First 1/4 times for the 392 SRT Challenger

[Prince Valiant]

Well the new 5.0 guys better watch out.

In all fairness, the 5.0 is a better value...by far.

[Silver86]

In all fairness, the 5.0 is a better value...by far.

i agree with this...

but as cool as the new challenger is, it could really use a diet @ nearly 4200lbs.

[Prince Valiant]

but as cool as the new challenger is, it could really use a diet @ nearly 4200lbs.

eh, but the reality is that cars are just going to get heavier and heavier. Or far more expensive.

I would be nice to see an AL block in this thing...which really should make it weigh the same as the much smaller camaro. Look at v6 to v6 wt...less than a high school back-pack's difference in wt.

It's amazing to see the weights of various cars all over the place. 4,000+lbs is not a rarity by any means...which is amazing since my 85 Ramcharger didn't weigh much more, and my 79 fullsize pick-up weighs less than a new camaro!

[Exitspeed]

eh, but the reality is that cars are just going to get heavier and heavier. Or far more expensive.

Not really heavier. Most manufacturers have pledged to cut the weight of their vehicles going into the future. Nissan announced a few years ago that they planned to cut vehicle weight by 15% by 201x (can't recall the exact year but I want to say 2014) and a few others have made similar pledges. Nissan has already started doing this too. The Altima, Maxima, and 370z are all lighter and smaller then the previous gens. Toyota and GM are especially hard at work on figuring out a way to manufacture cf to use in every day cars. Heck GM has already used lightweight smart materials in the Malibu Max and didn't even say anything about it at the time. Those mart materials cut the weight of that hatch by a significant amount.

But probably far more expensive.