Faults:

Nothing yet, but too soon to know. I've only had it for 2 weeks.

General Comments:

Before this I had a 2007 Chrysler 300C with a 5.7L Hemi and straight pipes. That was a very fast car, and I really miss it. The front universal joint broke, and the driveshaft destroyed parts of the undercarriage.

So I went and bought a 2010 Dodge Charger SE brand new. I love the color; it's Inferno red, and the interior is much nicer than the previous models like the console and door panels.

The only gripe I have about it, is it's painfully slow because it's a 2.7 :( I couldn't afford the 3.5 or hemi at this time, but it's very comfortable.

So far, besides the fact that it's painfully slow, I like it, but it's still new, and I've only had it for 2 weeks, so I can't really say much about it yet.

I also have a 1996 Dodge Intrepid 3.3, and it will smoke my new Charger. And my old 2002 Dodge Intrepid R/T 3.5L HO would destroy it.

Don't buy it if you're looking for speed, but it's still a great car, and I'm a 21 year old guy, and I still get girls with the car. But not as many as my 300C Hemi :( I miss that car so much.

Faults:

Nothing yet. It's still very new.

General Comments:

I have driven many different cars over the years, and this one is a brute.

It's very fast on the freeway, and relatively quick from a stop.

I have already been stopped once by the local police to tell me just how fast my car is. I suspect it's because they also use them for patrolling the highways, and there's not much on the streets that can outrun them.

I have however seen similar cars with the same engine and transmission destroy the rear differential from too hard of a launch. Needless to say, I won't be doing that to my car.

After having driven what many would call a string of used yet refined automobiles (BMW's in particular), I can say that this car is nothing of the sort.

It's simply a few steps above the base models of the same car with a very high displacement engine (for today's automobile), a few performance suspension parts, and some flashy eye catching appearance packaging.

It's the simple things that it lacks such as rain sensing wipers and a self check for exterior light operational conditions. I'm not sure it even has heated mirrors. The trunk button works without the key being in the ignition... (a security flaw in my opinion). The horn honks in place of a piezo beeper to tell you the car alarm has been armed or disarmed. The alarm light flashes in the dashboard, but not under the mirror where it would be far more obvious it's set.

Overall, it's about fit and finish. This car is decent, but not a high end well appointed car. Detroit automakers still haven't figured out how to design and build a production car with a little more pride in workmanship. It's still about cranking out a million cars as cheaply as possible, while maximizing the unionized workers paychecks and the company's bottom line. It's no wonder Mercedes dumped Dodge at a profit loss. I'm guessing they couldn't co-operate very well.

That being said, I still bought this car with the knowledge of these things, because I could see some German mechanical design cues starting to surface in an American made automobile. It was affordable American muscle under the hood, and German handling on the ground. Granted, it's heavy, but for a luxury sized car, it's not too bad at all.

The engine's power comes at a cost, and it's worth it. There's nothing quite like high torque and eyeball mashing acceleration of the 6.1 Hemi in this car.

It's gets attention, but if the onlookers knew more about serious high end cars, the Charger would be passe'.