N/U: Dodge Challenger SRT-8 Supercharged

beckervdo · 23 Ottobre 2012

Questa è la nuova SRT8 con una potenza competitiva alle varie ZL1,GT500,CTS-V,X5 M etc.
Entro il 2013 ed in prospettiva M.Y. 2014, tutte le SRT-8, Dodge,Chrysler e Jeep sostituiranno l'attuale V8, con il nuovo V8 sovralimentato abbinato al nuovo automatico 8 marce di ZF nella variante da 700 N m Chrysler chiamata TorqueFlite.

Sorry to all the Dodge Challenger fans out there, but your pride and joy has been licking its wounds since the Camaro ZL1 and Shelby GT500 came roaring into town. The playing field could soon be leveled, however, thanks to this sighting of a mysteriously camouflaged Challenger SRT8 392, recently caught rolling along public roads. Much of the car remains stock, except for the curious covers over the front fascia. Rumors suggest this is the long-awaited high performance version of the Challenger, a Mopar muscle machine expected to have approximately 550 bhp, thanks to an Eaton supercharger, and the firepower to take on its fiercest cross-town rivals at Chevrolet and Ford.
It’s hard to label the 470-bhp 6.4-liter V-8 engine found in the current Challenger SRT8 as underpowered. Yet in the upper echelons of the current muscle car war, this is now 80 horsepower less than the Camaro ZL1, and a whopping 180 horsepower down on the Shelby GT500. Dodge obviously had to answer the call to arms, or risk being an also-ran to the competition. We’d hedge our bets the supercharged Challenger will target the Camaro ZL1-levels of horsepower. But breathe easy Ford fans, we’d be shocked if the GT500 was knocked off its perch as having the highest output of this triumvirate. A 6-speed manual is likely to be the only transmission offered with the supercharged Challenger.
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