So far, around here, the Chargers are being used by sheriff's departments and local municipalities.
New York has taken kind of a hands off approach to the Charger replacing the Vic. They got burned making the transition too early from the M-body to the Caprice. The M's were relatively trouble free while the Caprice was nothing but trouble. The powers that be were waiting for real-world feed back. Well, that, and going through the current fleet of Vics. If you went to Warnock's website just before the end of the production run on the Vic, you'd see a pic of about 10-12 tractor trailers, all loaded with NYS Vics.
Doubt if you'll see the Tauruses as trooper cars in this state, too. I asked a trooper who used to come by the dealership what he thought about the AWD Charger. He said it wouldn't happen as the troopers are trained on RWD. To go AWD or FWD they would send every trooper back to school to learn the characteristics of handling with a different drive platform. I don't see Cuomo doing that. So the natural transition will be from the Vic to the RWD Charger.
I will make this side note. Have you heard one of the Hemi powered cop cars undergoing hard acceleration through a red light on an emergency call? Sounds like a big 4bbl opening up under the hood when the throttle body demands more air. :icon_thumright:
