You're an American Jeremy Clarkson, a mix of power freak and schoolboy, looking for an icon that'll turn heads on the road (or track) and — most importantly — lavish you with more horsepower than you think you can handle. That, plus you have a family to lug around and earn slightly less than the Sultan of Brunei's personal shopper.

It weaves like a drunken horse under anything but blue skies. Also, it sucks fuel at the rate of a developing nation. Of course, if you're worried about that kind of thing, you'd have soiled yourself at a glimpse of the up-to-no-good front end.

· Speed Merchants: Yes

· Fashion Victims: Yes

· Treehuggers: No

· Mack Daddies: Yes

· Tuner Crowd: No

· Hairdressers: No

· Penny Pinchers: No

· Euro Snobs: No

· Working Stiffs: Yes

· Technogeeks: No

· Poseurs: No

· Soccer Moms: No

· Nascar Dads: Yes

· Golfing Grandparents: No

· Manufacturer: Dodge

· Model tested: Charger SRT8

· Model year: 2006

· Price as Tested: $44,450

· Engine type: 6.1-Liter SRT HEMI SMPI V8 Engine

· Horsepower: 425 hp @ 6000 rpm

· Torque: 420 ft.-lbs. @ 4800 rpm

· Redline: 6000 rpm

· Wheels and Tires: 245/45ZR20 (front) 255/45ZR20 (rear) Performance

· Drive type: rear-wheel drive

· 0 - 60: 5.4 seconds

· 1/4 mile: 13.6 seconds

· Top speed: 165 mph

· Fuel economy city/highway: 14 / 20

· NHTSA crash test rating front/side/rollover: 5/5/4

[By Ray Wert]

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