Man, the Challenger just does nothing for me. Maybe it's just me.

 

The Challenger looks great and goes great, but it's just too big and expensive for me... The Mustang is about as big a car a I want, and a better value.

 

Alright...

Mustang, FTW

 

Give me an extra $10,000 to spend on my Mustang and I will blow the Challenger into the weeds LOL. Love the look though!

 

i was at the dealer yesterday...i was ready to pick one up and somehow i couldnt do it....i looked back at my stang and i just couldnt get rid of it....couldnt justify a new car payment in my head when the stang still looks and feels showroom new....and then the guy said "so its time to upgrade to a better car now?" i just glared at him and got up to walk out.....i love my stang

 

wow eleanor looks sooooo **** sexy in that last pics....... **** what i would do to that car

 

I've got another Stang (GT500) vs. Challenger comparison.




The Challanger looks really massive in comparison to the GT500. Still, I would not trade.

 

I've still haven't seen one in person I'll just have to walk into a dealer so I can finally see it. And with the ridiculous markup of the car here ($72k!!!wtf) I doubt that I'll see many around here. It's only hype.
The two cars look awesome.

 

This is a proud price...

 

Now that the Challenger R/Ts are available, let it be noted that all of the automatics (3.06 gears or something equally as lame) get an open rear diff (lame!). The only way to get a limited slip diff in the Challenger is to opt for the manual trans (gets std 3.73 gears) AND you need to get the factory optioned 20 inch wheels (this wheel package with the manual trans ups the rear gears to 3.9 or so)!

All Challengers come with traction control and though the driver can turn it off, it is never fully off in an automatic (probably to try to overcome that darned open rear diff!). With the manual trans, the driver can, suposedly, turn the traction control completely off. But that needs to be verified.

Another item of note are the size of the wheels. Mustang GTs come std with 17x8's and optional 18x 8.5s. The Challenger R/Ts come std with 18 x 7.5 and the optional 20's only grow in width to 8 inches and the 20's will be much harder to get moving due to more rotating mass. With 70 to 75 more base HP than the Mustang GT and with skinnier tires, I'd say traction will be a problem for the Challenger R/Ts. But, then again, the Challengers are also a bunch heavier. In all, I think we'll find it to be a close race between a stock S197 (is there such a thing as a stock S197 anymore?) and a new Challenger but I think the Mustang may still cross the finish line first.

 

If I got a Challenger, I would be tempted to go all retro and investigate getting smaller rims and meatier tires. I hate the "huge rim/sliver of tire" look.