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Nobody messes with the Challenger. Nobody. The interesting fact about this is that we didn’t quite say it, the car did. Seriously, this is the impression Dodge’s muscle car gives you once you get to spend some time together.
Of course, you could tell all this just by looking at the Challenger, but we didn’t want to simply fall for this Dodge’s appearance, so we took it for a drive. The SRT8 392 was the obvious choice.
Neah, we’re not big sentimentalists, this is just the range-topping model. After all, the 392 Hemi wasn’t even present on the Challenger back in the day, but it’s still nice to see the badge in the spotlight. Why wouldn’t it be, when this translates into such nicely rounded figures? 470 hp and 470 lb-ft (637 Nm) of torque, to be more precise.
The only tech gripe with our test car was the automatic. Not because Kowalski drove astick pistol grip shifter Challenger in Vanishing Point. We’re fine with the idea of an automatic tranny in here, but this one is rather louzy. Not only does is stick to five forward gears, but it’s also jerky at times.
Still, given the nature of the car, we can forgive this. What nature? Well, the Challenger is a pretty good stunt vehicle. We can’t find any better explanation for the way in which this car keeps you in comfort while being an absolute brute.
And we haven’t even gotten to the best part yet. Muscle cars weren’t supposed to go round corners this good, but the Challenger is they type that can. With flying colors. Whether you like to play on the maximum lateral grip of 0.9g or drift things up, the Challenger will be happy to work with you. We tried to illustrate this in our Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 review.
Neah, we’re not big sentimentalists, this is just the range-topping model. After all, the 392 Hemi wasn’t even present on the Challenger back in the day, but it’s still nice to see the badge in the spotlight. Why wouldn’t it be, when this translates into such nicely rounded figures? 470 hp and 470 lb-ft (637 Nm) of torque, to be more precise.
The only tech gripe with our test car was the automatic. Not because Kowalski drove a
Still, given the nature of the car, we can forgive this. What nature? Well, the Challenger is a pretty good stunt vehicle. We can’t find any better explanation for the way in which this car keeps you in comfort while being an absolute brute.
And we haven’t even gotten to the best part yet. Muscle cars weren’t supposed to go round corners this good, but the Challenger is they type that can. With flying colors. Whether you like to play on the maximum lateral grip of 0.9g or drift things up, the Challenger will be happy to work with you. We tried to illustrate this in our Dodge Challenger SRT8 392 review.
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