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| Challenger: Faster than a Speeding Bullitt? |
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http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/C
omparos/articleId=125968
The rebirth of the American muscle car is
about a lot more than retro. It's about
pride. It's about recalling a time when
Americans looked down the road to the future
with confidence, and they wanted a great big
V8 engine to get them there as soon as
possible.
It's no wonder the 2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt
has our respect. It's the best version yet of
the 2005 Ford Mustang, the car that set
Detroit on fire again with enthusiasm for
good old American muscle. Maybe the
fuel-guzzling muscle car won't save Detroit
from the challenge to build cars that people
need, but it's surely restored the domestic
car industry's confidence in its ability to
do so. And it's shown that Americans can
build cars that are utterly unlike anything
you'll find in Stuttgart, Shanghai, Tokyo,
Kuala Lumpur or any of those other places
that economists think they're so clever to
know about.
Now that the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 is
here, Chrysler is cracking the seal on its
own Mopar-branded can of muscle-car whoop-ass
to show that it understands what's at stake
in the muscle-car sweepstakes. The Bullitt
and the Challenger are the two coolest cars
in America, and it's only natural to bring
them together.
Tags : Challenger: Faster than Speeding Bullitt? Dodge Ford Mustang Edmunds Edmunds' Inside Line car auto motors |
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Durée : 259 s |
| Challenger New vs. Old: Vanishing Point Revisited |
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http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features
/articleId=126092
"Our sole Challenger has just broken the ring
of evil the deep blue meanies have so
righteously wrought — get through 'em baby,
get through 'em." — Super Soul, Vanishing
Point 1971
It happens deep in the Nevada desert, just
past Austin. On a long, straight section of
road with nothing to lose, our friends in the
white 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T finally put
the hammer down. At once, the rawness and
purity of Kowalski's ride pulverizes the
well-insulated interior of our 2008 Dodge
Challenger SRT8, shredding the peace inside
the modern car's cockpit with the same brute
force Kowalski used to pierce a hole in the
cool desert air 38 years ago. Even with my
right foot buried, I see nothing but
taillights until they disappear into the
desert.
In these few brief seconds, the 2008 Dodge
Challenger SRT8 is clearly defined by its
soft edges and quiet exhaust. Manufacturers
don't let us feel cars raw and unfiltered
anymore. Hammering down a desert road with a
thin-rimmed steering wheel and pistol-grip
shifter — that's raw. Four hundred and
forty cubic inches and a four-speed —
that's raw. Powerslides unhampered by
electronic intervention — that's raw.
In 1970, when Kowalski drove this very road
— U.S. Highway 50 through Nevada — he
felt it. And it was raw.
Tags : Dodge Challenger SRT8 SRT-8 New vs. Old Vanishing Point Edmunds Edmunds' Inside Line car auto motor |
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Durée : 183 s |
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