Bman

I am super close to throwing the money down to buy an R/T Classic but i have a few questions that i feel the dealers are mis leading me on. If anyone could help me out i would greatly appreciate it.

1. When you get the 6-speed trans does that engine still have the MDS, i am told by the dealer that it does but i don't think that is accurate.

2. Does the classic have the Brembo breaks? I am confused on these two options.

BMaN

09ChallengerRT

As for the MDS....NO...the manual transmission does not have this option, its for auto's only. The manual trans with its higher gearing offsets the MPG advantage of having the MDS and it confuses the computer as far as I know.

And no the R/T doesnt have the Brembo's as far as I know, its only avail on the SRT-8 models.

tattooed_pariah

Correct on the MDS, I had read that they couldn't figure out how to accurately program it since the driver has manual control over gearing..

But I thought I remember reading somewhere that one of the things that the Classic $10,000 more than the R/T was that it did have the beefier brakes.

I really wanted a Classic myself, but it seems like it's a ton of cosmetic differences with VERY few other modifications to the regular R/T, but I think the brakes was one of those few differences.

caj

The Classic is no where near being $10k more that an standard R/T.

tattooed_pariah

IIRC, the R/t was approx. 32K MSRP, whereas the Classic was in the neighborhood of 38K.. my apologies, only a 6K difference, still more than I personally could justify for cosmetic changes.

But if it's in your budget, more power to ya! I'd love to see a few cruisin on the highways

Bman

Thanks for all the input fellas. You helped to clear up some questions, i appreciate it. The classic i have build on the dodge website about 15 times comes out to $37,805. A bit pricey, but it is just oozin with style, charm and good old fashioned Detroit cool.

MoparJoe

Can you really order a Classic R/T now? I thought that dealers could not take any new orders that the present time, since the factories are closed down. They won't even ship my J status 6 speed from the parking lot in Canada because of the chapter 11 status filing.

Axel

I have a feeling that some of the sneaky ones out there would still order it and let it sit for a while without telling you the truth.

MoparJoe

Nope I walk the whole lot every two days making sure it's not hidden anywhere. I also do not mind if they want to keep in the showroom for a couple of days to get some action for the dealer as long as they compensate me.

Axel

I was more talking about them ordering the car for you, or saying that they will order it, even if they can't. They'll wait until it opens up again and then put the order in. They could feed you some lines like there's a dealy right now, but they are working on it. That's only the bad ones of course.