2025 Police Cars from Dodge, Ram, and Jeep

Hi there, this is Dave at Motel's here, and I'm here to talk about the 2025 Dodge and Jeep police cars

So this is based on a story by AHB Guru over at All Park, and he kindly provided license to use it at stalpower

And first, let's talk about the charger. You would think it would be the ideal police car

The current one is pretty close to being the ideal police car. But the next generation was not provided to the Michigan State Police for testing

even though you would think an electric police car does have its uses because a lot of police agencies only use their cars for eight-hour shifts and then you can charge it up and have it ready for the next one

Fleet use is in some ways the ideal because you can make sure that you've got enough chargers

You don't have to fast cook them. You can let them go for 16 hours, get a nice full charge

But nope, at this time, there is no police edition of the electric charger and there is no police

edition given for testing of the gasoline-powered charger, which is due out early next year

So Michigan State Police weren't able to test them. Maybe next month, the police tests in

California take place, and maybe there'll be something there. Maybe not. Now, there's no real

news in the Durango front They still got the WD Durango Pursuit car Started production in August 2023 It largely the 2024 model

It has the Penta Star V6, and for as long as they can get away with it, they will have the 5.7 Hemmy V8

Most people expect that they'll be a smooth transition. When they run out of the V8s, they'll start using Hurricane 6s

A lot of people really don't like that idea. They believe in a V8. but the Hurricane 6 compared to the 5.7V8 and has a good deal more power and it runs on regular gasoline, not mid-grade

As for reliability, the jury is still out on the hurricane. It's not old enough

There have been some reports of problems. There have also been reports that we know what the problems are caused by, and it's nothing internal to the engine

It's a wiring and computer issue, which has been resolved and is being resolved in terms of warranty parts

We all know, Salantis is a little slow at that kind of thing these days, but it will be done

And the last bunch of police hemis appear to have largely been defective with an awful lot of premature deaths reported by police departments on their engines

And so that's also an issue, and that's not even turbocharged. Now as for 2027 Durangoes so the Durango pursuit is available in 11 colors still has a five 100 miles for fleet owners only and it can only be ordered by fleet buyers with an authorization number

This is related to the Durango Pursuit only. You can buy a regular Durango without any of that stuff

Along with the Durango Department is going to get a Jeep Waggonier L, that's the long version

SSV, that's a special service vehicle. It's not a pursuit edition. It's meant for administration and carrying

dogs around and stuff like that, not chasing down speeders and bank robbers and stuff

It's meant to compete with the suburban and the expedition, no surprise, same class

The RAM 1500 special service vehicle is also back and it's powered by the Hurricane Turbo 6

and it whumps the Hemmy V8 that used to be in there by all accounts that we've got in over at

stealth power and elsewhere. It looks as though the standard output hurricane really is a much

better engine for speed than the old 5.7 hemie was. Dodge does not provide a pursuit-rated version of the

RAM-1500. That's probably a wise choice when you look at how the pickups from competitors come out

when they test them as police cars. Just to summarize, good acceleration, terrible braking

terrible handling Not what you want in a police car As for the RAM 2 and 3 special service vehicles those are also still in production The 6 V8 is still available And for now that all that we know This is what

been released by Stalantis to the fleet, which is to say by FCAUS, which is to say by Dodge

Deep and Ram. It does take time to convert a regular civilian car to police use. There's all sorts of

things that are done to it. The body is stiffened and strengthened. The suspension is stiffened

You don't really want to buy an old police car unless you really like being jiggled around on smooth

roads. They also have to beef up the power. They have to get it set up for aftermarket uses

which is to say, you know, all the sirens and stuff have to have a place to plug in

They have to have a place that controls the electrical. And it's a lot of

stuff. In the past few years, they've also been doing things like having computer mounts in the

trunk and then having wires go up so that you can have a trunk mounted computer and then

up front you've got your integrated display and your keyboard and your mouse and all that

so that the police can use all the current high-tech gear that they've got and yet it'll be safe

in a crash. That's something that Dodge really led the way with and that's something that I bet

that they'll put into the next police charger if there is a next police charger and

With that, I'm signing off