I own a "new" Dodge Charger R/T 5.7 liter Hemi. I bought it new last May. It's got a black exterior and a "tan" leather interior with heated/cooled seats front and rear. You won't believe this, the front driver & passenger cup holders are cooled (COLD) and heated to keep your favorite beverage cold or hot. My R/T came with the handling package, i.e. electronic/computer aided stability control that actually works so well I can feel the difference, auto headlights, bright lights on the bottom of the front doors that at night let's you see what you're going to step on when you get out, no more getting out and stepping in dog poo ! The car is "loaded" as auto salesmen like to say, too many options to mention ! Although the hands free cell phone and radio controls need to be noted for safety sake, it lets me keep my eyes where they should be...on the road ahead of me, it only takes 2 seconds to hug or even cross the center line a bit, drift onto the berm , fail to notice that car parked in the tall grass is a State Trooper, or a deer has jumped out of the woods and is in the road ! Power and speed? In the long run the Charger was superior, I've driven it 125+ MPH (on private property, with the owners express written consent...nor were we drag racing and there were no, as in zero (0) "spectators") and I backed off @ about 126 MPH. Because of the R/T handling package you don't feel like you're going 125+ MPH, seriously, you need to watch your speed or use the cruise control on the Interstate ! They say the Governor on the Dodge is set at 147MPH. I also own a 2001 Mustang GT, convertible, in mint condition. One clear and dry day a friend drove my Mustang GT and I drove my Charger....and at 125MPH I was pulling away from him easily; when we slowed I was a good 5 car lengths in front of him ! Speaking of slowing, the Charger has far, far superior brakes than anything else I've driven ! I paste wax both cars once a month (or try to), both are garaged and the GT was tuned by Ford prior to our informal contest. Both cars have cold air intakes, the Charger has a MOPAR CAI and the GT has a premium CAI. Both run on premium most of the time, the Hemi in particular. I've had no trouble of any kind in the R/T, I did do something I've never done before, I bought a Chrysler warranty on ALL electronics good for the life of the car ! I know, I know...don't ever buy any extra warranties from the dealer, but the Charger is futuristic, electronics everywhere, many items are computer assisted , I believe I'll keep it forever, and I'm no electronics expert, far from it. Anyway, to close, both cars are awesome, but Dodge hit a home run with the Charger R/T and other variations of the Charger, such as the SRT 6.4 liter Hemi. A close friend has a red SRT with the 6.4 liter, he's had it just over a year, with absolutely no problems. Even our State Highway Patrol and local police have replaced their fleets with Chargers. Dodge wins the one for sure ! (Although I'm not going to junk the Mustang GT, in spite of a couple minor issues and big one, the fuel pump went out at 36,000, and, of course the pump is located inside the gas tank, sooo it was a new gas tank and fuel pump ! $$$$$.). Incidentally I generally set the cruise on both the R/T and GT at about 9 MPH, or 6 over the limit depending. Anywhere near construction zones and School Zones I'm right on the limit, or a bit below the limit if there are workers/kids close to my lane. Also, without exception, I slow a bit and ALWAYS move to the left lane when I see a Trooper, Police Officer with someone stopped and/or a Trooper/Police Officer/Medic/Wrecker Driver//Motorist changing a flat on the side of the road...too many times someone on foot may accidentally walk/slip/fall into the right lane! Yep, I bought the Charger for many reasons, but power, speed , handling and exceptional appearance, were on top of the list ! Hey, I'm not perfect, but I try to be aware of the extra power my Dodge has, and sure, in flat rural areas with little traffic I might kick it a bit (LOL), but I do slow down in hazardous areas. Anyway, as I've said, the Charger is the winner.

This has got to be the best looking car of 2012 for sure. Loving it Dodge!

The 4 doors makes it highly practical for younger guys with families. Love this car. It's also very affordable (in my country) given the fact that it packs such a heavy punch!

I stopped watching when I heard 4 door GTR In no way Shape or Form is this in any way possible a 4 door GTR

Anyone hear in 2021?

Legend has it Franklin Clinton still dose not know they stole his car...

