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You can now buy a four-door 425hp Chrysler 300C SRT-8 for a nickel under $40k. That’s a lot of numbers. And no matter how you look at it-- size, performance or style-- the 300C SRT-8 is a lot of car. So let’s take this road test thing nice and slow... Only we here at TTAC don’t do anything “nice”. And “slow” is not a word in the SRT-8’s vocabulary.

Straight to the brake pedal. We’ve traveled so far so fast we need to slow down RIGHT NOW, and hope that Chrysler's Street and Racing Technology (SRT) knows as much about brakes as they do about big-bore powerplants. Fo shizzle. When caning a 425hp car weighing 4160lbs., there’s no time to ponder the finer points of rotor size, “swept area”, ABS, etc. It’s strictly press and pray.

Muscle car aficionados know the drill. When you enter a sharp turn, throw the wheel hard over and floor it. As the rear tires spin and the back end drifts sideways, apply the appropriate amount of opposite lock with the steering wheel. Then ease off the gas, let the back end ease into line and keep on going. If it’s good enough for The General Lee, it’s good enough for the SRT.

Of course, Chrysler had to sacrifice a significant measure of the donor car’s ride comfort. And? The supremely-engined 300C SRT-8 is aimed at G-force junkies and serious stunters. They’d consider it a badge of honor if a pothole knocked a filling loose. Alternatively, you can dismiss a rough section of road by applying max power and dryquaplaning over irregularities.

Curb Weight: 4160lbs.
Engine: pushrod 16-valve V-8, iron block and aluminum heads, port fuel injection
Horsepower: 425 bhp @ 6200 rpm
Torque: 420 lb-ft @ 4800 rpm
Drive Type: rear wheel drive
0 to 60: 5.0 seconds
1/4 Mile: 13.4 sec @ 105 mph
Price as Tested: $41,689
Top Speed: 155 mph (electronically limited)