A police issue Crown Vic Interceptor has a 250hp V8. Even the upcoming Challenger and Magnum Hemi V8 Interceptors are "only" 340hp, although both the Hemi vehicles will do 145mph compared to the 130mph of the Crown Vic Interceptor. Point still being they might be fine as administrative vehicles, but not persuit or transporting bad guys. I'll see if I can find the article with the breakdown of all the most recently reviewed police use vehicles and repost it here.