ORIGINAL: Paladin06
Someone help me understand this will you?
2008 Dodge Magnum
Dodge gives the Magnum wagon a mild makeover for the 2008 model year, and adds a high performance SRT8 model. The Magnum SRT8 gets a restyled hood with functional air scoop, along with a new fascia and grille. Under that hood is a 6.1-liter Hemi V-8 rated at 425 hp. Dodge says the Magnum SRT8 will run from 0 to 60 mph in a bit more than 5 seconds. The restyled Magnums go on sale this fall.
So, is this for those hot rod Fry's, Walmart, Cosco - Christmas and weekly grocery shoppers.[&:]
Actually the SRT-8 model has been there for a while, the only difference is they are changing the appearance a little and a few options.
I think the reason why the Magnum isn't selling is that even though the Magnum is both powerful and stylish, station wagons still a bad image in people's mind just as minivans are considered to be uncool. Oddly though, SUVs which are basically station wagons on a truck platform (or at least they used to be). It's odd that "car-based" SUVs are considered to be cool when in fact the only difference between many of them and minivans is that they don't offer sliding doors.