RE: So Which is Quicker?
As far as "value" is concerned, only the person looking for something can determine the value - to them. "One man's garbage....." kinda philosophy. That will never change.
Neither will "driver ability", which is Kevin2323's argument. But as I said, that's a non-issue in this debate.
Approach this as the same person driving BOTH the R/T and the SRT8. If he sucks in one, he'll suck in both. Compare the two trim levels souly on thier merits, not influenced by the unknown and inconsistant factor - the driver.
Kris - not sure where you're getting 390HP on the R/T. The 09 facelift brought them to 370 (automatic) and 375 (manual) respectively. Still a VERY nice gain of 10% over the old '08 numbers (340 for the Charger R/T and 345 for the Charger Daytona). And yes, the SRT should be capable of similar increases with some simialr updates from the engineers.