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Old May 6, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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Edmunds Challenger vid

I haven't seen this before..sorry if it's a repost
Looks pretty nice doinjg it's thing and they seem to be chucking it around pretty easily for a big car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4qF21yVIKk&feature=dir

Heres the article with it
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=125459

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Old May 6, 2008 | 09:51 PM
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looks pretty neat getting thrown through those turns on the road although it looked like it was bobbing during the slalom transitions. great stopping distance for such a heavy car too. Ford needs to step up in the braking department.
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Old May 7, 2008 | 04:20 AM
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Is that a push button start I see in the interior?

It looks as though those who derided this car as being doomed to be a poor handling oinker - including me - may have to eat our words.

At 5.1 seconds, according to Edmunds, it also looks like it will be fractionally faster than the Stang GT...despite the extra lard.
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Old May 7, 2008 | 02:23 PM
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That was fun to watch.

Can't wait to see em on the streets
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Old May 8, 2008 | 08:03 AM
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Hope somebody takes one of those to a road race series like the Koni Cup.
It would be great to watch a "track" version work against the Mustang,
and maybe the Camaro can join them the next year.
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Old May 8, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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That would be wonderful Chuck
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Old May 8, 2008 | 03:10 PM
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Based on the good results Chysler engineers were able to achieve with the previously exsiting SRT8 lineup, I knew the Challengers handling would be on par, and fairly commendable.

The 13.2 Edmunds was able to get out of the 1/4 is pretty respectable also, and clearly the Challenger is clearly several tenths quicker than our GT's in the 1/4 mile.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by exgto
Based on the good results Chysler engineers were able to achieve with the previously exsiting SRT8 lineup, I knew the Challengers handling would be on par, and fairly commendable.

The 13.2 Edmunds was able to get out of the 1/4 is pretty respectable also, and clearly the Challenger is clearly several tenths quicker than our GT's in the 1/4 mile.

And about equal to the '03/'04 Mach 1's
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Old May 11, 2008 | 09:09 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yqT1rD1RUk&feature=user

For comparison
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