ORIGINAL: kevin2323
oh stop crying..... the thing does 0-60 in under 5 .......... it will easily smoke the gt.... and then you will say but kevin the srt-8 is suppose to compete with the shelby gt500.... your absolutely right. however the shelby cost 20k more than the challenger. Let me throw 20k in mods on my challenger and u wont even see the paint job on a shelby once i blow by it.
How do you figure a GT500 costs $20K more? I paid MSRP of $45K and Ford gave me 0% financing which is nearly $7K savings over the life of a 60 month/6% loan with 5K down. How much are 2008 Challengers going to cost, real-world? Maybe 10% get bought below $45K. GT500 is 200 lbs lighter and has 75 more HP. Ford Racing's intake/tune at $800 gives another 40 HP with a factory warranty. Spend $2500 with an aftermarket vendor's pulley, intake, exhaust, and tune and you'll get an easy 100+ HP. Don't get me wrong, I love the Challenger and aspire to own one some day but unless it's grossly underrated, the Challenger is perfectly slotted between the 300 HP GT and the 500 HP GT500. I think that's a good place to be. I'll be buying one for the looks, the nostalgia, and performance, but I expect the GT500 to be a much better overall performer. I understand the grumblings of the racers on here, but even stock, the car is going to be faster than 95% of the cars on the road. There's always going to be someone faster.