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Dodge Magnum RT 2006 Car Review

The new Magnum is a great looking car thatthe Dodge vehicles I've sampled have had a
will get your neighbors talking as you rumblesharp improvement in interior quality. While
around the block. The unique styling of theon the road, the car is very solid and the
Magnum will also attract gawkers in the formseats are comfortable even on long highway
of 18-22 year old guys pointing for theirruns.
friends to "check that out". And a few people
will approach you as you are filling up theAs much as I like the looks, after driving it
gas tank to ask, "Does it really have aa while I really have to question the design
Hemi?", with only a vague notion that itconcept that the Magnum offers. It is a
somehow  makes  the  car  better.station wagon built to transport a lot of
people and a lot of stuff. But mating this
The Magnum is offered with many differentwith a powerful engine with the taught
engine sizes (either a 6-cylinder orracing-like suspension is uncomfortable for
8-cylinder) with your choice of horsepowerboth. It is like having a Corvette tow a
output of 190, 250, 340 and 425. The price ofsmall trailer, and you are in the trailer and
the vehicle also corresponds with the enginethe Corvette driver is 15 years-old, pushing
size starting at $30,345 to the expensivethe car to its limits. (Only an actual
STR-8 model for $37,320. A big part of theCorvette has a much more comfortable
mystique around this car is the Hemi engine.suspension than the Magnum). Even driving on
The Hemi is short for hemisphericalsmooth roads, the steering is very darty and
combustion chamber, which creates moredifficult to control. And with a large car,
efficient fuel burning and allows largerall that weaving and road feedback is
valves for better airflow. Basically, itexaggerated for the passengers and everything
produces more power than an engine with itsyou've  stored  in  the  back.
displacement would normally produce. (There
are also drawbacks to the Hemi, which is whyI like having a navigation system, but
it isn't the only engine that Chryslerfiguring out how to use it with the steering
produces).wheel controls made me frequently refer to
the user's manual. In spite of the high
The interior of the car looks much morehorsepower and low-end torque I played with
expensive than you'd expect for the price ofwhen starting from a full stop, the RT model
the Magnum. Since Mercedes bought Chrysler,I drove averaged 20 MPG on the higway.



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