Daniel60

A guy at work just bought one and he saids it has 350 horses. Who out there knows if we can keep up with it. After reading the Road & Track article on the GT, I would say yes. Also we eliminated the GTO with the 350 horsepower version. Anyway has anyone heard about Pontiac being dropped from G.M. Its a shame. Dog-gone imports I hate em.

Mister Roper

Pontiac what?????!!!!!!!

05Retro

I don't no about the Charger but I traded in a 2005 Dodge Magnum RT with a 340 horse Hemi in it for my 05 GT 5 speed and I do think the Mustang would wipe its a _ _. I was just at Lebanon Valley Dragway a couple of weeks ago and a Magnum just like the one I had even to the color ran a 15:18 in the quarter.

flyingt

Road and Track have 1/4 times in their July's month issue in the back. They do have the GT coming in at 13.9 which to me seems a little slow from other magazine publishers. I think the lowest I saw was 13.4. They have the Magnum RT at 14.6 folowed by the SRT4 at 14.5 Iwould say the Charger is right around the Magnum's time maybe .20 quicker.

don_w

Track conditions play a big role in ETs. Last night the best I could do was 13.92. But, there was a strong headwind. Several of the guys in the pits near me who had run at that track before, said their cars were off by 2 or 3 tenths last night. So, maybe with different conditions, I might have been around 13.6...

MongrelMan

yeah.. its either Pontiac or Buick.

But with the Solstice being released, Pontiac's sorry *** may very well be saved.

Buick on the other hand.... thats a goner... I say AXE it. Its supposed to be a luxury line, but I dont see jack all from it. The Allure looks like its coming along well but its too little too late

Daniel60

MongrelMan I'm not a G.M. man but what I see happening to American cars draws me concern and everytime I see somebody trying to impress me with an import I blow them away no matter how ridiculous.

MongrelMan

I think you lost me

GWFoos

They will be putting in a 425-hp engine in the Magnum as well as the Charger in the future. RT-8 or whatever. The wagon will be quite heavy, but the Charger should move along at a nice rate.

Professor Wizard

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I've owned all the American Car Companies cars over time - - even American Moters.

In general, they seem to have stayed a day late and dollar short since the late 70's with the imports.

It still just absolutely amazes me that Crystlar didn't make the Charger look like a charger.. and GM didn't make the GTO look like a GTO. They both seemed to just pick a car and stick name plates on them. How dumb was THAT!... if your going to bring a name plate back... make the car resemble it's namesake!

I suppose with the higher gas prices however us 05 and 06 mustang owners my just have the last of the Powerhouse cars for at least a decade. My bet is by 07' Ford will repeat history and start putting 4's in the base model and 6's in the GT's again.

I like all mustangs except for the converted Pinto ones and the early escort cousins. It was the gas shortages that spawned those versions.

I wanted to PLAY so bad on the way to work today.. but I got stuck behind a loaded dump truck with a cop behind me [:@][][&o]