To all of those of you who said that the pony car had its glory days in the '60s, we say, “Ha!” We'll say it again. Ha!
Not only are pony cars back, they aren't even watered-down pretenders. Sure, they're now wearing XXL T-shirts, but we're living in a day where a V6 pony car makes more than 300 horsepower. Remember when a hot V8 made 225?
Want proof that pony cars are just heating up? See Exhibit A: the Chrysler SRT8 392. What's that, you ask? Some kind of stripes-and-wheels package?
There's plenty of stripes and chrome to go around, but there's some meat to this one, too, like a 392-cubic-inch version of Chrysler's fabled Hemi engine. In stock form it's rated at 470 horsepower and 470 lb.-ft. of torque. We'll let those figures sink in for a bit. (Chrysler boasts that the engine's 73.4 horsepower per liter beats that of the fabled 426 Hemi of days gone by.)
One semi-related comment before anyone points out a possible error in this review: The consumer website calls the car the Challenger 392 SRT8, while the media site says Challenger SRT8 392. Either way, it's a torquey beast.
