R & T compares SRT to GT350
Road & Track has done it again! It has compared the 2011 SRT 392 to the Shelby GT350. Naturally, the Challenger was rated #2. This is like comparing apples to oranges.
The GT350 is a limited production pony car costing $82,658 and weighing 400 lbs. less than the $44,380 Challenger.
Some comments about the Challenger:
"...still the largest of the three and can't overcome its mass when pushed hard."
"Challenger excels, not with outright performance, but sufficient output teamed with grin-inducing dynamics making for excellent smoke-belching slides, burnouts, and donuts."
"It's a refined muscle car that can cruise to Vegas at 23 mpg with a quiet cabin that let's just a little rumble tickle its passengers."
Here are the performance times:
Challenger GT350
0-60 4.6 sec. 4.2 sec
1/4 mi. 13.0 @109.8 12.4@116.7
Gs .90 .99
I would recommend that everyone pick up this issue of Road & Track. It also has articles about the Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca, the Camaro ZL-1, and spy photos of the Camaro convertible and2012 Charger SRT 8.