[Captain Walker]

I saw a post from a guy who is a mechanic on a big police fleet. He said Crown Vics were good for 300,000 miles and the Dodges are done at 150,000.

I've owned both.

The CV, even with the police package, had less than 250 HP under the hood; it's an under-powered car, except for possibly the grandmother who drives it to church on Sunday mornings. The Dodge Charger starts at 305 HP (with the V6) and goes as high as 470 HP (with the 6.4L V8).

The bottom line is that Ford never designed its car to be driven aggressively; Dodge did.

Ford might be able to boast about the high mileage its cop car attained, but there is no shortage of videos of police chases throughout SoCal where the CV could never overtake the perp; the high mileage of the CV came with a high price.

[nascarnation]

In my opinion, most cops are grossly unqualified to chase any more than 20 mph above the speed limit so it was probably a great “feature” for the public.