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2009 Dodge Challenger SRT-8
Leaked: Dodge Challenger SRT8
Challenger breaks cover
The embargo dam has broken on the hugely anticipated Dodge Challenger SRT8 production version, scheduled for its official unveiling at the Chicago auto show next month.
Hitting the streets nearly 40 years after the original was first produced, the Challenger will be built atop the LX platform, which also underpins the Chrysler 300C and Dodge Charger.
So does it have a Hemi? Yes, Mopar fans, it certainly does: a 6.1-liter V8 to be exact, the same motor found in other SRT models. Producing 425hp and 420lb-ft of torque, this modern interpretation of the iconic muscle car will blast to 60mph in the low five-second range, transmitting power to squealing rubber via a six-speed automatic transmission.
The Challenger’s 116-inch wheelbase and four-piston Brembo brakes will surely add to the dynamic driving appeal. We can’t wait.
carcrazy1234
January 26, 2008 6:03:54 PM
1. you prob have a really slow internet connection 2. theres been an increase in advertisements on each page on this site lol
foose1397
January 25, 2008 10:29:03 AM
This very well could be Chrysler's savior child
german-cars-lover
January 25, 2008 5:58:19 PM
They did it with helping of Germany , especailly the engine.
bmw06m
January 25, 2008 6:44:08 PM
The engine is all Chrysler. Only the platform borrows components from the old e-class.
Joe_Limon
January 25, 2008 7:11:20 PM
hehe man your funny. The only way you will acknowledge that a car is good is by saying they could only do it with the help of Germany. hah with the connections between Chrysler and Mitsubishi, you would have been more correct in saying "They did it with helping of Japan"
dbehmoaras
January 27, 2008 10:12:32 PM
limon, it wouldn't make sense for them to go to japan for help with such an engine: that has benz/chrysler written all over it
german-cars-lover
January 25, 2008 11:42:02 PM
Joe_Limon , All people know that they did it with help of GERMANY ( I mean GREAT GERMANY )!!
ck314
January 26, 2008 2:01:00 AM
go take your meds you freak, hemi is 100% american conception, perhaps they got some financial help from daimler and had to share some components to reduce costs but that's it
FOXHOUND
January 26, 2008 3:13:00 AM
well german-cars-lover can you tell me exactly how germany helped chrysler with the 6.1 liter hemi v8? obviously you know more than the rest of us, even though i spent four years of my life until 2004 working for dodge as a service technician. yes i was five star certified, and regularly performed tear down and repair if the 5.7 liter hemi, and i did go to detroit for certification training, and Dodge did give us a brief history of the hemi, and seeing as how it developed from the max wedge engine from the forty's and fifty's, enlighten me on how the germans helped with the development of this engine. beacause as i said before you must know something about the internal reasearch and development workings of dodge, chrysler, and daimler that we don't.
FOXHOUND
January 26, 2008 3:19:44 AM
i am sorry german-cars-lover, but i have to ask you since you made such a bold claim about the engine, but do you even know what HEMI means? and how it diffenentiates itself from other engines, and how it works? for that matter do you even know how an internal cumbustion engine works?
buozgs00
January 31, 2008 2:54:42 PM
1. I dont know what HEMI means - can you explain? 2. for Dodge the co-operation is formed of pickups and 15-17 people vans and well as a student in Daimler, I can say that
FOXHOUND
January 26, 2008 3:24:51 AM
i think other people will agree with me when i say german-cars-lover, don't let your mouth write a check your butt can't cash. next time you post a comment, please make sure you know what your talking about. i am sure that the new challenger does have some engineering and/or components from daimler, but not the engine, thats all american.
Joe_Limon
January 26, 2008 3:45:42 AM
The only link that I think German car lovers could be referring to is the German engineers that helped design the first gasoline engines. But even then they were just a small link in the chain. they weren't the first people to make an engine, and they didn't even make a car for it to go into.
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsgasa.htm
Cars came around due to many different nationalities. All that the Germans did in the first 100 years was improve on someone else's design.
Or if there is some other massive underlying link between the hemi and Germany... please enlighten us all
dbehmoaras
January 27, 2008 10:15:33 PM
there obviously is--are you familiar with benz's 6.2 v8, and also are you aware of dodge's srt8 (6.1 v8)--both of these engines are derived from then same base, and anyone can see that
ck314
January 26, 2008 4:00:48 AM
Just ignore him, all of his comms are drivel/nonsense... could be a troll, or worse lol
blaconque
January 26, 2008 11:03:55 AM
Would you stop that ... if i have money o would buy immediately!! its great even if they make it with help from the Korean:P
blaconque
January 26, 2008 11:05:17 AM
Would you stop that ... if i have money I would buy it immediately!! its great even if they make it with help from the Korean:P
german-cars-lover
January 26, 2008 11:47:34 PM
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW !! Easy guys .. Everybody can say what he thinking about .
german-cars-lover
January 27, 2008 1:59:09 AM
What about MDS techonology ?? Is it American ? (( Please be honest ))
sensei
January 28, 2008 12:11:12 AM
Nothing liek an American company to go retro-gas guzzler in a time when the Japanese are poised to take the world market away from GM and Americans are becoming more and more concerned with energy independence. Detroit - out of touch and out of time.
FOXHOUND
January 28, 2008 1:55:37 AM
NO dbehmoaras they are not derived from the same base just because of the similar displacement. the hemi is just a bored over version of the 5.7L, it has 2 large diameter valve, hemisphereical, 2 sparkplug heads. and the mercedes has four valve, one sparkplug, timing chain driven heads, this means that the engine block has an entirely different set up towards the front of the engine. the oil pan set up is completley different, and the cooling jackets, as well as the intakes, are also completely different. no dbehmoaras they are not the same engine as you may believe.
foxhound
January 28, 2008 7:59:00 AM
i am not sure where fuel displacement saving technology/engineering originated. in fact i'm sure it probably originated from europe and most likely germany, but i was not arguing about that, like i said in my previous comment, i am sure that the new challenger DOES have some engineering and/or components from daimler, but NOT the engine. my arguement was about the origin and development of engine itself, not fuel management.
Joe_Limon
January 28, 2008 8:48:46 AM
foxhound, do you have 2 accounts? one caps and the other not?
FOXHOUND
January 30, 2008 8:33:08 PM
i don't know why it does that. its the same account, it has done that since i created the account, when it feels like it its caps, and when it doesn't its not. weird.......
radmeister
January 30, 2008 8:52:26 PM
I think the only thing that might be from germany in this engine is materials technologies. And perhaps some german engineers that helped design it. And lets face it not all mercedes engines are 100% german they also contract out manufacturing of certain parts to asia and europe. So even if they shared some internal parts with Mercedes it doesnt necessarily mean they were german parts.
sensei
February 7, 2008 5:20:24 AM
"i am not sure where fuel displacement saving technology/engineering originated."
GM has an excellent history of developing technology and engineering but executives ignored developments and allowed Europe to take the lead.
Why is it taking so long for the page to be uploaded?