Good review, I agree with almost all points...
One of your complaints is a very good one,the lack of back seat access on the driver's side. This has reportedly been corrected on the 2011 Challengers, but was one of my few dislikes on the Challenger. You did not mention another irritant to me, the steering wheel and cruise control layout... also apparently being upgraded on the 2011s.
Overall I like the dash & door panels... my SRT has padded inserts in the door panels, but I do not recall if the R/T is the same. While I really like the styling of the dash, a softer feel to the pad would have been nice. But, overall less of a "hard plastic" look than the Camaro, and I do not recall the one new Mustang I looked at to compare it...
The will apparently be other less obvious changes, like re-tuned suspensions. The following is from a Chrysler LLC internal communication, but attributes the input to Consumer Reports (who never seem to have much good to say about domestics, especially Chrysler):
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Yesterday the group at Consumer Reports got their first look at 11 new or refreshed Chrysler products and the response was very encouraging. While they received some suggestions for improvement, the overall feedback was extremely positive. In fact by the end of the day, their biggest concern was our ability to let the public know that we had worked some kind of miracle and were now making great cars. They were really shocked that the cars were this good and that we could have done so much in the time we had done it.
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Dodge Challenger (5.7L) - Big improvement in ride, handling, steering. This is now better than the Camaro.
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