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A nice and comprehensive effort by Dodge... except it's by far the largest and heaviest of the pony cars.. if you can even call a 4400 pound coupe that. And it's got the skinniest tires... only 275s all around for all this power and weight. It'll light them up easily.
It's not a racetrack car or a handling car... it still a cruiser.
This is a mid-life freshening... and any kind of replacement is years off. Yes, it was announced in the recent press conference that covered their extremely aggressive 5 year plan. The replacement chassis is envisioned as much smaller and lighter... but has not yet been developed. And it's hard to see how that new Alfa/Chrysler platform is going to handle an engine such as this.
It's not a racetrack car or a handling car... it still a cruiser.
This is a mid-life freshening... and any kind of replacement is years off. Yes, it was announced in the recent press conference that covered their extremely aggressive 5 year plan. The replacement chassis is envisioned as much smaller and lighter... but has not yet been developed. And it's hard to see how that new Alfa/Chrysler platform is going to handle an engine such as this.
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It's as big as a Chrysler 300. I think Dodge is going to scale it down a lot for the next version. They just took a charger/300 and put two doors on it.
A benefit of that size is it rides more smoothly and has plenty of back seat and trunk space. Definitely a cruiser but I think that is OK, it doesn't seem to be hurting sales.
A benefit of that size is it rides more smoothly and has plenty of back seat and trunk space. Definitely a cruiser but I think that is OK, it doesn't seem to be hurting sales.
I didn't find any info on the tire size, I know after driving them the 245's don't do well in cornering a 4200+ pound vehicle. I actually stuck my hand behind the rear tires to see how much clearance there was for bigger tires...not much with out modifying plastic shields. If they come with 275's on the new ones that would help, but still way to heavy of a car.
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If I had money for a second muscle car this one would be it.
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I Never thought I would consider driving a Dodge, but with the regular R/T putting out 485 HP with a useful rear seat I might have to check it out.
Good looking car
Too bad everything GM builds lately gets recalled.
Good looking car
Too bad everything GM builds lately gets recalled.
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Not gonna like, the exhaust note game me a bit of a boner...
Don't care if it's production or not. This thing sounds GOOD.
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Don't care if it's production or not. This thing sounds GOOD.
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New Challenger (and Charger) are scheduled to arrive in the fall of 2018 as 2019 models. That's a long way off for the cars that they're supposedly rebuilding the Dodge brand around. Meanwhile, we're pretending that the 2015 is a substantial refresh, although really they just gave it a version of the dash that the Charger has had for a few years and tweaked the end caps.
The current car really isn't a pony car, it's something else. It's heavier than it should be, but it has a real back seat that 3 adults can fit in, and it's a nice highway cruiser. It's a usable daily driver for a guy (like me) who has kids big enough that a Mustang's back seat isn't an option. But it isn't anybody's idea of nimble.
There are still some talented people working at Chrysler, and they do these cars with a lot of love and include some very nice touches. The Hellcat will surely be very fast, it will probably do a little better on the track than people expect, and its owners will really love it. But it's still far heavier than a Mustang or Camaro -- and even 300 lb heavier than the outgoing CTS-V sedan, which is just ridiculous.
The bottom line is that they don't have the money to spend that Ford (and GM) have, and it shows.
The current car really isn't a pony car, it's something else. It's heavier than it should be, but it has a real back seat that 3 adults can fit in, and it's a nice highway cruiser. It's a usable daily driver for a guy (like me) who has kids big enough that a Mustang's back seat isn't an option. But it isn't anybody's idea of nimble.
There are still some talented people working at Chrysler, and they do these cars with a lot of love and include some very nice touches. The Hellcat will surely be very fast, it will probably do a little better on the track than people expect, and its owners will really love it. But it's still far heavier than a Mustang or Camaro -- and even 300 lb heavier than the outgoing CTS-V sedan, which is just ridiculous.
The bottom line is that they don't have the money to spend that Ford (and GM) have, and it shows.
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I got no problem with the Challenger--my brother has one and its a great car for a long trip and the back seat isn't a bad place to be. Anyone who wants a Challenger is in a different market than the Mustang.
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Sounds amazing.
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