 Various California Highway Patrol cars featured in "CHiPs" were  actual "used" CHP cruisers bought at auction for the show. The age  of the cars used tended to "lag" three or four years behind the  actual cruisers used by the CHP at the time. Some of the years,  makes, and models of the CHP cruisers used: 1973 Dodge Polara, 1975  Dodge Monaco, 1976 Dodge Coronet, 1977 Dodge Monaco, 1978 Dodge  Monaco, 1979 Dodge St. Regis, 1980 Dodge Diplomat.