Though my Dad works for Ford, and I drive a Mustang, my father has allways taught me to keep an open mind about all muscle cars.
With that being said, Dodge has just come out with the new Charger. When I first saw it, I was immediatly disgusted. They created a 4-door Charger.
So today I stopped in the Dodge dealership and had a look at it. Overall the car is not that bad looking, though it still hurts my feelings with the extra doors. On the interior the car was rather nice. Im not sure if the car will be offered in a manual drive version but this one had the automatic with the "triptonic" shift capablities. (For those of you who arent aware of what the "triptonic" is, it is where you put it in drive and you can control the gear your in by pushing it to the right to shift up, and to the left to shift down.) So I asked to test drive it.
Now this is a R/T version so it has 340 hp and 390 ft lbs. torque. The car is really smooth, and really doesnt feel like a muscle car, more like it's sister the 300C. I got on the highway and drove it smooth down and got off and ramped back on to come back. I got on it getting back on the highway and this is when I knew dodge had dropped the ball. The wheels on this car couldent have been any wider than 7 inches, and with the hp I figured it would atleast bark going into 2nd. However it didnt, and the car felt extremely sluggish getting to 60mph. Also, the triptonic shifting seems to lag.
If that werent enough, this car has a base price of $29K. The car I was driving was $35k. (Navigation, moonroof, leather etc.) Seems alil high to me. Looks like Ford still holds my vote with the Mustang, and if I were willing to spend $29k, it would be the upcomming Cobra, hands down.
Has anyone else driven the Charger?
With that being said, Dodge has just come out with the new Charger. When I first saw it, I was immediatly disgusted. They created a 4-door Charger.
So today I stopped in the Dodge dealership and had a look at it. Overall the car is not that bad looking, though it still hurts my feelings with the extra doors. On the interior the car was rather nice. Im not sure if the car will be offered in a manual drive version but this one had the automatic with the "triptonic" shift capablities. (For those of you who arent aware of what the "triptonic" is, it is where you put it in drive and you can control the gear your in by pushing it to the right to shift up, and to the left to shift down.) So I asked to test drive it.
Now this is a R/T version so it has 340 hp and 390 ft lbs. torque. The car is really smooth, and really doesnt feel like a muscle car, more like it's sister the 300C. I got on the highway and drove it smooth down and got off and ramped back on to come back. I got on it getting back on the highway and this is when I knew dodge had dropped the ball. The wheels on this car couldent have been any wider than 7 inches, and with the hp I figured it would atleast bark going into 2nd. However it didnt, and the car felt extremely sluggish getting to 60mph. Also, the triptonic shifting seems to lag.
If that werent enough, this car has a base price of $29K. The car I was driving was $35k. (Navigation, moonroof, leather etc.) Seems alil high to me. Looks like Ford still holds my vote with the Mustang, and if I were willing to spend $29k, it would be the upcomming Cobra, hands down.
Has anyone else driven the Charger?