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  • I don't care what people say but zero to sixty in 5.3 seconds and braking @ 113 feet, that's impressive stats for such as massive "four-door" muscle car! I would love to have one but I'm sceptic on gas price which would ruin the fun of owning one for I would be scared of putting the petal to the metal and have to go to the gas station more frequently. Gas goes down and the economy goes up I will be putting this on my drivers wish list for sure!;)

  • would buy this car...EXCEPT IT LOOKS LIKE A POLICE CAR

  • Love my Charger, will never drive anything else !

  • Fuckin Awesome! Dodge Rules!

  • why sedan? =(

  • I wish they called it something else so there aren't anymore gripes about not being a true Charger. If it was called something else, ppl would rave about what a great alternative to cookie-cutter suburbia sedans like Accords and Camrys. Expectations are funny things.

  • @TheTeevo8 How have you liked the car so far altogether? I have a cookie-cutter Impala and am a little tired of it. I have been looking at the new Charger, I know it is not like the old one, but it has a good look all the same.

  • @ewhusky99 It's great. Interior is where Dodge made the biggest improvement. It makes me wanna drive it and take the scenic route home. I've had it for about 3 months now and still love it. I have the V6 and I average 22 mpg city/hwy overall. I can tell you all day or you can go check it out in person. Make sure you check out a one with 8.4-inch touch screen.

  • I got a brand new 2011 Charger V6 Rallye Plus (leather, sunroof, backup camera, heated 2nd rear seats, etc.) for $25k about three months ago. I looked at this as a great alternative to boring Accords, Camrys, Impalas, Malibus, and the like. For the price, I got SO many options, nice ride, good power, and does turn heads.

    If you look at Chargers with an expectation of true homage to the original Charger and fit it into a muscle car category, then the new Charger won't do.

  • @TheTeevo8

    I'm with you there. For those who are comparison shopping, it is a full size car; the other except the Impala is a mid-size. Its competition to me for the V6 would be Buick LaCrosse, Nissan Maxima, Ford Taurus, Toyota Avalon, and Hyundai Genesis. V-8 versions would compare to Hyundai Genesis V-8, Taurus SHO, and perhaps a turbo I-6 or V-8 BMW 5 Series (for hp comparisons).

  • I couldn't drive this car for more than 4 hours because I'd have an erection the entire time.

  • didnt i read somewhere that the 8 speed auto is only for the V6?

  • I am a young mom and don't need the speed or power so this car is good for me. & to a previous comment, ford is always found on road dead. My moms BRAND NEW with 0 miles Fords engine blew up while going 35 mph on the way to the mall

  • if i were 12 years old i would probably find this useful. as a middle age guy with the money to buy one, it was worthless to me.

  • I'd be interested to see MotorTrend re-review the V6 with the new 8-speed

  • I was really surprised how good this thing was when I drove it. Excellent ride, comfortable seats, massive interior and even though it was only the V6 it still pulled surprisingly well. Not fast but not slow either.

  • round a corner and into a tree

  • Before I get started let me get this out the way if dodge gives this car coupe options it will be spoken about with the same lofty attitudes as a bmw m3 etc. etc.

    Dodge make a coupe so the charger can play with the challenger, the mustang, and the camaro!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ikkoe Dodge already makes a coupe, its called the Challenger

  • @AlgonquinCelebrity96

    I'm well aware of that...but the charger would be that much better if it had coupe options or just was a coupe...I want a muscle car not a sedan...but that's besides the point I'm a Mustang Man so its not that big of a deal

  • @ikkoe I agree with you, it would be cool if Chrysler did do that, like GM with the Cadillac CTS, Mercedes with the E Class etc, but for Chrysler, financially and market wise, it is smarter to have a Coupe and a Sedan, not a Coupe and a Sedan that can also be a coupe if you possibly would like it to be. Not only that but the main market for Dodge cars are families, which makes just having the Charger sedan a smarter option.

  • @AlgonquinCelebrity96

    But image how sales would be if there was the coupe version and the sedan so the people that want a family sports car but cant afford something like BMW and the muscle car fanatics plus it'll be faster then the challenger

  • @ikkoe Well its always a possibility, but there is no incentive for Chrysler to do it unfortunately, and making it faster than the challenger would be a bad move because why would you buy the muscle car if the coupe version of the family sedan was faster, and probably cheaper?

