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“Our Charger Pursuit police sedans meet CHP’s
stringent payload requirements, and in particular,
will accommodate the agency’s radio systems,”
said Jeff Kommor, Vice President – U.S. Sales Operations, Fleet and Small Business Sales, FCA US
LLC. “The Charger Pursuit also meets CHP’s demand for ongoing fuel-efficiency and its desire to
be a leader in fiscal responsibility in California.”
The majority of the Charger Pursuit sedans in this
CHP order are powered by the 3.6-liter Pentastar
V-6 engine, which delivers 292 horsepower and
260 lb.-ft. of torque. The V-6 Charger Pursuit delivers up to an EPA estimated 26 miles per gallon
(mpg) highway.
The CHP’s order also includes a small number of
Charger Pursuit 5.7-liter HEMI® V-8 models with
Fuel Saver Technology to be used by training instructors at CHP’s Emergency Vehicle Operations
Course in Sacramento. The V-8 model delivers
370 best-in-class horsepower for best-in-class acceleration performance.
“The CHP is ordering our Charger Pursuit vehicle
to reintroduce the sedan into their patrol vehicle
fleet,” said Bick Pratt, head of FCA US government
sales and operations. “That’s important to us because it reflects a shift back to sedans by a progressive agency like the CHP. It is also important
because other agencies throughout California rely
o n the CHP’s vast resources and knowledge to
test, evaluate and determine what police vehicle
meets the needs of the CHP, and in many cases
meets their local needs as well.”
The CHP order includes some Charger Pursuit sedans equipped with the segment’s largest Uconnect 12.1-inch built-in touchscreen that enables a
segment-exclusive integration of law enforcement
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computer systems with the easy-to-use and awardwinning Uconnect touchscreen system.
Local government agencies have the ability to also
purchase from this same CHP contract, a process
commonly known as “piggy backing,” Pratt said.
The CHP plans to have all of the new Charger Pursuit sedans in service near the end of the calendar
year. Additional CHP orders for Charger Pursuit
sedans are forthcoming.
(A police car’s computer is just as integral to its duties as
a set of lights and sirens. The popular approach for these
systems is to grab something like a Panasonic Toughbook
laptop, add a big, bulky tray to hold it, and use this inelegant
setup for running plates and doing all the other things a cop
needs to do while on the road. The downside, besides simple
aesthetics, is that this arrangement robs the officer’s shotgun-riding partner from legroom. Dodge, though, has come
up with a far more elegant and functional solution. Courtesy
of Auto Motor Show and YouTube.)
The Dodge brand is America’s mainstream performance brand. With the purification of the brand
and consolidation with SRT, Dodge is getting back
to its performance roots with every single model it
offers. The Dodge and SRT brands offer a complete lineup of performance vehicles that stand out
within their own segments. Dodge is the “mainstream performance” brand and SRT is positioned
as the “ultimate performance” halo of the Dodge
brand, together creating a complete and balanced
performance brand with one vision and one voice.
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