Dodge "Defiance" Lawkeeper ready to patrol the future
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If you thought the Dodge Charger makes for a pretty mean-looking cop car today, wait until 2046.
The automaker has co-developed a post-apocalyptic version of its police cruiser for the Syfy series “Defiance,” which is set on a future Earth where civilization has been accidentally destroyed by visitors from outer space who came to settle the planet, unaware that it was populated by humans driving Hemi-powered muscle cars.
The vehicle used in the show is heavily modified with off-road wheels and tires, a strengthened chassis, jury-rigged armor covering the windows and an exoskeleton-type frame to protect it from some of the huge and horrible wild beasts that the humanoid aliens brought along with them from their home planet.
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Instead of that Hemi, the car is powered by a “petrohop” supercharged-hybrid powertrain, complete with a glowing, blue manifold of some sort sticking out of the hood.
The rat-rod looking ride is driven by Chief “Lawkeeper” Jeb Nolan, played by Grant Bowler, who patrols the streets of the titular city of Defiance, a boom town built on top of the ruins of St. Louis.
With a reboot of “Mad Max” in the works for next year, we could be in for one very awesome dystopian drag race at a classic car show in our future.
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Assuming the aliens don’t ruin it for us.