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Rental 06 Charger - 3/8/2006 11:50:06 AM   
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My Dakota is in the body shop, and I have an 06 Charger as a rental. Other than the hubcaps I think it is styled very well. One thing that I don't understand however is that it has a 2.7l V6. I cannot find anything on the 2.7l, not even at the Dodge website. Does anybody else have one or know where I can get some 2.7l specs?? If I like the numbers I just may buy one, the only option I want.... aluminum wheels.
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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 3/8/2006 12:40:58 PM   
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how fast is the new charger..? will it beat say a 99 cobra..?

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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 3/8/2006 1:03:57 PM   
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Gary, the charger will very possibly beat a stock 99 cobra...it depends on the trim line.

Some guys have gotten a Charger RT into the 13s with very minor mods, and I have seen plenty of n/a cobras struggling with 13s, so with a less than pwerfect driver in the RT, it may give a cobra a good run. however, if it is a Charger SRT8, someone on this forum has gotten into the 12.80s with very basic mods like exhaust and a better intake system...which would almost keep up with a stock 'terminator'...as i have seen them running in the high 12s stock...and as for the 99 cobra, the SRT8 charger should make very short work of it.

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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 3/8/2006 1:08:00 PM   
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the 2.7L is available only in the fleet models. if you buy one ti comes with the much better 3.5L.

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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 3/8/2006 3:50:54 PM   
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One of my best friends is the sales manager for a Dodge dealership and advised the Chargers that are set aside for rental or fleet vehicles is a 2.7L V6 and gets around 22-23 mpg in the city. It does not have near the power of the 3.5L V6 High Output and even further from the 5.7L Hemi.

A buddy of mine was chasing one of the Chargers the other day and couldnt keep up with it. Turns out, it was a rental car Charger. I just laughed b/c he told me how quick it was. I told he couldnt even fathom how quick the Hemi was then.

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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 3/11/2006 8:21:11 PM   
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Well the car is not fast by any means, but I wouldn't consider it underpowered. The little 2.7 seems to get it around fairly well. I didn't have too much trouble getting it up to 110, but it forced an OD shift and fell on it's face. Otherwise not all too bad.

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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 3/12/2006 11:09:49 AM   
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I can confirm that Hertz rent a car, in Houston has Charger R/T's for rental. see my other post. I do not have any pricing info. They also have 300C Hemi's. This does not surprise me, Hertz has a rich heritage of renting high performance American Cars. In 1968/69 they rented the GT-350H Shelby Cobra Mustang. The 'H' designation was only on the custom Hertz rental cars. They are a prized collectors item today!



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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 3/12/2006 6:43:28 PM   
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According to www.dodge.ca, the 2.7L DOHC V6 produces 190 horsepower and 190 lbs-ft of torque. Apparentally the Canadian version of the SE is equipped with this engine as standard other than the 3.5L that comes stock in the American version of the SE.

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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 3/13/2006 5:57:52 PM   
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Canadians have different needs and wants so they get different options. as for the "forced OD shift" i think that is teh governor. it limits its top speed because of the max tire speed, so they don't blow out.

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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 4/6/2006 1:08:10 PM   
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Not all rental fleet vehicles are 2.7L, this very well could have been a HEMI.

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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 4/12/2006 9:20:38 PM   
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My friend works for Enterprise and the privately owned franchises can buy or order whatever they want production wise. Rode in aq 300C Hemi as a taxicab. tried to bribe the drive into letting me drive but no luck. Had to buy my top bananner to play with one..

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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 4/13/2006 3:37:51 PM   
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Just got back from visiting my daughter and grand kids in Ft. Myers, Florida. I rented an SXT with the 3.5 High Output V-6. Not a bad little car. Of course, I'm used to my R/T with its mods, but at sea level, that little 3.5 runs pretty darned well!

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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 4/17/2006 4:44:53 PM   
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190 hp isnt to shabby considering the motor size. A 99-04 Mustang sporting a 3.8 churned 190 hp. The 250 hp 3.5 liter, you have to consider 91 Mustang GTs had about the same with a 5.0 V8!
Gotta love technology.

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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 5/16/2006 3:08:49 AM   
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Had the same thing, I looked under the hood of my 2006 rental and seen the 2.7 V6.. I was floored, explained the poor ability to power brake the car thou !


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RE: Rental 06 Charger - 5/16/2006 11:09:49 AM   
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If only US rentals have the 2.7L engine, you should start seeing them at CarMax and at dealers (maybe even some program cars) in about 6 months with around 15K - 20K miles - probably hard miles from the abuse it appears this crowd has already given them.


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