You know something this cry baby should spend his or her time criticizing cars that are meant to get better fuel mileage and don't as opposed to models that have come a long way. To the writer of this article, GET A LIFE. The Challenger is not about the interior, it is not supposed to feel nimble, it is not supposed to be the color of snot that you identify your agenda with. It is supposed to be loud, the engine is supposed to shake the car, it is supposed to be fun for people who are in touch with the heritage of automobiles whom for your information come from a diverse background and a variety of education fields, and because they do not enjoy toilets that spray water on their rear-ends like you do must be in your view backwards, inferior, and evil. Thank you for your contribution to propaganda that is all too common from such great enlightened individuals like you who have no understanding of the value of history, the significance that this car features in unlike models that you probably enjoy Yugos, Geos, and Priuses, yield a much higher fuel efficiency gain than its predecessors had.
If you want to critic models here are a few to critic: the Honda Fit, Toyota Corolla, Chevrolet Aveo, Honda S2000, Mazda RX-8. The Fit gets worse fuel economy than the Civic despite having a 300cc smaller engine. For those of you with your enlightened education, this should yield better fuel economy, but because the EVIL company that wants to DESTROY the Earth for a PROFIT made this because the styling is more useful and enjoyable for SELFISH people who simply don't care enough to buy the more efficient EARTHSAVING Civic. The new Corolla to its gets 2 mpg lower fuel economy than the previous model even after the new EPA rating adjustments are made. The Challenger gained 1mpg more on the V6 version and 2mpg on the 5.7L version over the older 5.7L versions featured in the Charger & 300. The Chevrolet (Daewoo) Aveo gets only 34mpg instead of the 37mpg found with GM's homebuilt Cobalt when the engine size difference is a 1.6L in the Aveo and a 2.2L in the Cobalt. To add insult to injury the Metro that it could be considered a replacement for achieved 38mpg with the larger engine option. If this is to be considered a TRUE fuel efficient effort it should be able to at least match that. The Honda S2000 gets the SAME fuel economy on the highway as the GAS GUZZLING V8 in the Challenger R/T and the S2000 is only a 2.2L I4. To make matters worse the EARTH Killing Challenger R/T automatic gets a better air pollution score than the tiny S2000. GASP! The Mazda RX-8 has a much smaller 1.3L rotary engine but it only gets between 22-23mpg while being slower than any V8 variant.
The issue is the S2000 is the one that deserves way more criticism because everything in its formula implies that the model should get outstanding gas mileage all except that the S2000 has super short gearing. The new Challenger does an excellent job of fuel efficiency maximization despite having most of the elements that points towards getting lower fuel economy and this is why the Challenger will succeed. People like this person are clueless as they seem to forget that when people went away from muscle cars, they did NOT go to Yugos and Geos, but to trucks and SUVs which get even worse fuel economy and even those have improved a lot. The Challenger is not all that much worse in fuel economy than many of the other mainstream cars. The mid-sized cars only get 1-3 better mpg than the Challenger in their V6 variants and the Challenger is without a question, worth that small sacrifice even at $4 a gallon gas (or if you got the incentive $2.99 incentive, you come out better in that regards anyhow). The Challenger replaced the Magnum in the line-up; therefore, they already had this kind of entry in the segment, beyond just the Charger and 300.
Also the Viper's sales have little to nothing to do with the fuel mileage. It is the price tag and the lack of an automatic option. If it was the fuel mileage, why would people buy the Grand Cherokee SRT-8 that gets 14mpg on the highway when the Viper gets 22mpg? If you had any sense of business and marketing beyond what you regurgitate and repeat like a parrot from a bunch of out of touch paid off fools, you would be able to understand this, but as it appears that your I.Q. is probably below the exterior temperature (if even that), you probably be better to eat your granola, connect a catalytic converter to your rear when you have to pass gas, and make your plans of to burn cars as a way to "save environment."
