I don't know where this guy got these numbers from, but just because some dude posted it in a forum doesn't mean it's true. Look at the other replies I got, you'll find no disagreement with my numbers.

Still an incredibly tone-deaf thing to say.

Never mind turning, how do you slow down without massive side pull?

I just can't get over how she says "everything about the 50s is better than today". You really have to be white, straight and married to believe that.

Was the cover image take from a pre-existing work - I could definitely see a panel like that appearing in a number of XTREME "adult-oriented" 90s comic series - or was it custom-made?

Agree, with today's aftermarket parts, if you can fall out of a tree, you can make a 360 that will pull a C-Body any day.

Drunken German is best German. I've been to Germany, and I found that even native Germans have a real hard time with their language once they've imbibed enough Weissbier.

I am trying hard to picture Raph speaking German, but I just can't do it. How would that sound? How would it look.

Yeah, real 340s are getting thin on the ground. While fantasy-shopping Hemmings classifieds a couple of weeks ago, I found that Dusters with the 340 now have entered the 25 grand club. Damn. Back in the 90s nobody would have believed that any Duster would ever sell for 25k.

Aw yeah, the Monica is a sexxxy beast. Sleek coachbuilt body that oozes style, De Dion rear axle and a 340 cui V8 - which I maintain is secretly Mopar's best engine.

I think VW management answer to that question would likely be "Uhhh... dunno". It appears in their relentless quest to become the world's biggest automaker in the most efficient way possible they forgot that consumers can actually see through marketing smokescreens. All those best laid plans operated on one faulty…

But as a matter of fact, the meanest regular production classic muscle car engines - the 426 Hemi and 454 LS6 - make about 350-400 hp stock. The vast majority of big blocks have less than 300hp.

Definitely. The Charger isn't a lightweight at nearly 3700 pounds, but it's easily lighter than a current 5-series. It clearly loses in the traction department though, which is all sorts of fun and/or scary.

With all due respect, that article was bull. 800hp? You'd figure even with the tire technology of the day, a Hemi Charger would have been able to lay down better times than mid 13s with trap speeds of around 105mph (which is the best results testers got), if it indeed had had 800hp. As it was, trap speeds suggest…

It's definitely not Theo Albrecht. From the little that is know about him he hates fun and loves only efficiency and produce stacked on shipping pallets.

I wonder how long VW will let this go on. On one hand, Skoda is apparently super competitive in the lower-middle class price bracket, its most prominent victims being the French contenders.

You're right, 383 vs 440 probably doesn't make that much of a difference. Too bad they didn't offer the first-gen Charger with the 340.

The problem with the 440 and especially the Hemi is that they exacerbate the already massive front-weight bias. Say hello to massive lateral pull even under normal braking.

I wouldn't do that without at least the factory heavy-duty suspension, and a set of tougher aftermarket leaf-springs out back.

It's generally taken to mean "not espresso" in Europe.