{"id":58020,"date":"2013-02-08T12:37:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T17:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=58020"},"modified":"2013-02-08T12:37:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T17:37:40","slug":"dodge-hits-the-revs-with-challenger-rt-redline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2013\/02\/dodge-hits-the-revs-with-challenger-rt-redline\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodge Hits the Revs with Challenger R\/T Redline"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_58021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58021\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Dodge-Challenger-Redline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58021\" title=\"Dodge Challenger Redline\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Dodge-Challenger-Redline-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dodge Challenger R\/T Redline.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dodge hit the redline in Chicago this week.\u00a0 Make that the Dodge Challenger R\/T Redline, a screaming, hemi-powered brute that, the maker said, \u201ccombines unmatched personalization with the unmistakable performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new R\/T Redline builds off the earlier Rallye Redline kit that was offered for the Challenger V-6. This one\u2019s for serious performance fans, said Reid Bigland, the CEO of the Dodge division.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43819\" style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/subscribe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43819\" title=\"Subscribe 32\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Subscribe-321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Subscribe-321.jpg 152w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Subscribe-321-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your Automotive Source!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Set to debut this coming spring and add $1,995 to the $29,995 base price of the Dodge Challenger R\/T, the Redline boasts some distinctive styling and performance features for the 375-horsepower\/410 lb-ft V-8 coupe.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Among other things, that includes the appropriate red body-side stripes and 20-inch black chrome wheels with red accents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding on Challenger\u2019s all-time sales record in 2012, the new Challenger R\/T Redline fuses our iconic heritage with a one-of-a-kind customized appearance,\u201d proclaimed Bigland during the Dodge news conference at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show.<\/p>\n<p>The Challenger R\/T Redline also should get a bit of a performance boost from a specially tuned dual exhaust using low-restriction bottle resonators. That is expected to help knock 0 to 60 times down into the low-5 second range, Dodge claims, while also adding \u201ca sinister growl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the performance package is being offered with a 6-speed manual.\u00a0 For those who just have to go with an automatic there\u2019s one with paddle shifters and a logic controller that adapts to individual driving patterns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dodge hit the redline in Chicago this week.  Make that the Dodge Challenger R\/T Redline, a screaming, hemi-powered brute that, the maker said, \u201ccombines unmatched personalization with the unmistakable performance.&#8221; TheDetroitBureau.com has the details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58020"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=58020"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=58020"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=58020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}