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Challenger " Consumer Reports 'Most Satisfying' Award"
With the push of a button a legend is reborn and an entire segment is reinvented. This is the all-new 2010 Dodge Challenger - a thoroughly modern piece of engineering that marries pure power with measured control. Its lean, low profile is already legendary, simultaneously celebrating the past as well as the future - a massive helping of forward thinking topped with a dollop of heritage. From its efficient 3.5-liter SOHC V6 engine to its smart, available 5.7-liter VVT HEMI® V8 engine with Multi- Displacement (MDS) - the all-new Dodge Challenger is unlike any other.
Challenger R/T is decked in I-dare-you-to, from its front and rear spoilers to its striking egg-crate grille and satin chrome fuel filler door. Its 5.7-liter VVT HEMI® V8 with Multi-Displacement (MDS) gives it stunning credentials in both the power and efficiency categories. The available 6-speed manual transmission delivers precision within the tightest tolerances. The standard 5-speed AutoStick® transmission provides the option for smooth, fully automatic or spirited clutchless manual shifting. The rear decklid spoiler provides downforce upon an engineered driveline that combines an available limited-slip differential, standard Electronic Stability Program (ESP) with antilock 4-wheel disc brakes (ABS), all-speed traction control, and the geometrical benefits of a sport-tuned steering and suspension. Even the key embraces technology and features an available remote start function. While loaded with advancements like the available High-Intensity Discharge (HID) polycarbonate headlamps, the distinctive note out of its rectangular dual exhaust pipes is pure throwback Hemi.
6.1-LITER SRT HEMI V8: Its 69.8 horsepower-per-liter rating exceeds that of any vehicle ever offered by Chrysler. It puts out 425 horsepower and 420 lb-ft of torque thanks to bored-out cylinders, high-flow heads, SRT specific intake and exhaust manifolds and beefed-up valves that respond to a performance-minded camshaft. It's only fitting that the reinforced block under the hood of Challenger SRT8® is clad in Hemi Orange from the original paint code.
5.7-LITER VVT HEMI V8 WITH MDS (AUTO TRANSMISSION): Its aluminum cylinder heads are milled with hemispherical combustion chambers that benefit airflow and, subsequently, horsepower and torque. The new and improved 5.7-liter VVT HEMI features Variable Valve Timing (VVT) for improved torque over an extended rpm powerband. When equipped with MDS, the computer-controlled variables all add up to improved mileage.
Some might say that engines like the 5.7-liter VVT HEMI® V8 and
6.1-liter HEMI SRT® V8 - power plants that put out more horsepower
and torque than any Dodge passenger car since the fabled 426 Hemi
engines of the 1960s and 1970s - have already set their legend in
stone. Chrysler engineers would disagree. They took the brilliantly
powerful and masterfully efficient 5.7-liter with Multi-Displacement (MDS) and outfitted it with Variable Valve Timing (VVT) while cranking the compression up to 10.5:1. It began as code name Eagle. It ended up with a new and improved dual-ignition HEMI engine that delivers 370 horsepower and 398 lb-ft of torque with the 5-speed automatic AutoStick,® while the available 6-speed manual transmission increases output to 375 horsepower and a whopping 404 lb-ft of torque - 30-35 more horsepower. Paired with AutoStick,® the HEMI MDS uses sophisticated algorithms to seamlessly transition from eight cylinders to four when full power is not required, providing four percent better fuel mileage. The 6.1-liter SRT HEMI V8® sends a corralled stampede of 425 horses straight to the rear wheels. Its throwback Hemi Orange engine block is a nod to where HEMI has been; the updated titanium components within signal where HEMI is going.
Rear-wheel drive. Forward thinking.
Horsepower without control is nothing but a wick in a keg of gunpowder. Challenger's driveline is a veritable cruise missile of advanced control. Challenger's independent 5-link rear suspension is tuned to provide improved ride comfort and superior handling on rough roads, thanks to lower unsprung mass which helps maintain better tire contact with the ground and reduces rear road noise. It is further tuned for the SRT8® and features a performance-tuned suspension with Bilstein® monotube tuned dampers. From its specially tailored spring rates and suspension bushings to its beefy sway bars, Challenger SRT8 knows how to put the muscle to the pavement. Anti-spin rear differential? Standard. Electronic Stability Program (ESP)? Standard, complete with full-off mode.
Brake knock-back mitigation utilizes a lateral g-force sensor to prime the antilock braking (ABS) pump and reset the pads for less brake travel when cornering. Alongside this system, SRT8's massive 4-piston Brembo® Performance calipers and brakes with vented rotors provide nothing less than world-class stopping power. The SRT Reconfigurable Display provides performance data on 0-60 times, 1/4-mile times, 1/8-mile times and friction circle.