  • @AlgonquinCelebrity96

    Because its cheaper thats why people would buy it, minus the two doors in general or... When Mopar, Super Bee, and Hemi SRT8 trims are out they should specifically have coupe options. They have the Avenger, the 300c,and the 200c so a Charger coupe would be a great addition. Plus the fact that I'm pretty sure the Charger and Challenger are about equal in speed the only reason the charger would be faster is because it'll be lighter minus the two doors.

  • 4 doors :(

  • auto gear box. LAMEEE

  • you can you compere this american spit out with bmw e36?

  • 99% Muscle Vs 1% Euro-carp. Occupy All Street with Flames from my Burnout.

  • I just drove a 2012 Charger, Wonderful Car;

  • burnout. . i love it.

  • I actually just bought my 2011 this past weekend. This is my 3rd recent Dodge. Previously I owned a 2.7 Magnum and then a 3.5 Challenger. I was finally able to upgrade to a Charger RT for my 40th birthday. I must say that the styling hasn't completely won me over yet. The interior IS leaps and bounds past previous generations though. The extra 120bhp of the Hemi engine makes me completely forget any current or past shift problems for now.

  • Need help deciding , this or the ford edge. :(

  • @MegaSantos1991 Ford Edge. Dodges will leave you on the side of the road. Not trying to be biased, but they are NOT reliable.

  • I search up Charger and I find a four door piece of plastic shit...

  • @vanquish: mustang is not so luxury sport car... charger si sport sedan and have better engine than mustang.

  • @kzokyn better engine???? HELL NAW. LOL do your research on that one. However, I wouldn't take anything from Doges advancements. I want them to succeed but get your facts straight.

  • my 4.6L. mustang goes 0-60 in 5.1 (stock) and this 5.7 hemi does it in 5.3? not to impressive...

  • @vanquish1414 You're comparing two completely different cars. Your Mustang is probably 1000 lbs lighter than this car. It is a big full sized family sedan compared to your pony car, and it is only .2 of a second slower. I would not be bragging about your cars performance in comparison. In fact I would be a little ashamed that it didn't beat it by more.

  • @royme55 You are right royme he comparing two different cars and bragging around about performance. If he wants to drive with real muscle come to me and test your mustang with my "The hammer" 744hp with real american muscle.

  • 3 words for you dodge, MANUAL FUCKING TRANSMISSION

  • Dont get me wrong, The dodge charger is a nice lookin' car....but when you look at the models in the 70's, they look completely different. Ofcourse, models change a little. But the new charger has no resemblence what so ever! The Dodge Challenger today still looks the same as in the 70's, few changes, ofcourse. But to me...The new dodge charger doesnt even look like a "muscle car"

  • Yeah, makes sense to me bro. Obviously a car with New Police Concepts in mind is gonna be Automatic.

    I've never seen a police dude driving manual, C'mon get real, This Ain't Fast Five

  • Daaa if its missing agood trans put one

  • should have been a two door..........

  • @DWhyte101 if it were a two door it would be the exact same thing as the challenger

  • Wish it had paddle shifters

  • No manual = no car

  • @AnonymoussourceL0L lol you fail manual is SO old school.

  • @AnonymoussourceL0L no doubt about it

  • it definately looks a lot better then the previous srt8 model

  • Thumps up for Dodge Charger R/T 1974 

  • ITS A HAMMY

  • Oh fuck.. Why we can't buy that cars in spain? I love american cars. Charger in spain now!!

  • i like the 08- 09s better,look bigger n meaner.

  • I needs to be two door.

  • @lolpranksta Why would you want a two door? this car could be considered a family car as well because of the 4 doors

  • @metaltera86 It's a muscle car.... Having a four dour muscle car...Doesn't make sense. It makes it a sedan. If it was a two door, I'm sure its sales would go up.That's why Camaros, Mustangs, and Challengers are popular, because they resemble their ancestors.

  • i would have such a car if they weren't so expensive in europe -.-

  • @Noroxx1 - how much they go for in europe?

