Autoweek 1st of many
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Autoweek 1st of many
The article on the 300C was about as glowing a report as you could get on a car. I can not wait to get mine. Ordered it last Saturday.
from Autoweek:
"Chrysler claims a 6.3-second 0-to-60-mph time, which is conservative: Based on hand-held stopwatch times and assuming relative accuracy on the speedometer, we suspect it will easily run it in 5.8 or 5.9 seconds when we get it to the test track. Even with the 250-hp 3.5-liter, this car is no slouch. We're eager to take this flagship on some long voyages. "
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http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?p..._code=04277743
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from Autoweek:
"Chrysler claims a 6.3-second 0-to-60-mph time, which is conservative: Based on hand-held stopwatch times and assuming relative accuracy on the speedometer, we suspect it will easily run it in 5.8 or 5.9 seconds when we get it to the test track. Even with the 250-hp 3.5-liter, this car is no slouch. We're eager to take this flagship on some long voyages. "
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http://autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?p..._code=04277743
[IMG]local://upfiles/2267/Wl302386456.jpg[/IMG]
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Wow! Dodge has a compact car (SRT-4) that can do 0-60 in 5.6 (Road and Track Magazine) and now a big car than can do a 5.8...watch out ricers!!!![sm=smiley36.gif]
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The color is Brillant Black Crystal Pearl Coat with Lt Graystone interior.
They tell me that the first ones are expected around April 23-27th. My early order should move me up on the list...
I am dying to get it and hope that a supercharger kit gets developed soon. I would love to get it to 450hp and sub 5sec 0-60
They tell me that the first ones are expected around April 23-27th. My early order should move me up on the list...
I am dying to get it and hope that a supercharger kit gets developed soon. I would love to get it to 450hp and sub 5sec 0-60
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Remember when we used to wonder why the imports could make fun rear-drive sedans and the domestics couldn't? Well, that was the previous century. Today, the two meld wonderfully. The Hemi truly is Detroit iron, with a cast-iron block and aluminum heads, producing 340 hp and a beefy 390 lb-ft at 4000 rpm. You want high-tech? Besides the dual-spark-plug hemispherical combustion chamber and all the electronic gizmometry you could wish for, the 300 goes a step further and offers "multi-displacement." That means at low loads and constant speeds, four of the eight cylinders "shut down" and the engine runs on the remaining four. This is managed electronically in such a way that the pushrod-operated valves trap an exhaust charge in each cylinder. It is blown out instantly, and the car returns to normal operation as soon as the driver demands power. We tried to catch any trace of it in action on the road over several hundred miles and never did-after awhile, we forgot all about it. Over challenging mountain roads and with an aggressive driver, the in-dash trip computer told us we were getting 17 mpg in the 4046-pound Hemi C, while gently cruising the interstate returned a reading in the low-30-mpg range. The official EPA ratings are 17/25 city/highway for rear-drive and 17/23 for all-wheel drive. Those numbers aren't far off the 19/27-mpg city/ highway numbers for the mid-range 3.5-liter V6 model or even the 21/28-mpg rating for the base 2.7-liter V6.
Remember when we used to wonder why the imports could make fun rear-drive sedans and the domestics couldn't? Well, that was the previous century. Today, the two meld wonderfully. The Hemi truly is Detroit iron, with a cast-iron block and aluminum heads, producing 340 hp and a beefy 390 lb-ft at 4000 rpm. You want high-tech? Besides the dual-spark-plug hemispherical combustion chamber and all the electronic gizmometry you could wish for, the 300 goes a step further and offers "multi-displacement." That means at low loads and constant speeds, four of the eight cylinders "shut down" and the engine runs on the remaining four. This is managed electronically in such a way that the pushrod-operated valves trap an exhaust charge in each cylinder. It is blown out instantly, and the car returns to normal operation as soon as the driver demands power. We tried to catch any trace of it in action on the road over several hundred miles and never did-after awhile, we forgot all about it. Over challenging mountain roads and with an aggressive driver, the in-dash trip computer told us we were getting 17 mpg in the 4046-pound Hemi C, while gently cruising the interstate returned a reading in the low-30-mpg range. The official EPA ratings are 17/25 city/highway for rear-drive and 17/23 for all-wheel drive. Those numbers aren't far off the 19/27-mpg city/ highway numbers for the mid-range 3.5-liter V6 model or even the 21/28-mpg rating for the base 2.7-liter V6.
