Bad guys beware: criminals will now have more trouble eluding law enforcement officers since Shenandoah City Police Department recently made the addition of four rear-wheel-drive 2006 Dodge Chargers to its patrol fleet. Three more are on order and scheduled for delivery in early 2007.
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Bad guys beware: Criminals will now have more trouble eluding law enforcement officers since the Belvidere Police Department recently added six rear-wheel-drive 2006 Dodge Charger 3.5-liter V-6 police vehicles to its patrol fleet.
“The Belvidere Police Department is proud to join local law enforcement departments across the country in adding Dodge Charger police vehicles to our patrol lineup,” said Jan
Noble, Chief of Police - City of Belvidere. “After viewing several makes and models of (...
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Action Comedy based on the hit television series that ran from 1979-85. Set in present day, The Dukes of Hazzard follows the adventures of "good old boy" cousins Bo (Seann William Scott) and Luke (Johnny Knoxville) Duke, who with the help of their eye-catching cousin Daisy (Jessica Simpson) and moonshine-running Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson), try and save the family farm from being destroyed by Hazzard County’s corrupt commissioner Boss Hogg (Burt Reynolds). Their efforts constantly find the "Duke Boys" eluding authorities in "The General Lee," their famed 1969 orange Dodge Charger that keeps them one step ahead of the dimwitted antics of the small southern town’s Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane (M.C. Gainey).
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The New York Police Department will test drive 10 new Dodge Chargers with V8 engines to see if the performance sedans can handle the rigors of potholed streets and other anti-driving features of Gotham as well as they can handle 150-mph top speeds.
They will also test the V6 Chargers. If the cars will pass the testing this might be the next police cars in New York (at this moment the patrol fleet is dominated by
Ford Crown Victorias and
Chevrolet (..
Dodge will revive the ‘Super Bee’ nameplate with a 2007 limited-edition of the Dodge Charger SRT-8. Inspired by the famous muscle-cars of the 60s-70s, the new Charger Super Bee will offer the SRT-8 performance covered in "Detonator Yellow" with black accents.
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Driving into theaters July 21, 2006, "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" features a 2006 Dodge Charger in the film’s storyline.
The Dodge Charger appears alongside the film’s Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson in a key movie sequence. The filmmakers selected the Charger for the scene because the vehicle matches the sensibility of Wilson’s character, an architect who dates and then breaks up with a gorgeous superhero. A scorned woman, she unleashes on her ex the full fury of her super-powered (...)
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The 425-hp Dodge Charger SRT8 is a rockin’ muscle car. It would be easy to dismiss it as yet another twin to the Chrysler 300C SRT8 and the Dodge Magnum SRT8, but the Charger establishes itself as the sportiest of its brethren with the firmest suspension calibration of the bunch and look-at-me spoilers and scoops.
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Over the weekend of 7 July, Chrysler Group will bring together one of the world’s legendary motor racing personalities and one of its most celebrated race cars at the largest historic motor sports event in the world.
As part of the activities to celebrate the introduction of the Dodge brand to the UK, NASCAR racing legend Richard Petty will drive a restored 1972
Dodge Charger race car on the famous hillclimb course at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Known in NASCAR circles as (...
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History 1966
The Dodge Charger was introduced on January 1, 1966. Built off of the Dodge Coronet chassis but using its own body, the Charger was Dodge’s first fastback, high-speed street racer. It featured many styling cues from the Charger II concept car like a fastback roof design and full width taillamps. The interior featured four bucket seats and a full-length floor console.
The vehicle came with a standard 5.2-liter, 318 cubic-inch V-8 engine delivering 230 horsepower. Other (...)
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Dodge showed off its new patrol car at the New York Auto Show. Besides the usual police equipment - heavy duty front seat, no rear-seat door handles - the police Charger has beefed-up brakes and a 340-horsepower Hemi engine.
Chrysler was once big in the police market. In the 1960s through the 1980s, the
Dodge Coronet and
Plymouth Fury were popular with police departments. The company tried to get back into the market with a police package on the Intrepid a few years ago but police officers (..
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