Behold the Buckets. It returns to the scene as the only vehicle in its class to offer five-passenger seating. Within these well-bolstered confines lies 40 years of interior tech: lit by available LED cup holders and bathed by courtesy lights. The interior features leather-trimmed bucket seats (available on R/T and SE, standard on SRT8®), available heated seats and an eight-way power driver's seat with power recline. The rear seating delivers serious space and provides belted seating for three passengers with a standard fold-down armrest and cup holders. Challenger's EZ-access seat allows for one-handed entry without the inconvenience of contortion. The 60/40 split-folding feature reveals an equally accommodating trunk for flexibility that's anything but throwback. The spirit of reinvention continues with an available sunroof, an available pistol grip shifter and a steering wheel featuring available integrated audio controls, while Challenger's "Four Bomb" gauges and available race-inspired pedals nod to the original. The SRT® only 180-mph speedo is for closed courses when you unleash the muscle.
The ribbed seatbacks. The available pistol grip shifter. You practically expect to see sideburns in the rearview mirror. Instead, the biggest advance in car audio since the CD player promises to turn the interior of Challenger into an integrated digital playground. The available UCONNECT gps has a 30 GB hard drive that lets you store photos, playlists, maps, and points of interest, as well as rip, stash, organize and shuffle up to 4,100 music files from CDs or via the USB port and exterior input jack (complete with Gracenote® for easy song titling). UCONNECT gps operates
by touch screen and accepts commands through its integrated microphone for the UCONNECT phone, allowing for voice tag dialing and verbal access to the onboard phonebook, as well as playlists and a voice recorder. Behind this 6.5-inch integrated touch screen lies a CD/DVD/MP3 player that also reads DVD video, all while providing GPS Navigation and real-time traffic via a SIRIUS® Satellite Radio tuner.
Challenger SE's standard 3.5-liter SOHC V6 has enough power to pin you to its low-back cloth bucket seats. It features an aluminum block with cast-iron liners and four-valve per cylinder aluminum heads. Its sophisticated electronic throttle control tailors throttle response to pedal movement based on operating conditions for that rarest combination of efficiency (24 mpg highway) and muscle (250 hp @ 6400 rpm). Even the ignition system is trick, with platinum-tipped spark plugs that extend scheduled tune-up intervals to 100,000 miles and a coil-on-plug design that helps reduce emissions and increases fuel economy. The four-speed transmission delivers enough spirit to match the SE's sophisticated swagger. Challenger's broad shoulders are framed with a standard chin spoiler, unmistakable performance hood and post-mounted side mirrors. The SE cockpit features standard front bucket seats and a four-bomb instrument cluster with black surrounds and black headliners. Its three-across rear seats put it in rare company - a coupe with five seat belts. Roll with 17-inch machined-face aluminum or available 18-inch aluminum wheels, with other options, including leather trim or sunroof, to give SE everything it takes to stand out in any crowd of Challengers.
You can't have swagger without confidence, and
you can't have confidence without true structural
integrity. The all-new Challenger is reinforced and
reinvented with stand-apart safety and security
features. Within it you are cradled in a safety cage and surrounded by advanced multistage air bags, fully engineered crumple zones, and high-strength side-guard door beams. Active systems like available Electronic Stability Program (ESP), all-speed traction control, antilock braking (ABS) with Brake Assist, and Tire Pressure Monitoring form
a brilliant behind-the-scenes electronically integrated security network.
Attack of the Track Pack. It lights them up and lays it down, thanks to a Tremec 6-speed manual transmission that's controlled via a pistol grip shifter, a 375-horsepower 5.7-liter VVT HEMI® V8 that takes its orders from a bright gas pedal and little switch that lets you tell the Electronic Stability Program (ESP) to take a break for a few minutes. This is the Challenger Track Pak. It features Hill Start Assist to aid the driver when starting from a stop on inclines by holding the brake for approximately one second for an effortless start up any hill. The axle ratio on the 18-inch wheels is 3.73; opt for the 20-inch chrome-clad wheels and you also benefit from an antilock four-wheel disc performance braking system (ABS) and a 3.91 axle ratio. The performance steering system is tuned to take the turmoil with a variable displacement pump that counters any fluid slosh during cornering. The performance mind-set continues with a rear axle that features an antispin rear differential. It's fitting that Challenger offers an available retro R/T wide-side stripe or contemporary hood to fender stripe, because there's no doubt that this reinvented legend has already earned its stripes.
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