Not many things are expected from the 2012 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392, especially when it comes to race tracks, since it is a big and heavy car.
Yet, this family-sized car manages to show that it is more about it that it seems, holding its own against much smaller and lighter cars.
In this year’s One Lap of America, a Dodge Challenger SRT8 driven by two SRT engineers placed third in class, beating out a new Chevy Camaro Ss, and cars like 2010 Corvette ZR1 and a 2011 BMW M3, finishing 14th overall.
Well, obviously, Dodge is very aware of this since is introducing a more track-worth challenger at this year’s SEMA show, which kicks off next week. Being influenced by the success of the Mopar Drag Pak Challenger and by the Nürburgring record-setting Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR the Dodge Challenger SRT8 ACR was primarily built from Mopar catalog items.
The SEMA Challenger will come with front and rear strut tower bracing, a Mopar coil-over suspension, revised aerodynamicsa short-throw shifter, a cat-back exhaust and Goodyear F1 Supercar tires. Outside, the car has white paint with a charcoal roof, red flame stripe, carbon fiber hood and rear decklidand ACR fender badging.
As far as the interiour is concerned, the Challenger SRT8 ACR gets carbon fiber door panels, an SRT gauge cluster, an SRT flat-bottomed steering wheel, front sport bucket seats, a Mopar Drag Pak center stack and a carbon fiber center console. The rear seat has been removed to save weight and to accommodate the chassis-stiffening roll bar.
Unfortunately, it is still unknown if the carmaker will build the Challenger as a production model, but we promise to keep this article up to date.
Source: MotorAuthority
