Virtually because the automobile’s reintroduction greater than a decade in the past, the Dodge Charger sedan has had police-specification variants. And in that point, Chargers have develop into among the many most typical police automobiles in America. With a brand new era launching, one with very completely different powertrains, there’s an open query as as to if Dodge will proceed to supply specially-equipped Chargers. Whereas nothing is concrete, Dodge’s CEO implied that it is into account.
Throughout a media briefing we attended, Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis was requested about this market, and he stated that police service autos are a “significant” a part of the model’s enterprise. He continued that they are positively nonetheless taking a look at that a part of the enterprise, however they did not have something particular to announce in any other case. He did not say something about simply how massive a portion of Charger gross sales have been for regulation enforcement, although.
If Dodge launches a brand new Charger police automobile, it could virtually actually be the brand new era sedan that is simply been revealed, because the outdated mannequin is solely now not constructed. So there in all probability will not be a continuation Charger “classic” like what Ram has been doing with the 1500 pickup vans. The outgoing mannequin was additionally supplied with the naturally aspirated 3.6-liter V6 and 5.7-liter V8, plus both rear- or all-wheel-drive. Neither of these engine choices can be obtainable for shopper Chargers, as all these can be both electrical or powered by the “Hurricane” twin-turbo straight-six. There are some police-ready EVs on the market, together with the Ford F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E, and there is positively a marketplace for the higher-output engines just like the outdated Dodge V8 and certainly a variant of the brand new Hurricane engine. However most of the Charger police automobiles, to not point out different fashions of police automobile, run the lower-output engines like that outdated Pentastar V6. We might be curious if Dodge would make a particular police-only model of the gas-powered Charger with that engine, which stays in manufacturing and can nonetheless be obtainable within the base Ram 1500. So it could actually be an choice.
With the brand new Charger sedan going into manufacturing subsequent 12 months, it may very well be a short time earlier than we see a brand new police automobile launch. That signifies that, no less than for now, you will not need to double-check your speedometer each time you see the brand new Charger’s nostril in your rearview mirror.
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