying to be too many things and I think its design could be really awesome if it was just left as a 4dr coupe. For the fleet/cop car slap a generic Dodge front end on the 300, call it the interceptor and use it instead. Although they probably don't make as much on fleet sale (cop cars) it helps the overall profitability of the product. You build more and the overall cost to build is cheaper so it benefits the company. It puts more of them out there and helps the secondary parts market too, it's far more worthwhile to make replacement parts for more popular cars. I hear you loud and clear but they have to design it for cop use, ease of getting in and out with full gear on, ease of getting bad guys in and out of the back etc. This is a car that is mainly cross shopped against the challenger, camaro and mustang - let it be a true charger and design it that way. They have the 300 about to be killed off anyway, they could put a dodge front clip on it and use it only for cop/fleet like GM did with the caprice PPV. There's not enough market with police sales only to give them a unique car like that. It's an advantage to the Charger to have police and fleet use because if general sales of it aren't what Chrsyler wants to see it's the other uses that help boost it and keep interest in the car just like it has for other 4 door cars for decades.
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