Decisions, decisions..........I love em both! [8D]
However, since this will be a daily driver for me, the gas consumption will be of importance......especially in Canada where we pay substantially more for gasoline.
Here are the fuel economy EPA figures downloaded from the Canadian dodge website:
http://www.dodge.com/charger/power.html
The famed 5.7-liter HEMI V8 engine with Multiple Displacement System (MDS) on Charger R/T and Daytona R/T delivers the goods, featuring a deep-skirt cast-iron block with cross-bolted main bearing caps and aluminum alloy heads with legendary hemispherical combustion chambers.
Power:
350 horsepower at 5,000 rpm (340 on R/T)
Torque:
390 lb-ft at 4,000 rpm
Fuel economy:
17 mpg city/
25 mpg highway†
Behold our most powerful engine ever: the big-bore SRT-engineered 6.1-liter SRT HEMI V8. A mix of modern technology and good old-fashioned hot rod engineering enables this beast to churn out a fearsome 425 horsepower and 420 lb-ft of torque. That's more power per liter than the legendary 426 Street HEMI that reigned supreme in the 1960s and 1970s.
Power:
425 horsepower at 6,200 rpm
Torque:
420 lb-ft at 4,800 rpm
Fuel economy:
14 mpg city/
20 mpg highway‡
As you can see, the city mileage is 3 mpg less and the highway mileage is 5 mpg less.
It's gonna be R/T all the way. [:@]