Dodge is toughening up the look of its butch Magnum for 2008 with more menacing front-end styling and upgraded interior materials. Little has changed in the powertrain and chassis departments, but the SRT gang decided to throw a little track-day party to launch the hot-rod 6.1-liter, 425-horse Magnum SRT8. Its new hood scoop is functional, and air inlets in the fascia improve cooling to the front brakes. The fascia design also is credited with reducing aerodynamic lift by a small margin. Front Bilstein monotube shocks and rear Nivomat self-leveling shocks each get minor revisions in tuning, as do those on the SRT8 versions of its Charger and Chrysler 300C platform mates, which boast Bilsteins at all four corners this year (previously, they all had the Nivomats in back).
These are immensely entertaining vehicles to hurl around a race track, though they'd probably just feel immense if one were dicing with other cars for position. But if you want hairy acceleration, a burly exhaust rumble, and a dash of flash, the Magnum and its SRT8 sibs are hard to beat for the price...
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