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QUICK SPECS:

• PRICE AS TESTED: $89,640
• ENGINE: 8.3-Liter V10 SRT
• HORSEPOWER: 510 hp @ 5,600 rpm / 535 lb-ft at 4,200 rpm
• DRIVETRAIN: Rear-Wheel drive, six speed manual
• WEIGHT: 3,450 lbs.
• FUEL ECONOMY: 12/20 mpg

By: Dave Chess

Dodge’s Charger SRT8 is bad. But Dodge’s Viper SRT10 is bad to the bone.

No other snake within reach is safe. Hear that Cobra! Be prepared when you see a Viper headed your way, venom spewing out its exhausts, ready to bite.

510 horsepower – enough said.

2006 Dodge Viper SRT 10 Convertible was made for one thing - and one thing only – to go fast!

It’s a race car in street clothing.

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(Photo Credit: John Motal)

QUICK SPECS:                                          

• PRICE AS TESTED: $43,505
• ENGINE: 6.1-Liter SRT Hemi® SMPI V8
• HORSEPOWER: 425 hp at 6200 RPM / 420 lb-ft at 4,800 rpm 
• DRIVETRAIN: Rear-wheel drive, five-speed AutoStick®
• WEIGHT: 4,160 lbs.
• FUEL ECONOMY: 14/20 mpg (16 observed) 
      

By: Dave Chess

Wow! 

It’s big and it’s bad!

It’s Godzilla meets four-door sedan.

It’s….Dodge’s muscle car for the 21st century.

Daimler Chrysler’s Street and Racing Technology group has created the quickest sedan in the Dodge lineup.

The 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 accelerates from 0-60 mph in around 5 seconds. Quarter-mile time is in the 13-second range. Power explodes from a 6.1-liter HEMI V-8 producing 425 horsepower and 420 lb.-ft. of torque. 

 It is also a ticket machine. Which means you better be quick on the brakes.

If not, practice this line just in case:

“Honest Officer, the reason I accelerated so fast was because I just had a violent sneeze that took control of my foot.”

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