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X The MOPAR/Setina push bumper is the first crash-tested and fully FMVSS-compliant police push bumper. It is installed by Crown NA, the factory offline upfitter. Te PAB got to drive the Charger Pur- suit 5.7L Hemi® V8, the Charger Pursuit 3.6L Pentastar V6, and the just-released Ram 1500 Special Service Vehicle and the Dodge Durango Special Service Vehicle. Police Fleet Manager put over 1,000 miles on these two new SSVs before they were released. For a review, go to www.hendon- pub.com, click Resources, and then Article Archives. New for 2013 New for the 2013 Charger Pursuit, the front air dam has been modified. Te under belly pan on the retail Charger limits and smoothes airflow under the chassis for bet- ter aerodynamics and fuel economy. Un- fortunately, what makes the under body sleek also limits airflow to the front brake rotors. On a retail car, that doesn't matter. Of course, it does on a police car. For 2013, the Charger Pursuit gets a modified under belly pan that has the aero-blocks removed allowing direct airflow to the front rotors. Te result is brakes that run 50 degrees F cooler. Continuing for 2013, as it has been since 2011, are special paints with no minimum order quantity. Te piggable paint system is able to run as few as just one Charger per color. Bright Silver is now among the avail- able special paints. Tere is no two-tone fac- tory paint – the (MOPAR/Crown) option is for a vinyl wrap, which all three police automakers have gone to. For 2013, the oil change logic has been S The latest Special Service Vehicle from Chrysler Group is the Dodge Durango. This full-size SUV is available with the Pentastar V6 or Hemi V8, and RWD or 4x4. X In his keynote address, Sergio Marchionne, CEO of FIAT-Chrysler, told the group of fleet managers that a lot of promises were made, and all of them were kept, all the targets were hit. www.pfmmag.com 21