We have certainly come across a wide, diverse selection of vehicles to choose from. Some proved exceptionally well, others, not so much. Obviously the biggest factor involved was the car’s ability to catch the bad guys, those that failed were stricken from the list. Next was to determine the other factors. Some excelled in some areas but failed in others. I had to find a good balance between performance, upkeep, safety, utility (cargo space and such) not to mention driveability. Comfort was more of a within reason category. For the pursuit challenge you didn’t necessarily have to be faster than the suspect, just able to stay close within two seconds of each section (many did it within one) and to not exceed four seconds behind overall time. As is there were a number of vehicles that proved even faster than the suspect vehicle which made the decision easier. Obviously the number of cars we can replace plays a large factor in too. After some intense brainstorming and consideration (and a tad awkward given the last person to post) I announce that the next vehicles to be used by the Tatum Heights Police Department will be:
The Pragata Gentala Dinas
I went through all the submissions and determined that this one offers the best between all stats to provide what we are looking for. It fits well with reliability, safety, service costs. Fuel economy is average but not below acceptable levels. The lack of a radio is a bit of an annoyance but with police gear installed it won’t be much of a problem. The other negative attribute is the use of alloy wheels, but overall I feel the Pragata Gentala Dinas meets our requirements nicely. It uses regular fuel which means we won’t have to change around our infrastructure, and it uses an automatic transmission which means all our officers can drive it with no issues. The decent price means we can also buy fifteen units to replace our oldest cars and a good chunk of our aging 1985 Gran Romeros. Effectively we will be revamping 60% of our fleet.
So congratulations to Denta for winning the CSR 27.