Chevrolet Caprice: The Most Popular Car

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The all new Chevrolet Caprice has its front struts stiffened as with the rear suspension. The focus was mainly on strengthening transient response. With the new Chevrolet Caprice, the Police get a more potent weapon in their pursuit. The first tryst with the Caprices’ steering wheel makes one feel the response overkill for patrolling broad, flat highways.

The Chevrolet Caprice was the most popular car in the US in the sixties and early seventies. Chevrolet offered a full line of Caprice models in 1966. Production was in full swing from 1971 to 1976 but downsized in 1977. Production ultimately ended in 1996 only to return in 2011 as a rear wheel drive police vehicle.

Dodge Challenger is a 305-hp 3.6 liter V-6, 8 Speed Auto best suited

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