The Carol Stream, Ill. Police found the higher residual from the Charger Pursuit with the 5.7L V8 way more than paid for the higher initial cost and the greater fuel consumption of the V8.
delivery time of the vehicle. In the same manner, they considered the turn-around time for replacement parts. Second, they took note of totally new drivetrains, fl agging the brand-new engines or brand- new transmissions as unproven in police service…not good, not bad, just uncertain. T ird, a step missed by some departments, they gave the appro-
priate weight to the interior ergonomic evaluation conducted by the MSP. T is was an extremely important step since only one of the NextGen sedans has the interior volume of the outgoing Ford CVPI. If this room and cargo evaluation includes only the front seat and the trunk, none of the NextGen sedans or crossovers and only one large SUV has the room of the Ford CVPI. T e widely published MSP evaluation includes a 27-point ergonomic rating. (Failure to heed the MSP ergonomic evaluation has led to buyer regret in some departments.) Fourth, the Carol Stream Police review included a horsepower comparison but also a torque comparison. Torque wins drag races. While all of the NextGen V6 engines produce more horsepower than the Ford CVPI 4.6L V8, two of them produce less torque—a lot less. Some of this can be made up for by transmission with more gears, but not all of it, and you can feel it on patrol. In the same way, the Carol Stream Police fl agged the vehicles that accelerate to 60 mph and to 100 mph slower than the Ford CVPI. T e number-one recurring complaint about the Ford CVPI? It does not accelerate fast enough, even though Ford bumped the power from the 4.6L V8 a couple of times. No one wants a patrol sedan slower than the Ford CVPI. Fifth, the Carol Stream Police asked other departments the specif- ics about the cost to operate vehicles for which they did not have
The Chevy Caprice PPV with the 6.0L V8 may have a residual value more like the Chevrolet SS.
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