Haters gonna hate, that thing is a beast and probably faster than whatever they drive. Sure a 5 speed is antiquated, but when you have 470 lb-ft you don't need a bunch of gears...

0 to 60 in 4.3 sec in a car over 4000 lbs. is very impressive,especially with stock gearing. I timed a friend of mine that had a 1967 GTX with 3.91 gearing and did 0 to 60 in 4.2 sec running a 440 Magnum. Those cars weighed in at around 3800 lbs.

I want dodge charger srt8 hemi

I love that Car, but I hate the 2015 Charger... Anyway MOPAR OR NO CAR ;)

I rented one last week, and I must say Dodge had made major improvements then the last few models. It was awesome.

Cool car. Glad to hear it can handle better, but I can't imagine it would actually be fun on a really twisty road. I was really surprised by how good of a road car the new charger is though.

Chevy won't release the ss in canada, but I'd still go with the charger anyways. Its been improving so much over the years and no with the dedicated srt brand it will just keep getting better. They no longer seem to have that cheap feeling and can keep up with the higher end models.

The car of franklin in gta5

Definitely a ride to respect! Definitely a upgrade from the last charger!

THE STYLING IS AWESOME IT EVEN LOOKS LIKE A PICTURE LIKE WHAT A ARTIST WOULD DRAW AS A DREAM SPORTS CAR

2012 and i thought it was a 2017

i love this car :)

The leather in this thing is gorgeous, I knew more about the car then the guy that they sent me out on a test drive with... This thing is fun as hell to drive and the grunt that the 6.4 makes is unreal. I want to hear one with an aftermarket exhaust. Badass car.

Chevy actually started the big grill on these sport cars

Fuck I want one! I have the crappy SE. Lol.

more and more car companies are copying Audi's front grill.

@ReticentIndignation I get what you're saying but this car is a large sedan with a focus on blending luxury and performance. It's not really supposed to compete with M3s. Not everyone needs a formula 1 car to drive around town and to work. These cars are built with a similar philosophy to AMG Mercs. Huge car, huge engine, lots of fun with friends in the back.

Still looks good after 12 years later.

@PhotoshopTimes The 5-Speed is built much stronger than the 8 and can take the power of the SRT8 and more. The 8-Speed would need some work to be reliable in a V8 application. The 8-Speed was mainly designed for V6 fuel economy.

This is a great car. I test drove this and a 2012 camaro and i like this a lot better. Dodge did a great job.

The car has a transmission mode called auto stick, it make the the car act like a clutch-less manual, so you can still tell the car to shift when you want it to shift.

Having seen this video and then seen one in person last week... I can honestly tell everyone, don't judge this car till you see it in person. My opinion of it changed drastically when I actually saw it in person. Not to mention the brutal sound these 6.4's make.

Good commuter during the day at 20-25mpg, street racer or track day on the weekend. This is a good car.

I think the 2013 Charger is actually a gorgeous looking car.

I have a crown victoria and my cousin just bought the previous generation srt8, I left him in the dust when it comes to top initial speed :)

Charger is the KING of SRT family

Very impressive times for such a big car!! Amazing job mopar!!

This is without a doubt the hottest car on the road right now.

Cogicmj yes it is from motor trend. I'm not hating on the Dodge at all, I'm just saying that it's the closest competitor on the market to the SRT8.

The complaints about the 5spd auto trans are warranted since it's an outdated design and technology, but there is an 8spd auto on the way which should wake this thing up even more....stay tuned for that if you're considering buying one.

Finally the Charger looks/acts like a car I would actually like to own. The old ones were just so... blah. I like Dodges new style :) Keep um comin!

I think the main reason for it is so they can have a car that is fun to drive and really fast but can also be a daily driver/family car. People are strapped for cash now-a-days and the Charger is a good combination of power and usability. I do agree that it is a little silly to bring a four door saloon to a two door party... And maybe the Charger should have been named something else, but it still doesn't make it a bad car. The challenger was the only car that was actually made to feel classic.

I have no doubts that the car is fun, but they still should have made it optional with the six-speed manual Tremec TR-6060 with the ZF-SACHS 240mm twin-disc clutch the Challenger uses. That way you cover all aspects; the people who want the 5-speed auto-stick, as well as the ones who want the 6-speed manual.

