Sometime last week I posted about the new 2009 Dodge Challenger. Edmund’s Inside Line just recently posted a first and full test of this Mopar Muscle Machine and it appears to have done the car justice.
From their test they are seeing numbers in the realm of 425 hp with 420 pound-feet of torque along with a hefty top speed of 170 mph which is natural, not limited. The Challenger accelerates from 0-60 mph in a surprising time of 5.1 seconds, especially for a car over 4,000 lbs. The base price seems to be listed a tad above $40,000 which is very modest from what I expected.
My favorite part is that they didn’t try to modernize it too much. They left a borderline massive curb weight and still are getting the performance so that this beast is doing it’s former version proud.
The full article can be found here at Edmund’s Inside Line.
