I'd just like to say how utterly disappointed I am to learn about this skip-shift B.S. I've never "missed" a shift in my 2005 Mustang GT. Maybe that's the reason Road & Track (Dec. 2008) has the Challenger R/T at 6.2 seconds in the 0-60 test. Comparitively, a 2008 Mustang Bullitt will do 0-60 in 5.1 and costs roughly $6K less than the R/T (price as tested = $39,055) and does NOT have a fully-gay, "child-proof" manual transmission!

We can sit here and debate exterior and interior stylings of both vehicles till we're blue in the face, which is nicer, etc. But at the end of the day you CLEARLY get a much better bang for yer buck with the Ford. Performance and value have kept the Mustang alive since 1964. Chrysler's complete failure to provide a similar product of equal value (price and performance-wise) is what will undoubtedly lead to Challenger's demise after the 2009 model year... All of the MOPAR blowhards whose blood is probably boiling right now can knock the me and/or The Blue Oval all they want. But at the end of the day you know full well that you're pickin up exactly what the Beener's layin down right here!

Mustang: April 1964 - Present

Challenger: 2008 - 2009