Concensus on 06 Charger RT

[ChargerBill]

Very popular with the old-guy crowd.

Egg Zachary my point. Funny thing is, EVERYONE wants an ex cop car...maybe that's DCX's plan...sell them ALL to cops and then wait for consumers to buy used cop cars. Not the most logical approach, but it might work...

[TheGhost]

BTW: How many Crown Vics did you see on the road driven by civilians AFTER CHP and local PD's started using them as cop cars? Not too many.

I think that may be due, in part, to all the milage and general wear that those cars had.  I know that I wouldn't want a car after the cops were done using it.

What we have here is a failure to communicate......

OK, I'll go slower and fill in the blanks this time: How many OTHER Crown Vics did you see on the roads WHILE the CHP and other PD's were using them as rollers? Meaning, once they were labeled with the "cop car" stigma, no one really wanted them as daily drivers.

Not so many Crown Vics, but LOTS of Grand Marquis, which are basically the same car.

[Nacho-RT74]

Well Would you believe that the '06 has seen interest by the police I mean our police department in the town I live in are getting 4 chargers for there police officers Now to me that just seems totally wrong

Shouldn't it be the Charger IN FRONT of a pursuit instead BEHIND a pursuit ?

[TK73]

I still think the new Magnum is a damn fine looking car for a 4-door.

OK haters, point out to me what you think is so "ugly" about this car:

[bull]

I still think the new Magnum is a damn fine looking car for a 4-door.

OK haters, point out to me what you think is so "ugly" about this car:

Compared to a real Charger, which it should have been fashioned after, it's horrendously ugly. Compared to the rest of the turds out there being used as daily drivers it looks fine.

[ChargerBill]

OK haters, point out to me what you think is so "ugly" about this car:

I can point out about a dozen posts where you are one of the "haters"...do you like the car now? Now I'm totality confiscused....

[Ghoste]

Okay, let's start with the Dakota grille.  I realize the people who run DCX think Americans are too stupid to be able to recognize brands by sight, so they have to use a common grille to establish the link.  This falls in with the other Euro-sedans like BMW and Audi, but why use one that looks like a fish?  That ugly truck grille looks like a carp searching the bottom for snacks.
The headlights have an awkward, hooked eyebrow shape to them that reminds me of an angry old man with bushy eyebrows and bad hearing. 
The rear quarter glass reminds me of the 68-69 Chevelles which look okay on those cars but seems out of place on this car.  Almost like an afterthought they threw in there to try and make the roofline less like the 300?  The body line they added to the rear quarter does nothing to alleviate that effect for me.  It looks like a 70 Cuda line and it rises up to meet that goofy Chevelle mark.  Yuck.  Which direction were they trying to lead the eye?  It just looks like a committee designed the side profile of the car with no editing after.  Every idea was somehow used.
The tail panel is just a freaking huge piece of plastic looking slab.  No grace at all.
I kind of like the taillights.

[hemihead]

I looks like a modern Family Truckster from National Lampoon's Family Vacation movie.And they reused the Intrepid tail.I think the only person to stick up for this Creeder must be someone who was conned into buying one, and now doesn't want to have to wait until dark everyday to be seen driving it home.

[TheGhost]

OK haters, point out to me what you think is so "ugly" about this car:

I can point out about a dozen posts where you are one of the "haters"...do you like the car now? Now I'm totality confiscused....

From what I read, he is for the car, just not the name.  Which I understand.  That's basically how I feel, more or less.

The grill itself is a little too big.  Headlights are okay, and the taillights fit the bodystyle.  The whole nose could be just a little more streamlined, but other than that, I think it looks great.


Hemihead, I stick up for the car, but I do not own one, nor have any plans of buying one in the near future.  Although, renting one this summer for vacation is a distinct possibility.....

[FastbackJon]

You know the original poster never made the distinction if he wanted a Charger R/T, or a Charger R/T with the "Road and Track" package. Because in 2006, those are two different cars. Pretty stupid if you ask me, that you can buy a Charger R/T without the R/T package.



I test drove one of those this summer by the way, a red 2006 R/T with the 5.7 Hemi from Dishman Dodge in Spokane. I was just curious to try out that hemi/rwd combination for myself. Anyhow, the car didn't impress me at all. It was almost worse than I had imagined. Boring interior and it felt like driving a Subaru Imprezza. Performance wasn't that impressive either, not even up a steep hill or onto the freeway. And I didn't really feel in control of the engine or how much gas it got. I could step on it, but the computer that sends my input to the engine didn't think it was safe enough I guess to give it that much gas. I miss the old cable controlled carbs. It also didn't feel like I was driving anything special. When the original Charger came out it was a specialty car! Not just the Coronet of the dodge brand. And it didn't even have a loud musclecar exhaust, even after I asked the salesman to step on it in park while I stood behind the car, and I asked the salesman about that. He said that people don't want loud cars for daily transportation. I'm like "BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A @#%ING HEMI CHARGER R/T ISN'T IT?!?!?!" And to top it off, what we've all been saying, it has four doors, truck grille on a car, and doesn't look anything like a real Charger.

