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Article #6: Dodge Magnum RT 2006 Car Review

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






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