13' Eco Towing Performanec

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Rocket have you driven a SRT with the 6.4 in it? Even the 5.7 SRT will out preform the EB, a non SRT 5.7 only gets beat by less then one second in the 1/4, 6.7 Ram 6.1 EB. But like you pointed the Ford is a bit portly to say the lest. That will change when the new aluminum body (not frame) go into production!

Don

Aluminum body will be a very nice improvement and change! It will be interesting to see the results of being put on a diet. I still fail to see the importance of a speed performance truck. To me it seems an expensive waste. Give me a lower center of gravity, suspension tuned performance car any day.

The 6.4, no, not yet. I had ordered my wife's Sequioa from our friend's dealership (combined Toyota/Dodge) and he let me take out the 2010 SRT Challenger...yes a few years old now but the portlyness continues to plague most SRT models...excluding the Viper.

My opinion of my test drive where I got to rail on it:

Challenger exterior styling = +. That car looks great.
Noise = intoxicating +
Straight line rolling acceleration = +

Launch from a stop = neutral, but I am sure continued driving one would learn the nuances appropriately.
Interior styling = neutral, didn't like or hate it but thought it could use improvement (however, lower price performance cars generally get a pass in this area from me)

Cornering = huge -

The cornering was what completely killed it for me. The car was way too heavy and soft in the corners...felt like my grandfather's yesteryear Caddy. One could argue it is strictly built as a muscle car but I argue muscle cars today are not your 60's/70's muscle cars. Cornering is important for today's road going daily driver car...which the SRT Challenger certainly is.


Sorry for the thread deviation OP.