The Detroit automakers are finally done one-upping each other in this year's Michigan State Police vehicle evaluations, with the 2012 Dodge Charger Pursuit V-8 laying down some heady numbers on the test track, Autoblog's Aaron Richardson wrote.
The Charger emerged with the fastest lap time ever recorded in the Michigan State Police test's history, at 1:33.7, Richardson said. That, boys and girls, is something else. The Chevrolet Caprice PPV may have the best top speed and braking, but the Charger has shown it has the chops to slice up the twisties as well.
Kurt Ernst of the website Automotive Addicts said: For the record, it's always a bad idea to run from the police. Your odds of outrunning a police cruiser just got a bit smaller, too, since the 2012 Dodge Charger Pursuit V-8 has set a new police car lap record at Grattan Raceway in Michigan State Police testing.
The 2012 Dodge Charger has upgraded many features to enhance the vehicle's performance, the website Automotive Discovery reported. Among the improvements are a 5.7-liter HEMI® V-8 engine with 100,000-mile spark plugs and optional 3.06 rear-axle ratio for increased acceleration, the story said.