A Challenger on the front page of TTAC is like a blonde on the cover of Maxim: it gets all the nerdy dudes excited. Self included. So here are some of our most exciting Challenger reviews from years past!
Derek got his hands on a HEMI R/T Shaker and kind of liked it. Kind of.
Murilee Martin checked out the 392 SRT8 and was ironically impressed.
TTAC reader favorite Alex Dykes also reviewed the 392.
Automotive Traveler’s Richard Truesdell went to Willow Springs and ignored his mirrors for a very long time while I swerved and honked behind him. Thus, the one lap review of the 392.
Ed Niedermeyer was in fine Farago-wannabe form when he blasted the pre-Pentastar V6 model.
Last but not least, here’s the five-year-old review from when I took a Challenger R/T to Summit Point. I raced it against a Miata — and won.
It’s the moral equivalent of the clip show, but a reasonable way to pass the time until the embargo ends.
This nerdy dude is plenty excited…I can’t wait for tomorrow. TTAC coverage may push me into one of the local Mopar dealer lots this weekend.
Speaking of Mr. Dykes… where’s he been (wrt the pages of TTAC)?
+1
More openness (or at least more easily accessible information) requested in a quest for The Truth About Contributors
Stick around a week or two, you’ll have your answer. :)
Since Mr Dykes’ name is still listed on the masthead, (as it were) it would denote to me some level of equity or contractual obligation; nothing is better than getting paid to do nothing because someone no longer wants you around.
I really liked Alex’s reviews and videos. They were informative in a CR sort of way that seemed very honest with a minimum of drama and hype.
@JB
Glad to hear this is being addressed. I had asked Mr. Dykes a month or two back about the situation, but he had indicated he wasn’t at liberty to discuss. TTAC is the only blog I really put stock into anymore – your competitors have either gotten too big and rowdy or in some cases have never really been something I could take seriously to begin with – and Alex has one of the absolute best approaches to video reviews. Having the two previously combined had been a real treat.
You can find one of Alex’s reviews on my website, jackbaruth.com. I’m hoping to have more up in the future and to work with Alex more closely.
I would say the Challenger is more like April Flores on the cover of Bizzare* than a blonde on the cover of Maxim. But there ain’t a damn thing wrong with that.
*Warning: The Google results from this search are potentially NSFW.
” potentially NSFW.” and severely disappointing…
That hurt.
I didn’t say she was for Acura fans.
She looks 40. :/
The Challenger is 45.
Isn’t there an old TTAC review wherein Lieberman rips on an SRT8 Challenger for not being much faster than a LeMons Sentra or something like that?
There is.
It was because Lieberman couldn’t drive for shit and didn’t realize he couldn’t drive for shit because he’d been coddled in a million dick-suck manufacturer hand-holding events.
This has to be the best comment I have ever read.
OH SNAP!
Truly the best of the three Detroit pony cars. By an extremely large margin. What a good week.