Challenger: Faster than a Speeding Bullitt?

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Comparos/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.

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[charliepioneer]

@JETZcorp and i know the ss is chevy

[charliepioneer]

@JETZcorp supercharged sport...

[JETZcorp]

@charliepioneer Bitch-slap yourself right now! SS is a Chevy thing, never to be used on a Dodge. SRT is already the Chrysler equivalent of the SS, but for something like you're talking about, namely a competitor to the Camaro ZL1, we'd need something like a Challenger SRT8 ACR. The past ACR models from Chrysler (the Viper and Neon both come to mind) have positively dominated the competition, and reserved only enough courtesy to allow everyone else to fight for second place.

[KX125dirtdemon]

It all about the driver nuff said.

[charliepioneer]

dodge needs to do a supercharged version

challenger srt8 SS

[petereuropa]

Two awesome cars, they are YES. Saw on TV Discovery how they build a Challenger. 1st class job! I was impressed. Engine built in Mexico = also 1st class factory. Engine --> Canada and put together there. There is no chance to get a Monday ex.if you buy a Challenger. And I'm sure its the same with the Mustang. Go America Go!!! Wrrooom the muscle cars are back on the highway!

[TheDigitalUndead]

@SuperWhoopass Congratulations buddy! It does have a manual. 

[Sizuykeks]

@SuperWhoopass Dreams come true: Challenger R/T has a 6-speed manual.;-)

[bano11323]

@SuperWhoopass I think they picked the Challenger in this test because its faster to 60, quarter mile, slalom, better ride, better interior, better exterior, and oh yeah more buttons to push......Super whoop ass did you even watch the video??? Challenger has been available with a manual since 2009, 6speed with Viper trans, anyway american muscle all day!!!!