  • @The5admeets3vil in luxembourg you have to pay for a charger r/t about 44'000 euro, so almost 60'000 us dollar

  • @Noroxx1 - omg we really need to start exporting more, on literally every video i see is someone from Europe, Russia, or Australia who wants to get an American muscle car but the price is so high there. i feel bad cus we really do need to get American products out on the market again

  • @The5admeets3vil yes but the problem is also the gasoline. in europe it's more expensive an us cars have a high fuel consumption ^^

  • @Noroxx1 - sorry, gas prices suck here too :(

  • @The5admeets3vil how much are the prices ?

  • @Noroxx1 - for gas or chargers?

  • @The5admeets3vil gas ^^

  • @Noroxx1 - in New York where i live gas is usually about 4 dollars a gallon

  • @The5admeets3vil in europe we don't have gallon but in luxembourg it would be 5 euro a gallon so about 6,8 dollar a gallon and luxembourg is one of the countries were the gas isn't that expensive ^^

  • @Noroxx1 - gas prices rise and fall state by state here in the US and Canada. New York has some of the highest prices especially in urban areas. but a lot of the time it changes by gas station

  • @The5admeets3vil here in luxembourg prices are all the same ^^ but some day i buy such a car ^^

  • @Noroxx1 - don't worry im sure the prices of a dodge will go down one day over in luxembourg

  • @ Test1212Nachricht: Actually, in the new F&F movie, the black chargers pulling the safe are not 2011's, they're previous generation :( Easiest way is to look at the tail lights

  • Why is this reporter complaining about the transmission? I just took a testdrive in a 2011 Charger R/T with the 5.7 Hemi. The automatic transmission was shifting smooth & very fast. Kickdown response was super. So it has 'only' 5 gears...Big deal. The only reason an engine as flexible & strong as the 5.7 Hemi needs a different trans is because other brands have more gears.

  • @MrZdvy BECAUSE IT IS SLOW. I have a srt8 and yess its a greaat car i love it, but i really wish it had a better transmition.... if it did it would be crazy! it already is, but just imagine it with a better transmition...

  • @MrZdvy

    Also the 5 speed auto can handle the torque of the 5.7 L HEMI. The 2012 Charger with the 3.6L Pentastar V-6 has the 8-speed auto. The 8-speed auto may come for the HEMI in a year or two.

  • @MrZdvy I agree that's bull. I have a 2011 Durango with the Hemi and 5sp, and honestly it is an absolutely greats transmission. I guess he forgot that the 5sp is from Mercedes, and is always held in esteem by critics of Mercedes cars with the same trans.

  • Does the v6 and v8 get same gas mileage ( from full to empty)

  • @45barber1 not really with the new 8 speed auto. the V6 w/8 speed gets 19/31 and the V8 5speed gets 16/25

  • why the hell is the internet too slow today?!?!?!?!

  • i need to charge my wallet to get this CHARGERS.... ;-))

  • ANYONE KNOWS HOW MUCH DOES THIS CAR COST IN EUROS ?

    PLEASE AWSNER ! :)

  • @andrewGhini less than 50K euros.

  • Fast Five.

  • @andrewGhini I fell in love with the black matte version after watching that movie.

  • @Aches86 me 2 ahaha

  • @andrewGhini I want that car so much after watching Fast Five. And i'm gonna get it 1 day!

  • @andrewGhini all fast and furious movies suck

  • @camaroman101 Well the F&F movies won't appeal to everyone. They're guy movies. If you're not into cars or high octane action then you won't like them. The franchise however has done well at the box office. Although Tokyo Drift didn't do well as the others.

  • @jodl73 they're not guy movies, they're 13 year old teen boy movies.

  • @camaroman101 Well I am sure there are plenty of much older guys who love them. Myself being almost 38, my brother 30, and my dad 65 all enjoy them. But I can see if you saw the second and third ones you'd get that idea. But I guess you haven't seen the 4th and the 5th that came out this year.

  • Dodges transmissions are really SLOW! Even when using the auto stick it takes a VERY long time to shift!

  • my dads 2.0 l vw passat runs faster than v6 charger 

  • Can i get a 2011 V6 stang please? :)

  • Should I buy one of these or a camaro? Any recommendations?

