Is the chrysler srt8 core ripper value at $49,990 drive away

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Originally Posted by HULK_I6T

interested in your thoughts on 6.4 hemi vs miami supercharged.

You moved on the s/c miami for the srt8? Give us all the Good, bad and ugly?

All in here http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11416161

Originally Posted by mcnews

The F6 was better than the GT at everything until you got a GT you were adamant.... Then the GT was better than the F6 when you got a GT, at everything,..... Now the SRT8 is better than the GT now you have one, at everything, ROFLMAO. You just convince yourself of whatever you want to at the time Rodge. Just justifying your own purchase to yourself. What ever works for you bud!

See below which says it well. Technology moves on. People expect more kit in their cars as the years unfold. FPV's do the core functions, performance and braking, very well and handling is sort of okay but people expect more tecnology and equipment in their cars these days...something HSV has realised for some time and is the reason they've consistently outsold FPV by at least 2:1. The F6 was a great car in 2008 and the SC FPV in 2010 but its 2014 now and Ford havn't invested enough to keep the Falcon right up to date. If I thought the FH XR8 would have kept up to date with VF level's of technology I would have waited for it, but it won't and its clear the FH will be little more than a mildly facelifted FG3. Blame Alan Mulally, they've deliberatly planned the obsolecence of the Falcon.

Originally Posted by UberKnee

Its only natural for people to buy better and better cars. F6 is a great car but the GT is noisier, quicker and has more cheap mod potential. But in turn the SRT8 is more refined, more well rounded, packed with more features and just a better car to be in day to day. Having been in these cars, even the FPVs feel basic after you've been in a spec'd up SRT8. For daily driving the SRT8 cant be beat in this country, in the rwd 4 door market.

Sums it up very well. Also as people get older their prorities change and they don;t see any harm at all in comfort and luxury.

Originally Posted by Bent8

I have to disagree with you regarding the low speed torque available in the GT's... they are officially rated at 570Nm but we all know they have around 650Nm with the factory tune so while the SRT has 631Nm at 2900rpm, the GT is making more than this from 2200rpm all the way till 5500rpm.
Also, the GT will have tighter gearing (ZF vs 5-speed) so there is always more torque (and power) available to the driver... you may be experiencing the so-called "placebo" effect.
The R-Spec GT would easily beat a fully spec'd SRT8 around the track as it is nearly 200kg lighter and making about 30hp more power.

The fact the GT uses more fuel is because the SRT8 sounds like an econobox at the lights (cylinder deactivation) but let's be honest, a V8 driver doesn't care how much fuel their car drinks!

See Motor magazine Fewbruary 2013. SRT8 beat the R Spec on the track.
The figures on the SC FPV are fudged. They don't make 570nm's at 2,200 revs. I call BS. In stock tune they're not really a firecracker until you hit 4,500 revs then they go off with a really good bang. They're nothing like a F6 which really is making the torque numbers FPV claim in the 2,000-4,000 rev range. Ask anyone who's owned both an F6 and a SC FPV like I have. F6 has a far stronger bottom end. SRT8 feels like a blend of a F6 and SC FPV in the way it goes about its work.
I think different people have different views on fuel consumption. Many people want strong performacne and reasonable consumption...why do you think the turbo six is such a popular engine, it makes efficient power and abundent torque.