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BIG SHOULDERS, BIG MUSCLE; Chicago show debut for production Challenger.(News)
Byline: MAC MORRISON
Here's an early peek at what we expect will be all the rage at the upcoming Chicago auto show: the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8.
Dodge plans to reveal the reborn muscle car Feb. 6, so expect to be inundated with photos and information detailing the production car in the coming days and weeks. The Challenger is the fourth version of the LX platform that birthed the Chrysler 300C, the Dodge Magnum and Charger and their corresponding bad-boy models created by Chrysler's skunkworks in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
As reported, power comes from the same 6.1-liter Hemi V8 found across the SRT range. That means 425 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque shuttled through a six-speed automatic transmission. The Challenger should run from 0 to 60 mph in the low five-second range and likely somewhere in the 13-second bracket during quarter-mile burns.
A wheelbase four inches shorter than that of its brethren (116 inches versus 120, seen originally when comparing the Challenger concept with LX production cars) ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, BIG SHOULDERS, BIG MUSCLE; Chicago show debut for production...