Dodge Charger SRT-8

When Dodge unveiled the all-new 2006 Dodge Charger into its lineup, performance-car aficionados had a lot to celebrate. The party gets kicked up a notch with the introduction of the all-new 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8.

With its infusion of Street and Racing Technology (SRT) DNA, Dodge hopes that the all-new 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 provides exactly what performance enthusiasts want in their American muscle sedan: more power, world-class ride and handling, benchmark braking, functional and aggressive-looking exterior enhancements and a race-inspired interior.

“The all-new Dodge Charger embodies all of the key attributes of the Dodge brand – bold, powerful, street-smart and full of life,” said Darryl Jackson, Vice President, Dodge Marketing, Chrysler Group. “The all-new 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 builds on the Dodge formula. It starts with a 425-horsepower 6.1-liter HEMI engine and continues with a powerful dose of renowned Street and Racing Technology performance for a tremendous performance-per-dollar value story.”

During the heyday of the original Dodge Charger, performance was measured mainly in straight-line numbers. Today, SRT adds a complete approach with the all-new 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8.

“The SRT approach to performance is multi-dimensional,” said Dan Knott, Director, Street and Racing Technology, Chrysler Group. “For example, the 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 incorporates Brembo brakes to stop as well as it accelerates. Its handling is world-class across a dynamic range. Its interior is designed specifically for the performance driver. And its performance exterior characteristics don’t just look great, they’re also functional.”

As an all-around performer, the all-new 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 is capable of awe-inspiring numbers unheard-of in a muscle sedan: 0-60 mph in around 5 seconds, quarter-mile time in the 13-second range and braking distance from 60-0 mph in approximately 110 feet. The Dodge Charger SRT8 is also capable of accomplishing SRT’s signature performance test of 0-100-0 mph in the mid 16-second range.

Exterior

Functional performance is at the heart of the SRT credo. To that end, an all-new front fascia includes integrated ducts that help direct fresh air to cool the brakes. The front fascia also incorporates an air dam to reduce lift. The hood is equipped with a scoop to funnel cool air into the engine compartment.

The rear fascia features integrated lower strakes to direct air flow and aggressive cutouts to accommodate dual 3.5-inch exhaust tips. A dramatic decklid spoiler set on dual stanchions increases downforce for high-speed stability and traction.

Interior

Race-inspired interior appointments in the 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 start with power-adjustable, deeply sculpted and highly bolstered sport seats in the front fitted with performance suede inserts to hold occupants during maneuvering. Rear seats have matching performance suede inserts. All seats have contrasting red stitching.

Other sporting touches include “carbon fiber” technical leather trim on the steering wheel for better grip, and special finishing on the center stack.

A 180-mph (300 kph) speedometer, tachometer and temperature gauge feature dark faces unique to the all-new 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8. An LED display within the gauge cluster is driver-configurable for oil temperature, oil pressure and tire pressure readouts.

Powertrain

Just as the very first Charger – the original 1964 “Charger by Dodge” concept car - sported a HEMI V-8, the all-new 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 gets its motivation from a HEMI, too. In this case, it’s a big-bore, SRT-engineered version producing 425 horsepower and 420 lb-ft of torque.

Several features of the new 6.1-liter SRT HEMI recall the legendary HEMI engines of previous decades, including the namesake hemispherical combustion chambers that provide power and efficiency, orange-painted cylinder block, black valve covers, and even the horsepower rating (with less displacement, the 6.1-liter HEMI’s 69.8 horsepower-per-liter rating exceeds that of the legendary Street HEMI of the 1960s and ‘70s).

To create the 6.1-liter version of the Chrysler Group’s HEMI, SRT powertrain engineers applied tried-and-true engine-building tricks honed by generations of American hot-rodders.

They unleashed 85 more horsepower by adding more cubic inches, increasing the compression ratio, redesigning the cylinder head, intake and exhaust systems for increased flow, and increasing engine speed.

For more displacement, SRT engineers bored out the diameter of the cylinders in the HEMI by 3.5 millimeters each in order to increase the total displacement to 6.1 liters from 5.7 liters.

-RSportsCars.Com

Pics. Gotta say, i like it a lot better than the standard Hemi version.
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Sweet wheels, but the car is still ugly. Gotta hand it to DCX for having the nuts to put that over-400 hp 6.1L LS - er, I mean - 'hemi' (:D) into so many vehicles.

Nice package, wrong car.

The charger is just plain a** ugly.

