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"After seeing the 470-bhp Charger SRT8 unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show with its beautiful interior treatment, I&amp;#039;m now driving it around Willow Springs, aka &amp;quot;The fastest track in the West.&amp;quot; The new thick-rim steering wheel feels great in my hands as the speedo trips 120 mph. I pull the wheel&amp;#039;s die-cast paddle and the gearbox shifts into 4th with a grunt. I&amp;#039;m not thinking about the SRT8&amp;#039;s aggressive new looks or functional aero vents and wing; I&amp;#039;m concentrating on keeping my right foot to the floor and entering Turn 8 with purpose. I&amp;#039;m confident it can do it. The new adaptive Bilstein dampers are set to Sport, taking the suspension to a stiffness level that&amp;#039;s unrealistically jiggly for the street, but perfect for the turn-in response and mid-corner bump absorption necessary to carry this 4365-lb. American through this terrifyingly fast corner\u2014flat. A light understeer mid-corner reaffirms we&amp;#039;re in a street car and makes it easy to power through. Large 4-piston Brembo calipers are working hard, yet ABS never kicks in, giving great confidence for repeated hot laps. With stability control fully disabled, the large sedan tends to understeer...but a little encouraging weight transfer can coax the rear to drift, Samuel H\u00FCbinette style. Its one fault? Its aging 5-speed automatic transmission that can&amp;#039;t rev-match on downshifts, making for some frustration on the track in slow corners. On the road, it&amp;#039;s a mild nuisance that&amp;#039;s easily forgotten when one sees the asking price ($45,795) and realizes that few other sedans can give it a run for the money. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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