Comments on: 2009 Dodge Charger Police Interceptor Hits The Streets

By: Jean Dean

Jean Dean — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:22:15 +0000

I don’t understand why you would want to help the well fare automaker. They have build poor quality vehicle and that’s the reason why they got in a financial mess. Not because the economy was bad.

By: JD

JD — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:36:59 +0000

The Dodge Charger without the “Police Package” is an awesome…well built…fun to drive vehicle. My next Charger (2011) wil be one ordered from “scratch” with a Police Package. If my present vehicle is any indication (all 80k miles on my 2008 base model)…it will be AMAZING!

By: Rex Sagle

Rex Sagle — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:11:01 +0000

I have owned Dodges, Fords, Chevrolets all police vehicles.
I have had Impalas, Crown Victoria’s and still have a great ninety four
Caprice, the 141 mph job.
Ford has had a overdrive transmission problem which they never addressed and a harmonic vibration to which they had to limit the top speed to 129mph to prevent transmission bushing failure due to excessive vibrations above the 129 mph speed.
My Caprice has 188,000 miles still does not use a quart of oil between changes, still reaches it top speed of 141. and has been a great car, however it does have excessive under steer a which is something I do not care for in a vehicle.
My 2006 Dodge has 77,000 miles no problems at all it has the 149 mph
chip and reaches that speed very easily.
very little understeer and all in all a very fine vehicle.
I would certainly advise any dept to make the Charger there next vehicle.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:02:08 +0000

Well it looks like a lot of you have no idea what your talking about, so let me explain three things.

First GM and Chrysler did not go bankrupt for poor quality. In fact the GM and Chrysler have pretty good quality (it’s not the 1980s any more). What happened there was that Chrysler and GM were making larger vehicles (SUVs and Trucks). What cars they did have had low MPG (miles per gallon), so when the oil prices went up a few years back, people started buy smaller cars with high MPG, and only the foreigners and Ford were making cars like that.

Second the Crown Victoria won’t be produced after 2012. The new Ford Interceptor is based off the Taurus.

Third, the Crown Victoria has trouble taking faster cars. They only have 250 horsepower, and much lower torque. Plus their heavy. I drove a Crown Victoria interceptor for many years, and it has trouble running down some sports cars.

By: rollen montoya

rollen montoya — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:47:45 +0000

mr jean dean needs to do research before voicing an opinion. i live in apple valley ca and the C.H.P. is aquiring the charger. they have several patrolling the I-15 in the high desert and have had no troubles at all. police departments in socal are switching to the hemi charger as
it is way quicker than the crown vic by more than 2 seconds from 0 to 60. i bought my daughter a crown vic police interceptor and yes it is faster than the standard crown vic but it could not run with my lincoln
MKVII LSC. it even struggled to 60 just to keep up with my 94 jeep grand cherokee limited V-8 with the chrysler 318(5.2L). the jeep is full time 4×4. i also owned a 93 crown vic non cop car. nice car but very outdated. as for front drive cop cars, no way jose. rear crive is the only way.

By: DaLaw

DaLaw — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:22:58 +0000

Hey gay-boy,

technolligy is spelt “technology”.

2006 Dodge Charger 5.7L Police Package car – best car I have ever owned. A blast to drive. A well designed work vehicle that takes everything I throw at it.

Kudos Chrysler

By: zudid

zudid — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:16:27 +0000

All vehicles have inherent design flaws and mechanical breakdowns. Great mechanics come/go and are few and far between as I’ve seen all kinds of makes and models of vehicles breakdown in sin city! (heat stroke??!) Back to the subject at hand. Yes the crown vic is prominent and has a long history both good and bad. The charger is new and should be given due time to prove itself now, not based on past manufacturer issues. Frankly I lean towards the charger because of it’s modern looks and aggressive stance. However, I’d get into a crown vic TAXICAB way before a charger, in which no one has commented on; SAFETY! Yes, the pacemaker crown vic days are seemingly over but a new TAURUS?! FO “SHO” NO! On to the charger we go!~ But foremost I certainly agree; don’t fix it if it ain’t broke!”

By: Jean Dean

Jean Dean — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:46:14 +0000

If the Chargers are such a good car and I’m an idiot, why aren’t there more Chargers on the road.

By: robert mccormick

robert mccormick — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:58:43 +0000

That was also very simple to stray away from the main article, oops!

On a “quality” investigation of a fellow officer’s 2006 Dodge Charger with close to 43k miles, the car is very genuinely appreciated due to what he bestowed a “performing beauty” of a fleet vehicle. This is someone who also owned Ford Crown Victoria, whilst he expressed his memories and good times with, seems in preference to his current hemi-powered highway patrol interceptor. I didn’t ask about the braking as I believe he subbed for his own preferred aftermarket slotted brake rotors. Very impressive fleet model vehicle.

I personally have no issue on the Ford fleet vehicles as it is still the most common fleet car around, but if you’re the local department with a choice for getting a deal for a car that is more modern, stylish and situationally more powerful or efficient, I would say the extra $1k price tag is justified.

By: robert mccormick

robert mccormick — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:22:58 +0000

Good to see some natural negative responses from people who bought from any other car company other than Dodge. It’s always good to know how people can reveal their ignorance with ridiculous claims on what “quality” vehicles fit their personal criteria. This is easily determined through excessive use of “poor quality” despite an obvious lack of mechanical knowledge and experience. If a car generically breaks down and you start with the assumption that it was the car maker’s fault then you bring it into my shop, I’ll have the glory of getting more out of you purposely. Car makers don’t purposely take plug wires off distributors and other assorted ownership (and sometimes dealership) misjudgments that tempts you to ask yourself the same question- “Why?”

-Jean Dean, I’m doubting your automotive experience as you see far too incompetent to acknowledge actual differences in cars, especially in relation to fleet operation. On another note, your GM/Chrysler bailout information must have been encrypted with 256-bit idiocy.

Honestly, if the cause for the (bumpkin) brand bias is simply because you individuals have one-time scenarios where a vehicles doesn’t start and you don’t know what to do then I’d have trouble believing you drive enough to understand that it is asphalt you are driving on.