They could put the 528ci hemi in it and it would still be a** ugly.

it would be nice if they would delete the wing, and if there was a true manual shift

Info from DCX:

DIMENSIONS AND CAPACITIES
Wheelbase 120.0 (3048)
Track, Front 63.0 (1600)
Track, Rear 63.1 (1604)
Overall Length 200.1 (5082)
Overall Width 74.5 (1891)
Overall Height 58.2 (1479)
With SDAR Antenna 58.8 (1494)
Estimated Curb Weight, lb. (kg). 4160 (1887)
Weight Distribution, percent F/R 54/46
Fuel Tank Capacity, gal. (L) 19 (72)


4160 lbs is a LOT to push around

Love that scoop! These are cars that people will still want in 10 years. Thats quite an accomplishment considering there are not that many cars fromt he 80's, 90's and early 2k's that can do that.

Love that scoop! These are cars that people will still want in 10 years. Thats quite an accomplishment considering there are not that many cars fromt he 80's, 90's and early 2k's that can do that.

I thought the late 80's and 90's had some pretty sweet car. I can name plenty of appealing cars from that era. But this quite an era too.

Magnum, Yes, 4165lbs is a lot to push around. It's a sedan, and a not so small one at that :o. When is DCX going to give us a really pony car? probably never considering they seem to think that there is no market for 2 door coupes.

i really like that hood :)
remember guys that this is a sporty family car, not a family sports car....wait, now that i think about it, the charger was a sporty family car car and this is a family sports car. :D

Looks like a 4 door Mustang to me.

Looks like a 4 door Mustang to me.
WTF?

Looks like a 4 door Mustang to me.

What Mustang are you looking at? The Mustang is decent looking car but the SRT-8 (and all it's lesser Chrysler/Dodge siblings) is an automotive rhino-turd.

Looks like a 4 door Mustang to me.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to see the similarities! :p

LMAO @ "rhino-turd"!! :lol:

4160 lbs!!! :no: Cars are getting so freaking heavy...

I dont care for the nomal Charger but for some reason the SRT version looks alot better and the same thing can be said about the new Cobra stang.

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one to see the similarities! :p

Nope, neither of you are alone. They definitely look like they are from the same era.

with the right make up,sometimes even a fat chick looks good. O.K.,maybe a few beers help too.

I can't believe it. Dodge is going to make a car that could sway me into selling my 96 impala SS. Actually, not my impala, but my dad's whenever I end up getting it. I'll trade a 8-9 year old car in toward a brand new car with another 145hp and less weight, but the same room inside and a warranty. I hope I can get enough on my trade in...

I just hope the aftermarket breaks DC's coding by then.

I'm getting a new car in '08. If these stick around for three model years, I'm definitely going to have to give one of those some serious consideration.

So how much with the Charger SRT be anyway? $35,000 or $40,000?

I can't believe it. Dodge is going to make a car that could sway me into selling my 96 impala SS. Actually, not my impala, but my dad's whenever I end up getting it. I'll trade a 8-9 year old car in toward a brand new car with another 145hp and less weight, but the same room inside and a warranty. I hope I can get enough on my trade in...

I just hope the aftermarket breaks DC's coding by then.

If that's your plan, you'd be better off selling it on your own. I'm sure there are plenty of takers that will pay much more than a dealer for a "collector" car.

I agree with others on the Mustang similarities. But the lack of a manual trans is a deal-breaker for me, even before looks come into consideration.

I see an ugly, heavy sedan with no manual transmission available. So it's powerful and somewhat capable as a performance car. Its still not cool at all IMO. I'll bet Ford sells 10 V8 Mustangs for every V8 "Charger" Dodge sells.

If that's your plan, you'd be better off selling it on your own. I'm sure there are plenty of takers that will pay much more than a dealer for a "collector" car.

I agree with others on the Mustang similarities. But the lack of a manual trans is a deal-breaker for me, even before looks come into consideration.
My dad was offered $18k for this car earlier this year as trade in value on the Corvette he bought. That is very cool considering he only paid $12.5k last spring/summer.

The lack of a manual doens't bother me. I could've put a T56 in my impala last year since I had pretty much everything for the swap. Instead I sold the T56 and everything for it for a nice profit :D

I just hope somebody offers a good high stall converter for the 5 speed auto.

I'll trade a 8-9 year old car in toward a brand new car with another 145hp...
FWIW, my math was bad. The Charger SRT8 actually makes 165 more horsepower than my dad's stock impala SS. :o

and an Impala SS is barely heavier.

Ugly as sin the Charger is---SRT8 is worse. Nice engine though---you'd think they would come out with a manual--at least as an option.