  • @Huttdawg100 camaro

  • @Huttdawg100 Charger

  • I think the driver just quit smoking recently.

  • Much improved over the pathetic previous generation, but the performance specs still don't match my 2009 G8 GT.

  • @ZachMorris85 at least Dodge hasnt went out of business yet lol

  • v6 numbers

    they ruined a classic

  • all american continental beast

  • سياره رياضيه وجميله جدا .. بس في مدينة الرياض عندنا الوكيل سئ جدا ..

  • wow beautiful machine!

  • chrysler cheap american tin can

  • @chewchewg You silly gook.

  • i hate the new back lights

  • @TopperRollinCoal The transmissions are made in Kokomo, Indiana, the engine is made in Mexico and the car itself is assembled in Brampton,Ontario Canada, the only part of the car that is crap is the tranny and it was designed by mercedes. The 8's are on the way, built by ZF same company that builds Bently and Maserati transmissions.

  • A 15 year old girl holds hands with her 1 year old son. People call her a "slut", no one knows she was raped at age 14. People call another guy "fat", no one knows he has a serious disease causing him to be overweight. People call an old man "ugly", no one knows he experienced a serious injury to his face while fighting for our country in the war. Re-post this if you are against bullying and stereotyping. I bet 88% of you won't...I love Dodge!

  • I can't be all bad. The UK Top Gear magazine also said that it'd be perfect if it had a manual tranny.

  • SLOW

  • @BearTheAgent Yes and UGLY!!!

  • @AVeryBeautifulLoser

    I got e-mail from Dodge, and they said what you have said. The 8-speed auto, and I'm hearing they're adding paddle shifters as well, but it's only for the Pentastar V-6. I'm not sure when 8-speed auto will come to the HEMI engines. One report says in '13 and another says '14. And the fuel economy with the V-6 and 8-speed auto? 20 city/31 highway. And next year, all models will have all-wheel drive available.

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  • but can two of these pull a safe?

  • Italians did good with this one. They just forgot to take the job of making the tranny away from the americans too. That's all that happened.

  • @lightssmith They should make them somewhere different than they are now. The tranny's&most of the hemi parts for these have never been made in the states - they let the mexicans make em.

  • @TopperRollinCoal People always blame the country of assembly. Whether it be the fault of the UAW, lazy britons, or mexicans. I don't see how they could have something to do with things like the engine or tranny however, or much of the car for that matter. robots do 90% of it, including making the transmissions and ratios.

  • LOLOLOLOLOL thats the funniest thing i have ever heard "A chrysler which is equal to a bmw"

  • I will avoid the automatic all together

  • what's the name of the track?

    

  • Gotta LOVE American Muscle!!!!!!!!

  • This is the most beautiful car out ther imo and I will own here in a little less than 9 months. :)

  • 370 horses for the inaugural 2011 models for the 5.7 HEMI, clearly dodge has left quite some HP still on the plate to be massaged out of this beastly engine, since the previous one already was good for 360 i sense that later models for 2012/2013 will breach the 400 horse mark, from the factory that is.

  • its ugly out of shape with no meaning kind of car... thats all i can say..

  • at 4:00 im just thinking poor ozone layer

  • who else hates the tail lights and wish they just left it on the challenger

  • @fagerbag Reminds me of an Oldsmobile Aurora or a Dodge Intrepid. The front fascia is great, agggessive,etc but not the back.

  • @Belgoboy i agree

  • These reviewers are paid by dodge haha. Legend as M5? It's a joke, the only two things this car has is the engine and looks, that's all. Sadly.

  • @DashokerV about time for you to drop the 2000 mindset about american cars automatically being inferior to german cars, the new charger is at least as good as advertised here , granted ! it certainly has not to hide behind a bmw m5 (the outgoing model) or anything else for that matter, greetings from germany.

  • This car charger is just ugly the old one was way better

  • this car is madd but they probably could of pulled more horses out of the hemi engine

  • My civic keeps up w/ the v6, how sad.

  • @shagy2k5 You just admitted you have a Civic and it weighs what, 700lbs?

  • @RAC22963Actually it weights 2496, but that is not the point. It has to do with weight2power ratio.

