The direct descendant of the 1969 Dodge Charger that Bo and Luke used to tear up the back roads of Hazzard County is poised to do the same on the boulevards of New York. Posted on 08/16/2006 1:14:02 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The direct descendant of the 1969 Dodge Charger that Bo and Luke used to tear up the back roads of Hazzard County is poised to do the same on the boulevards of New York.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced Monday the department would be testing 15 flashy new 2006 Dodge Chargers on regular patrols, giving the NYPD a new top speed of 150 mph. The cars go from 0 to 60 in 6.5 seconds and stop much faster than NYPD's current fleet of Chevrolet Impalas and Ford Crown Victorias, which max out at 110 mph.
They also get better gas mileage than the Crown Vic.
"We're looking to diversify," said Kelly, who suggested the new cars would be ordered by the hundreds to supplement the 3,000 cars and vans that bear the NYPD insignia. The Impalas and Crown Vics will remain in service throughout the city.
The Dodge Charger is an iconic American muscle car that revved up the old "Dukes of Hazzard" TV show. Today's version packs a 340-horsepower V-8 engine with a stability control system that the driver can disable for free-wheeling, high-speed chases. The police model includes an engine oil cooler for long sprints down the highway at top speed.
The car can also operate in "stealth mode," where all the interior lights are dimmed to look like the car is turned off.
The 2006 police model starts at about $29,000. Lights, sirens and other features can jack up the price, but bulk orders make the cars less expensive, and no other police department in the country can order in the kind of bulk that the NYPD can.
I want me one of those!
Do they come in with a built in chase cam for the networks?
More importantly, does the horn play "Dixie"?
Don't answer this if you are a cabbie.
LOL
"The car can also operate in "stealth mode," where all the interior lights are dimmed to look like the car is turned off."
You mean like they've always been by turning the 'dimmer' down on the light switch?
I'm going to go out tonight and run my 85 Trans Am in 'stealth mode'.
Nice.
When I lived in Alabama (late 1970s) the state troopers drove Grand Torinos with a 428 Cobra Jet motor and a full race cam.
No one out ran them on the interstate.
Where, just flippin where, can you do 150mph in Manhattan?
Tell me, tell me, I really wanna know!
Holland tunnel? Lincoln tunnel? East Side drive at 3:30 am?
Waste of money. Someone's getting paid, bigtime.
I'd have gone for GTOs.
They changed it. Now it plays "New York, New York!".
Clearview Expressway. (At 3:00 AM).
Actually, the Impalas they've been using for the past few years *can't* do that. Likewise, all the CVs with digital dashboards.
Hey! I was first. Post #4 8~)
You've never driven the FDR Drive if you haven't hit it at 150 mph. Get's people's attention...
All the siren, radio, and data doodads, I presume, are on the stealth dimmer too.
Anywhere at 6AM on Sat
You wuz postin while I wuz typin, got me by a nanosecond.
The 150mph is just a stupid soundbite.
That said, the Chargers are a huge upgrade over what the NYPD is using now. The CV's got problems (real and imagined), and the Impala is just a sick joke.
Where in the heck would you need 100+ mph top speed in New York City? :)
They do look good, though.
}:-)4
Thanks. See ya there.
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