![]() ![]() I always find the Challenger a surprisingly pleasant car to drive. Wake up to 8 inches of snow? Hop in the Challenger and go! Write home to the 1970s and boast of 18/27-MPG city/highway too. This is the first muscle car that, with proper snow tires, makes dust of blown roads. Making the Challenger GT even better is the addition of all-wheel-drive, cribbed from platform-mates Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300. Not long ago, it took a large V8 to produce those numbers. of torque to the wheels through an eight-speed automatic transmission. Under the snarling hood is a 3.6-liter V6 delivering 305 horsepower and 268 lb.-ft. But, that’s not the Challenger GT’s dance. Those cars will smack your backside and leave you wanting more like no muscle car before. If you want that, go bats for a Challenger SRT and its 485 horsepower 6.4-liter V8, or much better still, the unholy Challenger Hellcat and its 707-horsepower supercharged V8. OK, let’s be honest the Challenger GT does not have a big-bore American V8 under the hood. Adjust the dual-zone automatic climate control, and slap it down the road. Fold down rear seats allow skis, luggage, and sports gear to fit easily. Big deeply-padded seats are trans-continent comfortable and real humans can ride reasonably comfy in back. Icons on the touchscreen and direct-dial for radio stations make it one of the world’s easiest to use – as do Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility.īut, comforts go beyond a kickin’ 506-watt Alpine audio system. Machined aluminum-look wrap around console adds a visual bang while keeping cupholders at hand.Ĭhrysler’s Uconnect system controls audio, climate, and navigation, by touch, voice, or redundant buttons and knobs below. There’s a lot of black vinyl on the dash and doors as in the old days, but it’s all soft-touch. Crank up the heat and ventilation front seats grip a heated steering wheel in winter. Check the large analog gauges fronted by a leather-wrapped steering wheel. Place it all over 19-inch Hyperblack alloys shod in all-season performance tires.Ĭlick open the door and slip into the sueded seats. I even like the “Confusion Blue” paint that looks blue, purple, or black, depending on angle and sunlight. ![]() Look a little closer to notice projector beam headlamps, LED taillights, and dual bright exhaust tips. It certainly won’t need a DNA test to determine its parentage. Classic quad round headlamps, long hood, kicked up beltline, and wide taillamps collude for a visual impression as recognizable as Lincoln’s nose. Standing on the outside, it looks like most Challengers before. ![]() But, that was before Dodge stuck all-wheel-drive under the Challenger and crammed in an efficiently powerful V6. In the old days, snow and muscle car would have meant perfect doughnuts with no forward progress. You may think I’ve taken leave of my noggin when you realize I’m stating this while driving a Dodge Challenger – the most classically inspired muscle car of all muscle cars. Like, really snows – as in the kind of fluff that would make the Abominable Snow Monster swoon. ![]()
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