  • @shagy2k5 your mom cant keep up with me, how sad

  • @puzzypirate WTF!!!! So you are saying that she should???

    Can someone tell me if he is trying too hard or maybe I am not understanding the comment.

  • @shagy2k5 well then maybe you should push yhe acceleration a little harder

  • lame looking car. its like they tried to make it look like the old charger and half way through the say fit and threw the new charger front end on lame

  • can this car be automatic or manual driving[stick]

  • this car is a fukin orgasm

  • That burnout at the end almost put me to sleep.

  • Unik Ładowarka... może dobrze, że Polacy nie robią samochodów. ;P

  • Oh and the people complaining its a coronet because it has 4 doors need to learn some history of the charger. The Coronet came first and was originally 2 doors as well. The literally took a coronet welded a fast back roof on and changed the grill boom you call it a Charger. The 68-70 gave us the iconic look and deviated it more from the Coronet, which was still 2 doors until 71 then it was almost literally a 4 door Charger.

  • To the guys saying a charger can't hang with a mustang or Camaro, I own a 2007 SRT8 it eats Mustangs and new Camaro's for breakfast. The new SRT8 looks to be even better the only problem is Dodge stopped shy of the 500HP mark that would compete with the Shelby's and the rumored Z-28.

    I agree that some times I wish the tranny was quicker, even in maunal mode its not the best and you need a programmer like the Diablo to overcome the computer tuning it down from your everyday driving.

  • i delete the spoiler on it. if thats not possible id swap it with a V-6's trunk lid and move the badges over.

  • i delete the spoiler on it.

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  • Remember the Intrepid?

  • a charger with 4 doors? wait what?

  • it has 4 doors?

  • Who would be the best to change out and upgrade the tranny?

  • uhhhh, I want one :[

  • I just test drove the road and track edition yesterday and walked away extremely surprised. I'm currently driving an STI. Fun but i'm growing out of it. I want something with beef but i don't want a super stiff ride anymore. This car was surprisingly fun and comfortable. It had no problem throwing me in the seat from any speed. Obviously it wasn't quite as nimble as my STI, but it hugged the turns without any problem.

  • Keep it up my friend and watch those rear tyres bust!!!

  • soooo much UNDERSTEEERRRRRR

  • @thyaaawad its not the car kid, its the driver. if youre a pussy in a corner and dont gas it you will get understeer. if you push that gas down hard in a corner you can get as much oversteer as you want. its rwd if you didnt know

  • @Bongwater123 hey puss if a car has a heavy engine in the front...like the dodge charger and hard tires it will understeer everytime, so if u know anything about race cars, or any experiance in racing cars, you will know that not just because a car has rwd it will oversteer, and ive driven one of these the only way it will oversteer is if you shift weight and brake early nd give it gas half way through the corner nd if u know anything mr (driver) you know that , that process will slow you down.

  • @thyaaawad i think i know a little bout cars man, i have a 2004 mazda 6, a 1993 ford crown vic, and a 1986 porsche 911. the crown vic has a heavy ass engine in the front and that car never understeers. understeer in a rwd car is driver error... enough said kid.

  • @Bongwater123 1994 accord, 1998 m3, and yesterday got a scion tc, u can make any car oversteer its just that that charger is crap, i race cars and trust me just cause u make a car oversteer doesnt mean that the cars way of built doesnt encourouge understeer.

  • @thyaaawad my buddy has a 98 m3. its fucking nice

  • @Bongwater123 ohhh yeah bro i love mine except that when i breaks lol

  • @thyaaawad i hear ya, my buddy slammed his and it sits like an inch off the ground and put the wheels on crazy negative camber. i didnt think it was gunna ride nice but it still does

  • 馬力不用錢 扭力無限

  • I think it's a boner on 4 chrome rims! Awesome car, I love the new design.....I do agree on making this a 6 speed manual transmission. And a 2 door option would sale alot better then the 4 door. Overall Doge is keeping it looking good and hopefully will prefect the design one day!

  • Needs a manual transmission and it will be perfect!

  • Man these are ugly as hell, the 69's where amazing

  • JUST WAIT UNTIL THE 2012 AND 2013 MODELS COME! OHH BABY!