New Report Says Dodge Challenger Will Coexist With SRT Barracuda

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2013 Dodge Challenger R/T image : Chrysler Group LLC

When it will come to the most current generation of pony automobiles, youve received the Ford Mustang, the Chevrolet Camaro, and the Dodge Challenger. In terms of product sales, the Challenger is a distant third to its rivals, and Dodge delivers no counterpoint to the Mustang Chef 302, the Shelby GT500, the Camaro 1LE or the Camaro ZL1.

The rumored SRT Barracuda was supposed to level the playing industry, coming in smaller and lighter than the Challenger. The cost of the new Barracuda, nevertheless, was rumored to be the existence of the Dodge Challenger. Early studies said the Challenger was to be killed off in favor of the Barracuda, but a new report from Automotive Information (subscription necessary ) exhibits that may possibly not be the circumstance.

Alternatively, the 2015 Challenger will shift to a new platform, shedding weight and three inches of wheelbase in the approach. Sharing the identical system will be the SRT Barracuda, which will be created to go up versus the fastest cars from its rivals. Rumor is that electric power may possibly come from a supercharged six. two -liter V- 8, which could possibly give the Barracuda the grunt to match the Camaro ZL1 and the Shelby GT500.

Notice that we didnt say Hemi six. two -liter V- eight, and the omission was deliberate. For now, Hemis appear in five. 7 -liters and 6. 4 -liters, though a six. one -liter Hemi V- eight was also created until finally 2010. Were not sure it makes impression for Chrysler to de-stroke the 6. 4 -liter mill, or bore out the 5. 7 -liter block, so the rumored 6. two -liter V- 8 seems like an entirely new motor to us.