Chevrolet Sedan 2012 Sonic Review

The avalanche of new products continues the Dodge brand, with the announcement at the Chicago Auto Show in 2011 as the Dodge Charger SRT8 will be back for the 2012 model year.

"We continue the rapid reconstruction of our Dodge brand in performance, and expand our product line SRT in 2012 are an important part of our renewal," said Ralph Gilles, President and CEO, the brand Dodge - Chrysler LLC. "The new 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 builds on the four-door coupe designed by the iconic brand new charger, and adds a much greater bandwidth of the rev range, with performance characteristics and intelligent comfort and safety the creature for customers who are passionate about performance driving. "

2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 is built at Brampton Assembly Plant in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, and will retail showrooms later this year.

2012 Chevrolet Sedan Sonic
Chevrolet Sedan 2012 Sonic
Powertrain impressive.

Under the hood, the new 6.4-liter HEMI ® V-8 provides more horsepower and torque than the 6.1-liter HEMI V8 engine it replaces. It also offers better fuel economy.

Notes estimated power for the 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 465 horsepower and 465 lb-ft of torque, including the estimated additional 80 lb-ft of torque at 2900 rpm. Specific power, torque and the numbers of fuel economy will be announced closer to launch the vehicle.

Fuel Saver on the basis of the standard technique (four-cylinder mode) can be found in the new section 6.4 HEMI V8, the new 2012 exhaust valve capable of restoring the technology to pursue a wider rev range, resulting in better fuel efficiency , or use all eight cylinders when power is needed.

2012 Chevrolet Sedan Sonic
Chevrolet Sedan 2012 Sonic

Active intake manifold and the High-Lift cam with the cam slowly to give the best low-end torque is impressive from a standing start while optimizing high-end power.

For the first time any of the Chrysler Group LLC, the SRT product, the standard paddle-shift technique with the standard gear stick on the car floor. Both have proven to be mated to a five-speed automatic W5A580, the choice to move on the busy road and track.

Both methods give the possibility of moving the driver to pass all calibration transmission controller avoid situations that could turn the motor. Fully adaptive electronic control of all changes made to the propulsion system more responsive, while reducing the hardness.

2012 Chevrolet Sedan Sonic interior
Chevrolet Sedan 2012 Sonic interior

Rail and exceptional handling.

New for 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 features adjustable damping suspension system that uses a variety of road and driver inputs, such as vehicle speed, steering angle, wheel speed, brake torque, the position of ' accelerator, and lateral acceleration, automatically tune the suspension to specific conditions. Drivers can also manually select the "Auto" and "Sport" settings to quickly change and shock damping characteristics to hardness easily in daily commuting is the toughest, most demanding driving situations.

SRT-tuned performance, fully hydraulic steering system is also improved with a new heavy pump and revised preparing to give drivers a more direct and response center.

New, distributed in five-spoke 20-inch lightweight forged polished aluminum wheels with painted pockets provide black looks great, and the tires of three or four of the 2012 season available for Dodge Charger SRT8 easy to use and fun drive.

Excellent braking.

A world-class braking of the 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 passes through the ventilated Brembo four-piston calipers and / slot rotors measure 14.2 inches front and 13.8 inches rear.

Charger SRT8 with a brake warning system ready to anticipate situations in which the driver begins emergency braking to stop and engage in pump electronic stability control system sets the brake pads against the rotors to reduce the time required for braking complete.

The aggressive appearance and functionality.

Exclusive new front and rear facades, with a new rear spoiler, distinguish the 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 with a high-performance look.

Grille, Dodge grille and high gloss finish characteristic cross black and Badge SRT. Newly sculpted hood is equipped with a 6.4 L (liter) and cleaner air badge black for additional engine cooling.

The rear loader signature of the receiver design new "track" with 164 LED taillamp brilliant new 4-inch round exhaust tips and a double SRT8 badge on the trunk lid daring display of the street and DNA Racing Technology.

Unique side sill trim is painted in colors to match body.

A new shoe base design features integrated brake ducts for improved cooling performance and fade at all.

Race-inspired interior and functional.

Based on a completely new design since 2011, the 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 interior offers more than world class racing-inspired technology, and appointments.

A brand new, leather-wrapped steering wheel SRT-exclusive features a unique section of the rim with a flat bottom surface that improves the SRT logo. The standard range of side levers on both sides of the new unit behind the palm rests the new contours.

Look for a high performance, carbon-weave, fiber aluminum interior trim pieces are incorporated into the new instrument panel bezel and shifter.

The front seats are unique, aggressive and insert perforated suede fabric reinforcement to help "grab" the driver and passengers to keep in place during sporty driving. Heated and ventilated front seats are standard. The headrests are standard reagents. The TRS logo is embroidered on the back of the seat. The rear seats are also heated for the comfort of passengers.

Door panels have a material modification of unique strength and accent stitching on the armrests to match the seats.

New for 2012, Dodge Charger SRT8 has a 900 watt 19-speaker premium surround sound system performance SRT Harmon / Kardon ®. The system of intuitive user interface is controlled by the state of the art Uconnect ® Touch the screen at the highest level (8.4 inches) in the segment. Compared with the best E-segment sedan in Europe, Asia and North America, easy to use the system also has voice Uconnect to provide world-class features to keep all passengers to connect easily, comfortably and safely.

Exclusive Pages is new for 2012 performance and included a touch screen. The screen of the instrument can be adjusted to see the driver's preferences and expanded to include immediate feedback control for the entry, power, torque, engine information increased, with 00 to 60 kilometers Hourly time, 60-0 braking, g-forces and the eighth mile and quarter mile times. The color graphics Electronic Vehicle Information Centre also includes pages of performance timers and engine information added.

Security.

For commuting, integrates the 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 features like Keyless Enter-N-Go, adaptive cruise control with collision warning before and Blind Spot Monitoring with detection of rear track of the Cross, to prevent drivers and passengers safe.

Standard on the forefront of reactive head restraints, standard on the entire length of the air bags side-curtain airbags for the driver's knees, and the standard front-seat side air bags, thorax protection improved offer for the occupants of the passenger in a crash.

Standard three-mode electronic stability control with a segment exclusive Ready Alert Brakes Rain Brake Support, and security features provide a vehicle handling and performance generally improved, as well as road and track.

2012 Dodge Charger SRT8.

Release Date: Fall 2011 2012 model

Engine: 6.4-liter (392 cubic inch) V-8 HEMI

Estimated Power: 465 hp

Estimated torque: 465 lb.-ft.

Estimated handling: 0.88 g on the skidpad

Estimated speed: 175 kmh

Estimate from 00 to 60 km / h: high 4-second intervals

Estimated ¼ mile: 12 seconds of high-end