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The Michigan State Police has released its preliminary findings from testing the 2019 crop of police vehicles, and the results are a bit surprising. The consistent top performer of the bunch was the
2020 Ford Police Interceptor Utility
, better known to civilians as the
. Specifically, the top performer was the model with the new turbocharged 3.0-liter V6.
The Michigan State Police conducts acceleration, top speed, braking and lap time tests of all the available police vehicles. The 3.0-liter Police Interceptor Utility was the fastest to 60 mph at 5.77 seconds, had the highest top speed of 150 mph, and the best average lap time of 1:36.47. The lap time was particularly impressive as it was just over half a second faster than the next quickest car, the all-wheel-drive V8
.
Still, the 2019
gave the
a serious run for its money. The all-wheel-drive V8 Charger was only 0.1 seconds behind the Explorer to 60 mph with a time of 5.87 seconds, and the rear-drive version was third quickest at 6.15 seconds. Both V8 Chargers were only 1 mph off of the Explorer’s top speed, and the V6 example was third fastest at 141 mph. We already mentioned the all-wheel-drive V8 Charger was half a second off the Explorer’s lap time, and the rear-drive variant was just over 1 second behind, giving it the third fastest average time.
also took home braking bragging rights. The V6 Charger won out with a distance of 126.9 feet, followed by the rear-drive V8 Charger with 128 feet, and the V6
stopping at 128.8 feet.
Now of course where there are winners, there are also losers. The slowest accelerating
was the
Ford Police Responder Hybrid Sedan
, better known as the
, with a time of 9.24 seconds. At 8.59 seconds was the V6
, and the V8
with four-wheel-drive was third slowest at 7.98 seconds. Lowest top speed was 106 mph with the
with the 3.5-liter turbocharged V6, followed by the V6 and V8
with 117- and 118-mph top speeds respectively.
In braking, the
Tahoes performed the worst with the rear-drive version stopping at 145.7 feet and the four-wheel-drive version stopping at 142.5 feet. The
followed with 141.9 feet. When it came to lap times, the Fusion Hybrid lapped the slowest with a time of 1:46.31. The V6 Durango was about a second faster with a time of 1:45.45. The F-150 improved on the Durango by nearly 2.5 seconds with a 1:43.85 time. For the full results, including
information,
.
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