The group that posts on this board is the most pessimistic group of people I have ever seen. This is a Camaro board, but what is GM doing to match DC? Hell, even Ford? They just canceled the new RWD platform. DC is selling the 300's and Magnum's pretty well, and the Charger is in the same family. You guys need to ge tthis through your heads, not everyone wants a two door, low slung, rocket. Most of US do, but not the general public. These cars are big, powerful, and tot the general population, stylish.

I am a firm believer that the only reason the Mustang has stuck around is because it's fans are massively faithful, and vocal. No matter how big a legend you can say the Camaro or Firebird is, the Mustang is 10x bigger. They are ok cars, and they sell like crazy. Anyone puts anything else out for mass production, it's going to flop. I applaud DC for putting this much effort into including performance into many of its new cars. How many damn cars is the HEMI in now? How many cars was/is the LS2 in?

You people sh!t on everything that any company puts out, regardless, I don't get it.

Wow, that is horrible. They took a turd and made it worse. :lol:

The group that posts on this board is the most pessimistic group of people I have ever seen. This is a Camaro board, but what is GM doing to match DC? Hell, even Ford? They just canceled the new RWD platform. DC is selling the 300's and Magnum's pretty well, and the Charger is in the same family. You guys need to ge tthis through your heads, not everyone wants a two door, low slung, rocket. Most of US do, but not the general public. These cars are big, powerful, and tot the general population, stylish.

I am a firm believer that the only reason the Mustang has stuck around is because it's fans are massively faithful, and vocal. No matter how big a legend you can say the Camaro or Firebird is, the Mustang is 10x bigger. They are ok cars, and they sell like crazy. Anyone puts anything else out for mass production, it's going to flop. I applaud DC for putting this much effort into including performance into many of its new cars. How many damn cars is the HEMI in now? How many cars was/is the LS2 in?

You people sh!t on everything that any company puts out, regardless, I don't get it.

Thank you. I'm very glad somebody else agrees with me. It doesn't matter what car it is on here, as long as it's not a Chevy/Pontiac RWD V8 coupe, then it's crap. Well, at least Chrysler/Ford fans still have performance cars. We have a Cobalt. Whoopee.

Back to the subject, I loved the original Charger, and now, this SRT-8 is a BEAST. Strike up another victory for Chrysler because they have yet another vehicle that I would love to own. 300C, Magnum, Charger SRT-8, the list goes on and on. Very nice ride.

I see an ugly, heavy sedan with no manual transmission available. So it's powerful and somewhat capable as a performance car. Its still not cool at all IMO. I'll bet Ford sells 10 V8 Mustangs for every V8 "Charger" Dodge sells.


Its not cool at all huh? You just dont get it. The original muscle cars were heavy and powerful. Thats what made them fun. Mustangs and fbod's are pony cars, not muscle cars. Good thing they did not think like you in the 60's, we would not have had some very cool cars. By the way, car guy cool is diffrent then high school kid cool. Wagons and sedans rock to car guys just as well as coupes.

It looks a ton better than the R/T version. They should have done this from the get go. It still doesn't make me go gah gah because it's so blocky but THIS I could see buying and driving. However for the estimated 35k it would cost I think I'd rather just get a 300c save the extra 3k and save up for some mods.

No thanks,I'll pass. ...still a bastardized "Charger" pfffft :rolleyes:

It looks like what they should call a "300-SRT-8" NOT a Charger, a Charger should be more streamlined for speed. That's a flying Brick! and a 4-door.
But plausable for a 300-SRT-8....

It still has 2 too many doors....

It looks like what they should call a "300-SRT-8" NOT a Charger, a Charger should be more streamlined for speed. That's a flying Brick! and a 4-door.
But plausable for a 300-SRT-8....


I assume you neer saw another car that carried the charger name. The new charger is much smoother and streamlined.

It still has 2 too many doors....

And an extra 700lbs of flab.

GREAT sedan, but i wanted a great pony-type car like the Camaro/Mustang. 2 doors with weight figures no more than 3700lbs max.

falchulk: I assume you neer saw another car that carried the charger name. The new charger is much smoother and streamlined.
Yeah, I saw'em, the one looked like an "Intreped" and the other was kinda retro, but they were'nt as boxy as this one.

My GF only saw the srt and she likes it. Me now I know I'm a GM guy, but I can still get excited about brandx car and I was. Just as I was with the Prowler and Ford GT(both are rediculuosly priced).When I first heard there was going to be a charger again I had visions of the old days again! Camaro vs Charger vs Mustang you know. I thought if the Camaro hits the streets ...Its On! Ppl might forget all about the other stuff out there (read imports, and I don't mean GTO) Wishful thinking I guess. :cry: :mad: I guess the SRT looks better than the charger but it should have been called intrepid. :rolleyes:

Its not cool at all huh? You just dont get it. Blah blah blah....
Sorry I don't fit your definition of a "car guy" just because I dislike the new "Charger". Personally I like to see performance cars designed to look agressive and sleek. The Charger looks more like an updated Checker cab.
If you like this car, thats great, but you really don't need to rag on me because I don't. That's why they make different cars, to appeal to different peoples tastes. Maybe YOU just don't get it.

