I drove the Dodge Challenger SRT8 back in March, and I’ll be honest. I hated it. It’s a yacht, a floaty, bobbly yacht, that despite it’s 6-liter engine and thunderous growl, is half a second slower in the quarter mile than my ’98 Corvette was, when it was stock. The Sat/Nav was awful, and the dashboard was clearly designed by Chrysler’s janitor as a joke while the actual designer was at lunch. Sadly, no one noticed.
I thought I knew something about cars. Yet this Dodge that I couldn’t stand just won the award for “most satisfying car” on Consumer Reports’ most recent survey. A whopping 92% of Challenger owners would buy another. That’s amazing, considering the fact that almost everyone I know who has driven one hates it.
On the other hand, the Challenger is a bit of a looker, no? If Shell comes up with a way to install Testosterone pumps on every street corner, this thing will run on it. And I see them on the street, so clearly there are people out there buying, and apparently enjoying them.
The best part about the article is that Consumer Reports themselves don’t actually recommend the Challenger to buyers because of it’s poor by-comparison performance to the Mustang and Camaro, and they encourage customers to cross-shop before making a decision.
[Source: CNN Money]
