ORIGINAL: joeyr
We expect the R/T to come with a 340- or 350-hp 5.7-liter version of the company's Hemi V8 and a five-speed automatic transmission, just as R/T versions of Chargers and Magnums do. The V6 version will likely carry the 250-hp 3.5-liter six-cylinder and, if Dodge follows its own naming convention, will be dubbed the SXT.
One would hope that both will come to market without the "carbon fiber" stickers applied to the hood of the Challenger SRT8.
— Daniel Pund, Senior Editor, Detroit
Not sure who Daniel Pund is or who he writes for, but the "word" is that
the R/T will have a comparably refreshed 5.7L HEMI as will be in the 2009 RAM P/U, which with VVT is now rated at 380 HP and 404 lb-ft of torque, not the previous version putting out 340/350 HP and 390 tqe.
Not sure why Danny doesn't like the carbon fiber stripes on the '08 SRT8.
Maybe Mama regularly beat him with a fly-swatter (with a similar weave/pattern embossed into it) when he was a young child trying to grow up? Who knows? Who cares?