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ORIGINAL: MG42pillbox

No you couldnt call this thing Charger, maybe Stealth, The Chrysler Stealth or something...... but the New LX Charger has more in common with the 60s legend than this thing.. The Charger was never one of the most expensive American SUPER CARs in its day. People dont realize the 6.1 actually make closer to 440hp... This car might very well be in the low 12s with the right gear ratio.

$50K is not that expensive by today's standards for the performance the Firepower offers. Granted, it's probably out of the price range for most of the Charger LX market. The Firepower just looks more like my idea of a modern Charger than the brick on the LX platform - but that's just me. Ideally, I say call the LX version a Coronet and make a 2+2 Dodge version (2 doors and a back seat) of the Firepower called the Hemi Charger. But, we all know that ain't gonna happen.

You're right about the 1/4 mile times. Motor Trend got the 300C SRT-8 to run 13.2. That's a set of sticky tires and a tail wind short of solid 12s. They estimate the Firepower to run 12.8 which I think is too conservative based on power to weight ratios. With 425 hp at the flywheel and weighing 3,400 lbs it should run 12.2.