Challenger at auto show
3/4/12, 12:25 AM
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If it was between a 2012 mustang GT or a 2012 challenger R/T i would take the mustang...
If it was between a 2013 mustang GT or a 2012 challenger R/T i would take the challenger...
If it was between a 2013 mustang GT or a 2012 challenger R/T i would take the challenger...
3/4/12, 10:10 AM
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No question, the Challenger is a great looking car. And I wish Mustangs came in the colours you can get, but as others have said; too big, too expensive and built like a Dodge. Shame really, 'cause I'd love one.
3/5/12, 02:54 PM
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While I usually rail away against big, heavy cars relying on bigger, heavier motors to overcome their inertia, I have some inexplicable soft spot for that Challenger.
It is certainly the best looking of the neo pony cars with a clean, well proportioned shape that belies its size remarkably well. I always get the eerie feeling that I'm the one who is shrinking when I walk up to one rather than it being such a big car.
The interior is nice if unremarkable in any real way, except for the sport seats (R/T, SRT8), which are remarkably comfortable thrones. At least its bigness gives it a habitable back seat for anyone above the 15th height percentile.
I sort of think of the Challenger as the gentleman's pony car. If a bit less taut and intense as its two rivals and a bit more refined and mature in its presentation, it nonetheless is a very fast and capable conveyance perhaps most suited for folks of a certain age that still enjoy going fast but without the pain and peacockery of the other ponies.
Now if Dodge would come out with a new one that's a bit smaller and about 400lbs lighter, yet retain a similar clean styling...
It is certainly the best looking of the neo pony cars with a clean, well proportioned shape that belies its size remarkably well. I always get the eerie feeling that I'm the one who is shrinking when I walk up to one rather than it being such a big car.
The interior is nice if unremarkable in any real way, except for the sport seats (R/T, SRT8), which are remarkably comfortable thrones. At least its bigness gives it a habitable back seat for anyone above the 15th height percentile.
I sort of think of the Challenger as the gentleman's pony car. If a bit less taut and intense as its two rivals and a bit more refined and mature in its presentation, it nonetheless is a very fast and capable conveyance perhaps most suited for folks of a certain age that still enjoy going fast but without the pain and peacockery of the other ponies.
Now if Dodge would come out with a new one that's a bit smaller and about 400lbs lighter, yet retain a similar clean styling...
3/5/12, 08:20 PM
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Ditto, plus priced like an upscale import sedan. I think a used R/T with 4.XX:1 rear gears and an auto with dot slicks would be a good cruiser. I can't see paying for a car unless I can drive it for 5 years and get some equity on trade.
I had the choice April of 2011 to get a Challenger or something else. I ended up with a WRX sedan (new zero-mileage 2011) because I couldn't find a clean (used) R/T challenger for around the same money.
3/6/12, 03:05 PM
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I love the way it looks on the outside. Take a look inside and it's such a let down to me. The interior of the Mustang was one of the selling points. And the Challenger is SO **** big. I come from imports and I like the size of the Mustang... it's perfect.
3/6/12, 03:55 PM
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Ditto, plus priced like an upscale import sedan.
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