Ultimate Challenger Road Trip - Part 2

Join Motor Trend Editor In Chief, Angus Mackenzie as he takes Dodge's all-new 2009 Challenger SRT8 on the ultimate road trip through Europe.

Day 4 - On Day 4 of our Ultimate Challenger Road trip, we journey to the Swiss Alps to conquer the breathtaking 9045-ft Stelvio pass.

Day 5 - We test the top speed of our 2008 Dodge Challenger on northern Italy's autostrada.

Day 6 - Day 6 of our Ultimate Challenger Road Trip brings our 2008 Dodge Challenger to the town of Portofino, where we cruise the coastline along the stunning Italian Riviera.

Read the story here:
http://www.motortrend.com/features/travel/112_0811_2008_dodge_challenger_srt8...

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[mosquiton001]

I live in italy ALL of the highways (autostrade) here have 130kph speed limit ALL OF THEM...

this guy broken the speed limit over twice of the allowed top speed, if he was an italian he would have been pulled over at the paytoll, licence retired for 2 year and vehicle confiscated.. plus an astronomic ticket and the risk of goin into jail...

[mikson]

theres a chrysler connection everywhere !

[zBpautos]

@mosquiton001 ahh well I live in slovenija, and must drive to the venice airport here and then. still no tickets, but like i said thats slovenija and a small area of italy. im sure its they way you say it is in your parts.

[mosquiton001]

@zBpautos think twice, there are tons of speed cameras on highway, in the last months they even have activated the "tutor system" wich basically calculate the average speed at wich you menage to pass between "camera checkpoints" to see if you have exceeded the limit..

so going over 130 without at least reciving a ticket it's really hard....

and I live in central italy so i know what I am talking about... 

[zBpautos]

@mosquiton001 True theres speed limits but theres really no police on the highways to enforce it, as long as you go the speed limit for narrow/long tunnels and before tolls you're golden. At least in northern Italy and Slovenija thats the case

[Janusha]

OMG... ITS OVER 9000 !

[GMCman82]

hemi challenger is one sexy beast. Mopar or No car!

[inocente106]

Wow!!! this clip actually got me hooked. i live in South L.A and the 405 is infested with new cars. So driving a SRT/8 in Italy, well obviously, you're the king of the road. Anyone who can drive this car anywhere in the world besides the states will be king of the road...

[mosquiton001]

@bobmac1973 yes here we have a bunch of hipocrits politiciac (they have the highest monthly payroll in the WORLD) and super restrictive laws for cars, taxes, etc, plus since we are governed by an ex entrepreneur our companies have all the benefits by the laws and are basically autorized to threat workers like animals with a super-low paycheck at the end of the month and to pollute toxic waste in living areas wiche is leading to an insane increase of tumors lately

so yes, italy SUCKS

[halflife103]

@mosquiton001 who cares? there isn't even any proof they did it in italy. XD they could just be bluffing... just like i did 262km/h in my 88 Ranger.

[Aaron77wil]

@mikson what does that mean

[RichKilla86ers]

very exotic car for the Italians