[poison heart]

No, it might not have beaten your cat in the 1/4 mile but then again, we're comparing apples to oranges. It also wouldn't have beat your Chevy and it wouldn't have beat my friends souped up deisel, but who cares? haha It probably wouldn't have beat a lot of muscle cars from back in the day either. But no one buys a Challenger SRT8 with the mentality that they are the fastest or the best bang for the buck on their mind. If they do, they obviously have more money than brains. But, yes they're fast, yes they're nice and yes they are expensive.

And again, I'm a Pontiac guy but most of all, an old car guy. I wouldn't take his Challenger over your Pontiac, I'm just saying, these modern muscle cars are capable of a lot with a little work and you have to take account all the emission standards. They're also building stock 13 second machines when 99% of the country is looking to get better gas mileage. They're impressive for what they are and for what is popular in our country right now. We will never see another muscle car era like the 60s. Right now all we have is Mustangs vs Camaros vs Challengers.

I just have to defend Hemis when they are wrongly put down. I've driven mine every day for 3 years. I know what it's capable of and I know what they are capable of heavily modified. There are guys in 5500 lb trucks running 13 flat with a stock bottom end putting over 400 hp to the wheels. That's impressive! Now, imagine in a lighter car, stroker kit and forced induction.