Found this over at Dodgeforum.

there's a nice 5 page artical on the 300C in the may issue of car and driver, what's really impresive is the acceleration numbers they got with it.

0 - 60mph: 5.3 seconds
1/4 mile: 13.9 seconds @ 102mph
top speed: 130mph (governor limited)
70 - 0mph: 184ft
roadholding: .77g
C/D ovbeserved fuel economy: 17mpg

Not bad for a 4000lbs car.

The 3.5:
Car & Driver times for a 3.5L Magnum are
0-60: 7.5 sec
1/4: 15.8[at]89mph

I should also note that while reading this, I ran across that MT and times of 5.8. Still though, that is pretty quick for such a heavy car.

 

woah, thats alot faster than I though it would be..

what kind of tranny and gear ratios does it have again? That new hemi must make good tq low and mid to do that with 350? hp...

 

A 13.9?!

 

pretty impressive

I can't believe that thing is putting out 390tq

 

It uses a MB 5sp with a 3.xx first and 2.81 rear. The low 1/4 maybe to the fact of the big grill and obviously bad areo at higher speeds, though I don't know for sure just a guess.

 

I can't help but want this car...

http://superdave369.home.comcast.net...0cdrifting.avi

 

They had one at the Houston autoshow. It looks really good in person.

 

I just drove a Hemi 300C at Chrysler's Art of Driving event. There is no way they are doing 13.9. Car & Driver got a ringer.

Still, I told my business partner, "Run, don't walk, and get rid of your 300M."

It's a wonderful car--especially when you're talking $23K for a V6, $32K for a Hemi, and $37K with all the techno-crap that most people like these days.

 

If the car tested was a ringer, there wasn't much done to it.

Pretty much every test I've read so far has it doing a 5.5 to 5.8 0-60 runs and the quarter in the very low 14s at about 100 mph.

I'm only guessing here but I suspect, if anything, someone ran the car's testing in cold weather, and probably nothing more.


BTW: Has anyone noticed that there's one front end for the 300C and another for the non-hemi 300? (Check the headlights and the area directly underneath them. )

 

Hmm . . . felt slow. Like 14.5-14.8 slow. Didn't really feel much faster than the turbo PT cruiser convertible (new prize for world's largest doors on that car).

Maybe the traction control . . . or maybe I've been driving the 427 too much.

 

Wow! With a few mods, the 300C or Magnum should be deep into the 13s. That is incredible for a 4000 lb sedan/wagon. Perfect for someone like me who needs a family hauler. My Hemi woke up when I cleared out the intake tract and the exhaust. If someone makes a programmer, we may see them into the high 12s. Jardine/Thorley makes some nice mid length headers for them as well.

 

If the 5.7 liter "semi" Hemi pumps out 390 lbs/ft of torque, and can make the 2 ton 300C scoot along right around 6 seconds to 60 (conservatively), one can only imagine what 440 lbs/ft of torque will do with the slightly shorter and lighter Dodge Charger!

 

6.1 sounds good to me.

 

the 300C has a curb weight of over 4000 pounds

 

13.9@102 is a little faster than I would have expected, but not much. Check out the times that magazines have gotten with various V8 Mercedes. MT got 13.2@107 with a CLK55. The CLK is about 300 pounds lighter than a 300C and it has 362hp. Times I've seen for the E500 are around 14 flat at 100mph. That's for a 4000 pound sedan with only 302hp.

The Mercedes 5 speed auto is very efficent and has great ratios for acceleration.