How's that for an honest informed opinion?

[Shakey]

OK haters, point out to me what you think is so "ugly" about this car:

I can point out about a dozen posts where you are one of the "haters"...do you like the car now? Now I'm totality confiscused....

Please post those Bill so we can all make fun of TK73!   

[Shakey]

How's that for an honest informed opinion?

I don't think you are being honest Jon.  I think it is a biased opinion based on your hatred of the fact that Chrysler used the "sacred" Charger name for a car that you don't like.

[Paul G]

I think what it comes down to is this, most people wanted a brand new Charger that was a  retro looking muscle car that reminded us of the cars we loved from 35 years ago. DCX didn't give us that. They gave us a rounded off, tubular, Volvo looking 4 door sedan. I personally feel offended by that no matter how the car performs. It is simply not what I wanted to see. Anyone else feel this way?

[Shakey]

I think what it comes down to is this, most people wanted a brand new Charger that was a  retro looking muscle car that reminded us of the cars we loved from 35 years ago. DCX didn't give us that. They gave us a rounded off, tubular, Volvo looking 4 door sedan. I personally feel offended by that no matter how the car performs. It is simply not what I wanted to see. Anyone else feel this way?

I think there might be a few members here that feel the same way, not sure though!

[my73charger]

I think what it comes down to is this, most people wanted a brand new Charger that was a  retro looking muscle car that reminded us of the cars we loved from 35 years ago. DCX didn't give us that. They gave us a rounded off, tubular, Volvo looking 4 door sedan. I personally feel offended by that no matter how the car performs. It is simply not what I wanted to see. Anyone else feel this way?

That is exactly how I feel about it.  I really could care less how the car sells or performs.  Bottom line:  It is NOT a Dodge Charger.

[ITSA426]

But Dodge says it's a Charger and they own the name.  Sure it's not a real Charger like the 4 cylinder metric, beige, econoboxes of the '80s. 

[plum500]

I would say as soon as you have to ask or discuss whether or not it's a Dodge Charger, or, talk about other reasons for purchasing besides what might otherwise be automatically already clearly stated by saying "I want to buy a Charger (in reference to a classic)"...then...it's probably not a Charger....or the car named Charger that you are looking for...

[Ghoste]

And Plum gets the golden cigar!

[Lowprofile]

I think I'm going to buy stock in a Tissue company. What a bunch of cry babies.

It might not be what we expected or wanted, but who says DCX is done yet? If I want something retro, I'll go out and look at my 70 R/T.
I would have loved DCX to give us a 2 dr option. Maybe they will in the future?? I can wait.

Like I've said before, compaired to most other companies, DCX has done much more than the others when it comes to performance. It seems a few of us here forget all the great vehicles they are building.

Well, I hope you all don't think I'm drinking the kool-aid.  

[hemihead]

I can't use the words DCX Charger and Performance in the same sentence, it's an oxymoron.I love how much DCX has done for the Hemi legend .I never knew I would live to see a Hemi Car do , what? 17's in the 1/4?That is one fast machine ( for a yuppie or soccer mom).

[TheGhost]

I can't use the words DCX Charger and Performance in the same sentence, it's an oxymoron.I love how much DCX has done for the Hemi legend .I never knew I would live to see a Hemi Car do , what? 17's in the 1/4?That is one fast machine ( for a yuppie or soccer mom).

My 273 Barracuda does 17s.  With probably 150 or so hp, since the engine is tired.  The Charger has over double that.  I'd say it can run much faster than 17s.  Low 15s is the slowest I remember seeing, and thats for a 4000 lb PLUS car.  The extra weight does tend to hurt 1/4 times.  And, you seem to be foregetting that the bigger HEMI runs the Charger to the 12s, which was faster than the originals.

What did the original HEMI's run in?  Mid 13s stock?


How is DCX, Charger, and performance an oxymoron?  They make a new car called Charger, and it is one of the best performing sedans on the market.  Not what I'd call an oxymoron, exactly.

Now, DCX and In Touch With Their Fanbase, THAT's more of what I'd call an oxymoron.

[TK73]

OK haters, point out to me what you think is so "ugly" about this car:

I can point out about a dozen posts where you are one of the "haters"...do you like the car now? Now I'm totality confiscused....

From what I read, he is for the car, just not the name. Which I understand.  That's basically how I feel, more or less.

YOU WIN THE PRIZE!!    I like the look of the car, should have been named something else...




'I can point out about a dozen posts where you are one of the "haters"...'

Please do, now that I am over 40 my memory, and bladder control, are loosening up a bit...

[5.9_Liter_Grand_Cherokee]

From what I hear, that isn't the only thing getting looser.   

But, to get back on the subject, The car is fine.  Drives great, but I would spring for the hemi, instead of the six. I actually like the 2006 Coronet.  The Coronet Wagon isn't that bad either. 

[Telvis]

 

[TK73]

I actually like the 2006 Coronet.  The Coronet Wagon isn't that bad either.