ORIGINAL: Riptide
These alleged 0-60 times for the SRT8 under 5 sec are probably nonsense. How about we see some real times taken with accurate equipment and not the built in clock? Almost every major publication with professional drivers and more sophisticated timing machines are getting over 5 seconds.
As for the top speed the Charger might go a little faster. But not many of us are thinking about evading the law. lol
No, Riptide. It's a fact, a Mustang GT under 5 secs are the ones that are nonsense and here's the evidence. Read it and weep.
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...r_srt8_feature
Want to ignore logic, here's another one:
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...c_srt8_feature
and another, here's a sample proving what I said about the top speed:
SRT8's ungoverned top speed of 173 mph also would have placed it on top and is especially startling when you consider the block-like drag coefficient of 0.36 and the garage-door-sized frontal area of 25.8 square feet. Better yet, the SRT8 outpaces the ungoverned CTS-V by 12 mph and all AMG products (which are governed at 155 mph) by 18 mph.
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...srt8_road_test
another
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...300c_srt8.html
and another
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=1918
and another
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=2
and just to make things interesting this is what it can do with shorter gearing and AWD in a heavier box vehicle which still counts as it is an SRT-8
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/..._cherokee_srt8
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/..._cherokee_srt8
These articles prove my point. The only SRT-8 that I have found that has trouble getting below the 5 sec mark the the Magnum which is the boxiest of the LX cars. The Charger and 300 SRTs are pretty consistently under 5 seconds, and the Challenger is stated as being more aerodynamic.
kevin, I was referring to the Charger SRT-8 not the Challenger which I believe Chrysler still likes to say low 5 secs even though the magazines results say its faster than that. But I appreciate your input nevertheless. I'm happy to help whoever I see is correct in their arguments.