'09 Challenger SRT8 Pistol Grip 6 Speed Review.

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Ann and I test drove a black '09 6.1 SRT8 Hemi/manual last Wednesday. It was a very nice car and rode very nicely but did not turn us on in the way we had hoped. The 425 hp was there and pulled quite hard but you did not feel it like you did back in '70 (which is maybe not a bad thing). The salesmen could not believe we were not as impressed with the power of the car like everyone else was. Then I took one of them for a ride in the '02 ZL-1 and made him understand better though admittedly it was not fair to compare 425 hp with 600 hp. Overall it was an extremely nice car with looks to match, just not worth the $46k it would have cost us pre tax.