This thing is a monster. I love those seats.

@DaBluedude100 If you remember a few years back, the charger had that look from the headlights on in before the Evo did. Look back to 2006 and the Lancers looked absolutely nothing like that, but the chargers already did.

I have no idea how would you want something else instead of this monster or 300C SRT8. It's very comfortable, gr8 looking and has the most brutal V8 sound.

i have a 2011 Challenger R/T and i beat mustangs gt (new ones) all the time. I havent got the chance for Camaro yet other than a zl1 at 70 mph roll. But the challenger is a power plant.

I like the skip work and sleep in part. That's a winner!

These new Chargers look better than the previous models. My opinion

Saw one at the dealership the other day, and as much as I love the Challenger, I gotta say, this looks better.

I loved that car, Dodge should produce a coupe version, and of course, a manual transmission

Thats right buddy i support canadian made cars, interior dash is kinda plain but im a utilitarian guy so it still works for me

love how all the kiddies are posting "I'd consider buying this" This car will have a near $50k price tag. In case you didn't know (and you don't), a loan for $40k even yields a $740/month payment. Goodluck with your new Charger SRT8 :)

But the Charger is built on the Brampton Assembly Plant in Brampton, Ontario. Just cause Chrysler has 3 plants in North America, doesn't mean that all their plants specialize in all their models.

Pure American Muscle, made in Canada. I still love this car

I think its funny how the motor trend guys always try to find a way to criticize the American brand sports cars. Complaining about it stopping from 0-60 in 112ft.! Please! That is phenomenal stopping power regardless. Also, complaining about the dash? Just a couple months ago they were touting how wonderful the interior was and how it was so much nicer than other cars out there, with its quality finishes. The fact is this car kicks ass. They just don't want to upset their investors. :)

What's sad and what I wish American car companies would wake up to is that although this car may rival the M3 in a straight line quarter mile drag. Racing the two on a track is a totally different story. Make it smaller, lighter, with two doors, nicer interior, with that kind of horsepower and I'll think hard about buying American. The next SRT 10 Viper will probably fill that void though. Can't wait to see it! The new Charger though looks badass; surely the best looking since its return.

They should bring back the classics. Nuff' said...

As long as its fast. And it is. So it don't matter what kind of Transmission it has. Auto Stick. Is the same as paddles.

HOLY SHIT 4.3??? Are you kidding me? Nearly had a heart attack....

everyone always agrues with why isn't it manual, when you have a high horse power car, and you want the best 1/4 mile time, you choose automatic..... never miss a gear.

dodge decided to style it finally, about time

Can you imagine a STS turbo or twin turbo in this mutha, dayum! Really not a fan of the similarity issues, but I'd still buy it if I had the money.

I like this design. I haven't been a fan of the Charger look before.

Looks and drives great why all the hate? Maybe because it doesn't look like the old muscle cars? Well guess what, it's not old muscle, it's new muscle, get used to it. Technology makes this car leaps and bounds above the muscle cars of years past.

this car is so nice. it's probably the only american car i would ever consider buying.

I dont care what it does just its styling is awesome

@ZeroDragondelta9 It's available. The site just defaults to 2011's. Switch it to 2012 in the upper left corner when you 'build your own' and you'll be set.

dodge has come along way since the days of the intrepid

Looks great! A big improvement in terms of looks to the Charger before this one.

I rather buy the Isf for the price, almost same performance yet amazing interior and with a minor mod, it will match the performance etc

This car looks great im sick of people saying it looks bad I think it looks sweet! And that front end is on the evo but looks better on the charger.

8 speed auto should be available in a year or so. I bet it will accelerate better towards top speed and fuel economy should also improve.

