All About The Dodge Magnum
The new Magnum is a great looking car that may get your neighbors talking as you rumble around the block. The unique styling of the Magnum will also attract gawkers in the form of 18-22 year old guys pointing for their friends to “check that out”. And some folks will approach you as you are filling up the gas tank to ask, “Does it truly have a Hemi?”, with only an imprecise idea that it somehow makes the auto better.
The Magnum is offered with many different engine sizes (either a 6-cylinder or 8-cylinder ) with your selection of hp output of 190, 250, 340 and 425. The price of the vehicle also corresponds with the engine size starting at $30,345 to the expensive STR-8 model for $37,320. A big part of the mystique around this auto is the Hemi engine. The Hemi is short for hemispherical combustion chamber, which creates better fuel burning and allows larger valves for better airflow. Basically, it produces more power than an engine with its displacement would routinely produce. (There are also drawbacks to the Hemi, which is why it isn’t the sole engine that Chrysler produces).
The interior of the automobile looks much more expensive than you’d expect for the price of the Magnum. Since Mercedes purchased Chrysler, the Dodge vehicles I’ve sampled have had a pointy improvement in interior quality. While on the road, the car is really solid and the seats are cosy even on long highway runs.
As much as I like the looks, after driving it a while I really have to question the design concept that the Magnum offers. It is a station lorry built to move plenty of folks and a large amount of stuff. But mating this with a robust engine with the taught racing-like suspension is uncomfortable for both. It is like having a Corvette tow a little trailer, and you are in the trailer and the Corvette driver is 15 years-old, pushing the vehicle to its boundaries. ( Only a Corvette has a way more cosy suspension than the Magnum). Even driving on smooth roads, the steering is extraordinarily darty and hard to control. And with a huge auto, all that weaving and road feedback is exaggerated for the passengers and everything you have stored in the back.
I like having a navigation system, but figuring out ways to use it with the wheel controls made me often refer to the user’s manual. Regardless of the high horsepower And low-end torque I played with when starting from a full stop, the RT model I drove averaged twenty M.p.g on the higway.
What I presume to be the target audience for this auto, those 18-22 year-old guys that I discussed, will often love this car. And as much as I like driving sports cars, the darty steering and sharp suspension make it too uncomfortable without any spectacular payoff. The 0-60 sprint is fun for a little while, but I’d pass on buying a Magnum as a daily driving vehicle.
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