In the Mopar world, Dodge is the sporty brand and Chrysler is the stately, whiff-of-upscale marque. Never mind that a majority of the two brands’ products are more or less the same mechanically—that’s the line drawn in the sand. Shaking off its understated mien, Chrysler is using the SEMA show in Las Vegas as an excuse to inject its 300 sedan with some of the steroids Dodge shoots into the rompin’ Charger. The result is the 300 Super S concept.
-Look past the Super S’s conceptual front and rear fascias, “concept” Katzkin leather interior appointments, and coil-over suspension plucked from the Mopar parts catalog, and you’ll see a Dodge Charger R/T Scat Pack in Chrysler 300 clothing. That means a 5.7-liter V-8 that’s been treated to Mopar Stage kits 1, 2, and 3, which in Chrysler’s words “exactly mimic the modifications and performance boosts delivered by Mopar Scat Pack Performance kits available for the 5.7-liter Hemi engine–equipped Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger vehicles.” In our words, we take that to mean the 300 Super S has 485 horsepower instead of the regular 300 V-8‘s 363 ponies.
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With the 300 SRT’s departure from Chrysler’s lineup, a hi-po 300 similar to the Super S would be fun and wouldn’t step on Dodge’s sacred SRT territory. After all, the Dodge Charger is all brashness and noise—this Chrysler? Well, with its sweet black-painted 22-inch wheels, subtly aggressive bumper treatments, and its amazing black grille filled with tiny Mopar “M” logos, you’d get all of the zip without cop-attracting visual rip.
-from Car and Driver Blog http://ift.tt/1MdMXUO
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