@DVcustomZ Ferrari engineers make a naturally aspirated 4.5 liter engine put out 562 hp. Give them a 6.4 liter engine and they can make it put out 800 hp. I don't think 600 hp should be too big a challenge for Dodge engineers.

torque is actually t=radius * force but 2*3=3*2 so it doesnt matter really

Woow what the hell happened Motortrend? A few months your sat on your asses and uploaded only crappy video once every three weeks and now all of the sudden we see in a week almost 10 new real reviews ! Woow you really surprised me here !

the grill on all the other challengers isnt black, is the same color as the rest of the car. and nobody ever says it looks like an evo. now just because this one has a black grill everyone says "its an evo!!!" look at the stock 2012 charger and the last word ull think of is evo, so stop hating!

Motor Trend makes it their business to put a negative spin on anything Mopar. Every single sentence went along the lines of "this car is awesome and can out perform cars that costs more money, but ya know, it's okay I guess."

nice srt8 super fast

Why do people hate plastic interiors so much? What do you want real wood? Or metal that adds more weight? Plastic is lighter, cheaper to replace, and most cases more resilient.

@JoeA320Pilot The Challenger offers the 6-speed manual out of the Viper. But Chrysler's 5-speed boxes in these cars is exceptional for being a conventional automatic. The cost of throwing a manual in these cars wouldn't be justified by how much it'd sell.

as fast as the current BMW M5, but priced the same as the 1 Series M. I like that.

175mph. Great Cybertron. I do agree a car like this should probably have a manual transmission. However, everything else about this car is an improvement from the outgoing model -- especially the styling. Both this car and Chrysler's current 300 series took a big step out of the "typical Chrysler" look that has been around since the 1990s or so. It was cool then, but obviously it had gotten a little long in the tooth. Those taillights are all classic Mopar though.

No word to describe just BADASS !

@davepamn Engine size doesn't make a difference, power does. The Charger would probably need more than 600 hp to top 200. They could easily tune the 6.4 to put out 600+ hp.

Comparing this or the 300 to any other performance car is really stupid. It's a LARGE 4-door sedan. You can fit 2-3 adults in the back COMFORTABLY, and they even get their own doors! Sure, Mustangs, Camaros, M3s, whatever might be faster, but they are completely different classes of cars. This car is pretty much a 100% unique offering with little competition. The only thing you can really compare it to are AMG Mercs, which are obviously in a wholly different price range.

In all honesty, 24"s look alright on Chargers. The guy at the dealership showed me his that was all blacked out. The frame is big enough to where it eats them up. I'm good with the 20's on mine though haha.

OH MY GOD .... !!!!!!!!!!! MY FUTURE CAR.

The Rosie O'Donnell of muscle cars

i intend to buy myself a dodge charger srt as my american muscle car .it does looks great .

@rotor13 I see your point, and this is what angers me. It has been the other way around for centuries, literally. The first cars ever were manuals, and the first automatics were developed way later, thus they were the pricey options because it took longer to build them. Not to mention the power loss and lack of control with autos. I do miss the manual days. I guess I'll stick to my five-speed for a good while before getting rid of it. Haha!

@JETZcorp pretty sure the 392 cubic inch engine has plenty of torque to make up for any disadvantage of the auto. Much more than any of the 60's engines.

@x2xHalox2x If you remember a few years back, the charger had that look from the headlights on in before the Evo did. Look back to 2006 and the Lancers looked absolutely nothing like that, but the chargers already did.

HEY GUISE, DID YOU KNOW ITS AN OPTIONAL FEATURE TO REMOVE THE FRONT FASCIA

Dodge Charger SRT8 screeches to a halt and could see the trains.

The Chargers are built in Canada, and the other models are half built in Mexico, half built in the states

The R35 GT-R looks a lot like a Charger, but I think Nissan should have sticked to a similar design to the R34 instead.

This is the only dodge I'm gonna buy.

My favourite american car. I live in England so i have a BMW, but if i lived over the pond i'd nab one of these in a heartbeat. why can't people be nice in these comments......?

my granddad had an older charger and used it to pull his tractor mower making him the german farmer

@rswany16 it's made in the USA, that is what's important

i'm not an american muscle fan, but this thing looks nasty. pretty good performance too. respectable.

I love this ride and I have 2011 RT. I dont know what this guy was smoking about the interior being cheap plastic. its far better then the cars of the past and its appointed very well.

Throwing 6 speed at it would have killed the challenger sales