I still dont like how the rear quarter looks. It seems like an afterthought. The nose is pretty hot, though.

Chuck!: I still dont like how the rear quarter looks. It seems like an afterthought. The nose is pretty hot, though. I agree, but it would make a good new 300-C SRT-8...Charger NO!

I bet if they threw in a T56 tranny, this would be a no brainer for a lot of fathers. :cool:

The Charger looks more like an updated Checker cab.

LOL...all this time I was trying to place in my mind what it reminded me of...you sir, have nailed it!

with the right make up,sometimes even a fat chick looks good. O.K.,maybe a few beers help too.
Precisely why, I try to keep my drinking to a minimum. A few beers at a clip, no more, "We drink to sink"! :p

I still dont like how the rear quarter looks. It seems like an afterthought. The nose is pretty hot, though.
This is pretty much how I feel about the new mustang. I think the charger looks ok in the front, but looks too much like the stang to me. The original charger concept even though it was also 4dr. was way nicer at least it looked like a charger. I do not, just bash anything not GM. I like the Magnum quite a bit actually, the 300c... I get it , I just don't care for the styling. However I do see the need for such a car. That car should not have the charger name. When I heard there was going to be a one, I was excited to see it, and when I did, the excitement was gone. they used the name I guess to build anticipation, and it worked. Not quite as bad, as say the nova of the 90's (Which was a serious crime by the way) , but in my view, and I suspect alot of Mopar guys as well, a Crime none the less! That car to me is the next gen Intrepid.

Yeah, I saw'em, the one looked like an "Intreped" and the other was kinda retro, but they were'nt as boxy as this one.

No, not the concepts. The actual cars. Google Charger and you might be suprised that this car is not that far from its heritage.

Sorry I don't fit your definition of a "car guy" just because I dislike the new "Charger". Personally I like to see performance cars designed to look agressive and sleek. The Charger looks more like an updated Checker cab.
If you like this car, thats great, but you really don't need to rag on me because I don't. That's why they make different cars, to appeal to different peoples tastes. Maybe YOU just don't get it.

You like to see sports cars, not performance cars. Thats what you should say. This is not a sports car
so therefore not what you want. Dont color your comments by saying you are a "performance" car fan. Performance comes in many diffrent packages.

This is pretty much how I feel about the new mustang. I think the charger looks ok in the front, but looks too much like the stang to me. The original charger concept even though it was also 4dr. was way nicer at least it looked like a charger. I do not, just bash anything not GM. I like the Magnum quite a bit actually, the 300c... I get it , I just don't care for the styling. However I do see the need for such a car. That car should not have the charger name. When I heard there was going to be a one, I was excited to see it, and when I did, the excitement was gone. they used the name I guess to build anticipation, and it worked. Not quite as bad, as say the nova of the 90's (Which was a serious crime by the way) , but in my view, and I suspect alot of Mopar guys as well, a Crime none the less! That car to me is the next gen Intrepid.

The Charger concept looked nothing like Chargers of the past. It could be put in the same "sedan that looks like a sports car" class as the Chevy SS concept. The original Chargers were no where near sports cars. They were heavy MUSCLE cars. They were not pony or sports cars.

That concept in it's R/T form looked much closer to "Charger" than the production R/T Charger does.
Especially looking at the 71 Charger. It was longer and leaner looking like the concept Charger was. The production Charger is much more squared and blocky.

The Charger concept looked nothing like Chargers of the past. It could be put in the same "sedan that looks like a sports car" class as the Chevy SS concept. The original Chargers were no where near sports cars. They were heavy MUSCLE cars. They were not pony or sports cars.
I was talking about the one from like 99 I believe it was. Let me clarify, I never said it was a sports car or anything else. Just that it looked alot more like a charger than the current one. In no way do I think any Charger should have 2 xtra drs. The one I'm talking about looked just like a 69 Charger was 4drs with like a dark red metallic color. Does anyone remember it, or know how to find a picture of it? It ran on CNG 325HP. The Chevy SS was a sweet looking car IMO, obviously not all agree. I seen it at Carlisle up close, it was also no Camaro, though it carried some Camaro, as well as Chevelle styling cues.