jericho73

Any idea what the new ones run? Guy at work keeps talking trash saying why did i buy a girlie shopper car instead of real american muscle like him, dumbass...i lookes up the specs and its 250/250 but weighs a load, like 3,800 lbs, but i can't find any 0-60 times or 1/4, anyone know? I'm guessing high 15, low 16 sec 1/4 and i'll take him...

Oh he also said it's a fact the new Mustang v6 runs high 16's...lol

Furinox

Ask him why he didnt buy american muscle as well, because his 4 door sedan is anything but a muscle car.

jericho73

No kidding...but you know how imports have ricers, guys who talk crap and know nothing, well this guy is a domestic ricer.. He went from a Hyundai Elantra to the Charger so he thinks it's the fastest think EVA lol.

rygenstormlocke

I can't find a ET for a V6 charger anywhere. But I did for a V8 RT, which is interesting:

· Manufacturer: Dodge
· Model tested: Dodge Charger R/T
· Model year: 2006
· Price as Tested: $29,995
· Engine type: 5.7-liter Hemi V8, cast iron block, 16-vavles
· Horsepower: 340 hp @ 5000 rpm
· Torque: 390 ft. lbs. @ 4000 rpm
· Redline: 5800 rpm
· Wheels and Tires: Continental P225/60R118H 99H All Season Touring
· Drive type: RWD
· 0 - 60: 6.0 secs.
· 1/4 mile: 13.9 secs.
· Top speed: 130 mph (limited)
· Fuel economy city/highway: 17/25
· NHTSA crash test rating front/side/rollover: 5/5/4

Man those cars are heavvvyyyyyyy!!!!

WindVeil05DropTop

Your car will own his overweight POS. What is he talking about real muscle car? Last time I checked muscle cars didn't have 4 doors or only 6 cylinders...

jericho73

Thery are, very...Dodge really weighed those cars down.

hamidlmt

From auto consumer guide regarding the 2006 V6 Charger (maybe not the most accurate, but it'll give ya a ballpark)

[The 3.5 V6 is OK in town, but has only adequate passing punch. Dodge claims 9.3 sec 0-60 mph.]

You'll beat him by nearly a second and a half.... that's family car slow... my wife's Pontiac Vibe with a K&N intake would keep up.

JStang78

They run slower than a 100% stock V6 Mustang; I know that much from experience. From a 0-75 run from a stop light, I was almost a car length ahead of him when I let off the throttle at 75.

And I think everyone else has adequately addressed the obvious paradox of some four-door, grocery-grabber-driving guy questioning the muscle car characteristics of a Mustang. He's basically driving a rebodied INTREPID, renamed the Charger, so the "muscle car" heritage of his ride is even more questionable than a V6 powered Mustang.

And anyway, what IS a "muscle car" by his definition? The new Chevy Impala comes with a V8, AND has the name to establish the historical link, but I don't consider THAT (or the '95-'96 version for that matter) to be a muscle car either. It's a souped up FAMILY CAR, just like the Mercury Merauder (however that's spelled).

Furinox

wasn't the delorian a 9sec 0-60 car?

Traken

Haha. Looked better, too.