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Chrysler reveals concepts, Crossfire SRT-6.(News)(Brief Article)

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Byline: -BOB GRITZINGER

Move over SRT-4 and Ram SRT-10.

Those hot Dodge models from Chrysler's Performance Vehicle Operations shop are about to be joined in the showroom by PVO's first stab at a souped-up Chrysler: the 2005 Crossfire SRT-6.

Due in September 2004, the Crossfire SRT-6 follows the May 2004 introduction of the sharply styled Crossfire Roadster convertible. SRT-6 is powered by a supercharged version of the car's current 3.2-liter V6 engine borrowed from the Mercedes-Benz SLK320. Output jumps from the 215 hp provided by the naturally aspirated 3.2-liter engine to at least 330 hp. The supercharged engine makes 349 hp in the SLK32 AMG.

Chrysler's chief operating officer Wolfgang Bernhard promised 0-to-60-mph times at about five seconds for the supercharged ...

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