Western Members - 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 en route to dealers

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If you're one of the lucky 6,400 customers to lay claim to the 425 hp Dodge Challenger SRT8 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/30/autoline-on-autoblog-with-john-mcelroy-driving-the-dodge-challe/), we have good news. The first 1,000 special edition Challengers have already been built, and they're en-route to a dealer near you. For those of you that won't be getting your Hemi-powered muscle car in the first wave, you won't have to wait long, either. Every SRT Challenger will be produced by the beginning of July, which means Woodward should be full of good-looking retro coupes come August. If you want a 6.1L Challenger, you're going to have to hit eBay or wait for 2009, because all 2008 models have been spoken for.

The Challenger has been one of the few pieces of good news surrounding the Pentastar of late, and a hot product couldn't be coming at a better time. We know gas if $4 per gallon and V8 muscle cars aren't exactly what the doctor ordered, but we're probably just as excited as the 6,400 Challenger SRT8 owners to get behind the wheel of this future classic.

http://www.redletterdodge.com/2008/05/28/its-official-2008-challenger-srt8-ships/

I would post up more pictures but my computer is running terribly slow :|

cool, finallly see some on the road (maybe)

cool, finallly see some on the road (maybe)
It would be even better to be beating them on the road, cuz they paid a huge premium to get them that early.

Imagine, 45k-50k brand new SRT-8 Challanger, and you get smashed by a 15k F-body. :D:D:D

Ive already seen several on the road unmasked. But that was a couple months ago. I saw a black srt8, and a silver srt8 challenger driving with a red srt8, and black srt8 chargers down i5-North while I was going S, and then another silver srt8 challenger on roscoe, and lankershim. Gorgeous cars in person.

It would be even better to be beating them on the road, cuz they paid a huge premium to get them that early.

Imagine, 45k-50k brand new SRT-8 Challanger, and you get smashed by a 15k F-body. :D:D:D
or an 8 grand impala :secret2:

or an 8 grand impala :secret2:
good call. lord knows i cant beat him. but if i had 5g in parts then i could say the same as you.

lol i liked the new challengers but when i found out they weighted 4200+lbs i like fuck that i can just fix my impala. i still cant believe they are that heavy.

lol i liked the new challengers but when i found out they weighted 4200+lbs i like fuck that i can just fix my impala. i still cant believe they are that heavy.
WOAH WOAH WOAH!!! they're over 2 tons!!!???

i thought they were 3600lbs?

well theres been alot of articles that say 4100 or more! if they do weight that much dodge is fuckin retard!

damn... 4200lbs.? that's a pig...

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/art/PigArt.jpg

:funny: lmao!

It would be even better to be beating them on the road, cuz they paid a huge premium to get them that early.

Imagine, 45k-50k brand new SRT-8 Challanger, and you get smashed by a 15k F-body. :D:D:D

I can't wait to ruin their days(as well as any other higher priced 'muscle' car). They're going to ask what the whistle noise is under the hood and I'm going to tell them is a vaccum leak. :secret2:

Sat April 12 I went to Donut Derelicts in HB, then to Cars & Coffee in Irvine, there was an orange and a black production Challengers on hand.

Here's my pics.

http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/m...008/?start=all

what mods do you guys think an f-body needs to beat one of these things?

what mods do you guys think an f-body needs to beat one of these things?

driver mod...

Information specs, and unveiling video (http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=124470)

Comparison with the Mustang Bullet with Video (http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Comparos/articleId=125968)

Heres a video on it, and all the specs. And yes the SRT8 model is weighing in at around 4200 LBS.

challenger doesnt offer a manual tranny?!?! haha lame!

^^^^^+1 that sucks for dodge lovers:devil: it will be fun smokin those at the track.:secret2:

im sure they will release a "special edition" that costs an exta $5k for a manual transmission lol.

Hey wait, it has the AutoStick (manual override)...:emb:

I read awhile ago they had a stripped down track model that was 6-800 pounds lighter. I'll find the link.

i dont understand with all of the new technology and materials these days they couldnt keep that thing lighter than 4000 lbs. anyone know what their first gens weighed in at?

it's pretty sad, according to howstuffworks.com the 1970 dodge challenger convertible weight in at 3700 lbs! hahaha this means this car is heavier!

1970 dodge challenger convertible: 3700 lbs
1970 pontiac firebird transam: 3800 lbs
1970 ford mustang: 2800-3200 lbs WOW! mustangs were light back in the day

i dont understand with all of the new technology and materials these days they couldnt keep that thing lighter than 4000 lbs. anyone know what their first gens weighed in at?

I totally agree.

On a side note, the two Saleen versions of the 5.7L Challenger are to be street legal, supercharged, and 500 and 700hp.

Correction on my previous post.... 800 lbs. lighter and NOT street legal:

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h208/bcarota/Challenger_super_stock_01.jpg

you know the gt500 lost in a test to the challenger, even tho the mustang was faster, handled better, and stopped better. The challenger won because it was "better sorted" what ever the fuck that means, o yeah and it was like 5k cheaper. (motor trend test btw)

I totally agree.

On a side note, the two Saleen versions of the 5.7L Challenger are to be street legal, supercharged, and 500 and 700hp.

wow. i would imagine that would bump up the price quite a bit. definately not worth it to me, but im sure there are those out there :chug: 700hp... geez

wow. i would imagine that would bump up the price quite a bit. definately not worth it to me, but im sure there are those out there :chug: 700hp... geez

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see. I wanna know if it'll also be put on a diet, or are they going to add another few hundred pounds and make it 4500lbs.... and 700hp.

yeah maybe they'll get into the 12s with that hp, the car looks good but thats about it, the performance/price ratio is medeocure at best.

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see. I wanna know if it'll also be put on a diet, or are they going to add another few hundred pounds and make it 4500lbs.... and 700hp.

good point. saleens always have new body panels all over the place i bet it will add on some weight.