2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8
Posted on 05/21/2008 2:47:36 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8
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If we had a dollar for every thumbs up during a weeklong test drive, we'd have the down payment for one of the 6,400 2008 Challenger SRT8s to be built. Sadly, however, all are spoken for. The car is sold out, unless you bid on one of a couple dozen some dealers are offering on eBay for up to $25,000 over sticker.
After a 35-year absence, Challenger has returned, an update of the muscle car that debuted in the fall of 1969 for a five-year run before high insurance rates and demands for greater fuel economy halted production. The 2008 Challenger tested looks strikingly similar to the original. Dual hood scoops, double wide hood stripes, bulging chrome gas cap, Hemi chrome hood badging, 20-inch radials stuffed into the wheel-well openings and only orange, black or silver body panels. Just the right touches.
2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 Wheelbase: 116 inches
Length: 197.7 inches
Engine: 6.1-liter, 425-h.p. Hemi V-8
Transmission: 5-speed automatic
M.P.G: 13 city/18 highway
Price as tested: $39,210
The sticker
$37,320 Base
$950 Power sunroof
$890 Navigation system plus MyGig multimedia system
$50 Performance tires
Add $2,100 for gas-guzzler tax and $675 for freight.
Pluses
A smile from an automaker that can use one.
Great design that captures the original look while still looking original.
Oh so quick while handling oh so well.
Minuses
Rear-seat room.
Guzzler tax.
Sold out.
The rear-wheel-drive coupe is built off the same platform as the Chrysler 300 sedan--after the wheelbase was snipped about 4 inches. The SRT8 is powered by a 6.1-liter, 425-horsepower Hemi V-8 with 5-speed automatic snip...
The exhaust obediently growls as the coupe propels you rocket style from zero-to-60 in about 5 seconds
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If the US manufactures knew what was good for them they'd tap this market till the cows come home. People who buy these could care less what the price of gas is, I say bring back the 57 Chevy and go from there!
And yet another thread says the Chevy Camaro is toast.
If they didn’t have ridiculous price tags on them, I’d buy cars like this.
Wow. That car is seriously cool!
1) It will GAIN value
2) It's easier to maintain
3) It's still cooler than any of the new "cool cars" that are out there.
I'm thinking 69 Chevy Camaro SS.
The picture reminds me of a mix between the 68 or 69 Camero and a 65 Mustang. But that’s just me.
Considering every last one is sold out, I'm thinking that Dodge wishes they had charged a little more for them.
The 67-72 Camaro’s are going through the roof. Could have bought them for a few k in 2003, but now...
” I say bring back the 57 Chevy and go from there! “
When I was a kid , I actually wrote a letter to General Motors telling them they ought to bring back the 1957 Chevy ! They never replied , though . : (
Glad they didn’t run that thing through a wind tunnel to make it looks like the typical cookie-cutter mobile. Looks almost exactly like the early ‘70s Challenger — the epitome of a muscle car, imo.
” The 67-72 Camaro’s are going through the roof. Could have bought them for a few k in 2003, but now “
I used to have a 1967 Camaro SS 350 , and a 1972 Z-28 ...Sold them both for peanuts .
Yep, things are out of control now. Saw a Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda sell for $2.2 mil. recently (on TV) at an auction.
0-60 in 5 seconds ain’t slow.
More minuses:
It’s a Dodge.
It’s MOPAR’s gay nephew.
It’s slow, sorry. No standard transmission option either I’ve heard.
I think we all know that this car absolutely requires a custom General Lee paint job. It is a shame they make them any other way...
Due in the 1st quarter of next year with a convertible model the following year.
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