There's more to it than just the initial price and the gas. Insurance goes up with a V8 as well. I can't afford to have 2 cars, a beater and a challenger. I don't know why I'd want 2 cars. Or why if I had a challenger I'd only want to drive it on weekends. It doesn't make any sense to me.

The R/T is only the middle line in comparision to the other challengers. There is an $8000 difference between a V6 and an R/T. Plus the difference in gas, and the difference in insurance. I'm not comparing this car to the other challengers or other muscle cars, I'm comparing it to other cars in my price range (which is actually under 20k and I'm already pushing it to afford the challenger in any model). Nothing comes even close to the challenger in the looks department to me. It's hands down the best looking car I've ever seen, so could I possibly be happy driving a boring 4 door with a V6 when I could have the challenger with one? I guess I just see it as, if the biggest engine I can afford is a V6, would I rather have it in an avenger or a challenger?