MT: first full test of the 2012 Charger SRT8

[a_Username]

I gotta say it looks damn good!

[Black GT]

Dodge really needs to come up with a different grill design for their cars, only one that has a different grill is the Challenger, everything else in the line-up looks the same from the front.

[coolman]

Originally Posted by Black GT

Dodge really needs to come up with a different grill design for their cars, only one that has a different grill is the Challenger, everything else in the line-up looks the same from the front.

Have you looked at ford or chevy lately. They all do it. It hard to tell what the hell kind of car your looking at any more.

[Scrappy Doo]

Originally Posted by coolman

Have you looked at ford or chevy lately. They all do it. It hard to tell what the hell kind of car your looking at any more.

Absolutely.

The cruze and the malibu are near identical until you see them from the side.

[King T]

Originally Posted by ckaram

I love that it's faster than hell! Who cares if it ends up schooling the SS? It's a 4-door hot rod sedan! If that's what you were after then you wouldn't have bought the Camaro.

I love this new era of muscle!

Very well said!

Originally Posted by wylde1

I think I've found our family car for when kids start showin' up

I was thinking the EXACT SAME THING!

I reeeaaallyyy wish GM had a direct competitor with the Charger. But alas the last one was the G8 GT/GXP. Even Ford can somewhat stake claim in the Taurus SHO AWD.

I guess I loved the 1994-96 Impala SS so much, that I feel like the Charger R/T-SRT are what the new generation Impalas would have been like if they had kept them RWD.

[ViperTomcat]

What GM needs to do is sex up the Caprice and come out with a 400 HP SS model.

The CTSV isnt really fair competition because they're almost 20K more.

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by lexlueger

Ok, press cars don't exist ...you happy now?

FYI Any car a rag tests is a prepared "press car"...but they still don't exist.

Well there are press cars...but I don't know to what extent they're prepared...I've seen press cars that are more or less falling apart.

Originally Posted by ViperTomcat

What GM needs to do is sex up the Caprice and come out with a 400 HP SS model.

The CTSV isnt really fair competition because they're almost 20K more.

Yes.

[ViperTomcat]

I mean..I LOVED the G8 GT and GXP. Back in 2008 I was within half an hour of buying a black GT but the dealer refused to budge on a $500 markup. There are only a handful of G8's here in Southern Oregon, and they ALWAYS get looks and thumbs up.

Now the only civilian V8, RWD's here in Oregon are Chargers and a smattering of CTSV's.

[King T]

Originally Posted by ViperTomcat

What GM needs to do is sex up the Caprice and come out with a 400 HP SS model.

The CTSV isnt really fair competition because they're almost 20K more.

Totally agree! That is why I didn't even mention the CTS-V with the Charger/300 SRT8. The price difference is very substantial

[Stew]

Originally Posted by Sawyer

I think the 0-60 4.3 is w/ a rollout.

No, it is not