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Old 07-04-14, 05:21 PM
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Sounds rip roaring
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I love the fit and finish on these things!



...and you wonder why we pay more for an imported exotic. LOL!
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I would not determine all fit and finsih from a preproduction show circuit model. I suspect that like most other products the ones that roll off the line will be pretty good, although I do not believe they will hit lexus levels of body gap and finsih. I have found the fit and finish of my Ram to be very nice and have to nitpick pretty hard to find something to complain about. Except for the paint which I feel has a bit much orange peel compared to my wifes Lexus.
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^ agreed. It's like that pre-production Fusion with the hood gap reviewed by Autoblog iirc
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^^^ Fit and finish is not great on these cars in the current generation. I can attest to that first hand (my dad's '13 RT is parked in my garage right now).
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Old 07-09-14, 09:18 AM
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I heard base is 55k and up to 75k with options....

This car gives me goosebumps...in love....
 
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Originally Posted by LexFather
I heard base is 55k and up to 75k with options....

This car gives me goosebumps...in love....
High School kids have never had it so lucky
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They could put a 1,000 street-able horsepower under the hood of this car and it still wouldn't garner much attention for me.....unless I could rent it with a monster engine so I could do endless burnouts. That's about all the fun this car could muster for me.

I'm just not interested, I'm definitely the wrong demographic for this car.
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I wonder if a 275 is all that will fit out back. A square set-up is fine but I wonder if you get more agressive with the offset if a 295 or ever 305 would be possible all around? I am not familiar with how much space the Challengers have in the wheel wells.
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I'd be curious as well. I was surprised at how narrow of a tire they chose. The only other maker of high-powered cars that seems to do this is Mercedes AMG, although they at least stagger the set up.
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Growing up near Route 66 (Chicago Raceway) I applaud Chrysler in building these machines, it's good to see domestic cars finally coming up!

This is a really sweet looking car and it blends both modern and old nostalgic looks together. I love the car's mean look and stance.

P.S. Anyone have pictures of these red and black "keys"

This reminds me of the Bugatti which had a secondary key to unleash it's full potential. I really like that idea when I throw my son the keys and tell him it's only got 500hp! j/k

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Originally Posted by s4play
Growing up near Route 66 (Chicago Raceway) I applaud Chrysler in building these machines, it's good to see domestic cars finally coming up!

This is a really sweet looking car and it blends both modern and old nostalgic looks together. I love the car's mean look and stance.

P.S. Anyone have pictures of these red and black "keys"

This reminds me of the Bugatti which had a secondary key to unleash it's full potential. I really like that idea when I throw my son the keys and tell him it's only got 500hp! j/k
iirc Ford and the Mustang have something similar with the keys. At least the Boss 302 did, had a 'track' key. New keys too can limit the speed and volume of the audio to certain settings approved by the parent/guardian.
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