How many srt 6s were made

Maybe he thought the money should be used to induce more people to buy Crossfires. Meanwhile, the dandy-dressed Crossfire, which shares both skeleton and muscle with the first-generation Mercedes-Benz SLK roadster , is the first Chrysler product to attain the performance-enhancing SRT label, heretofore bestowed only on Dodges. Highs: Looks sweet on the street, supercharger dispels past power complaints, new legs love track work.

Buyers who prefer a quick quarter-mile served with essence of tire smoke have approved of the hp pickup and hp subcompact in fact, various Mopar bolt-on kits will bump the SRT-4's horsepower all the way to These first vehicles have given the SRT moniker a reputation for delivering the real deal. Criminally, no manual is offered in the SRT We have written that the base Crossfire has eye-snaring looks and pleasing handling but an engine at least 50 horsepower short of the boiling point.

The SRT mods are substantial, as is the price increase. Blown, the V-6 makes horsepower and pound-feet of torque, a twistability increase of 81 pound-feet.

And there are only more pounds of curb weight in all for the coupe to haul. Shorn of its decorative plastic sombrero, this Mercedes engine would look more familiar. So the Crossfire SRT-6 is the last customer of a very nice hand-me-down. There's been considerable pumping up of the Crossfire's suspension as well. The spring rates have been stiffened almost 50 percent in the front and 42 percent in the rear, and jounce and rebound rates in the shocks have been firmed up to match.

The front brake rotors grow 1. There's more zoot in the Crossfire's '40s-streamline styling with special-to-SRT wheels, 18 inches in front, 19 in the rear. The spoke count in the wheels has been upped from seven to Peeking over the rims is the thin trace of the new low-profile Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 multicompound summer rubber Continental all-season tires are an option.

You'll find a jack and a can of tire sealer, but no spare. The square jaw gets a bit squarer with a revised front-bumper fascia. Replacing the base car's motorized rear spoiler is a fixed wing that wraps around the fastback and is etched with the same boat-deck dimples as the hood. It clutters the tail and raises a question: If the base Crossfire's deploying spoiler provides enough stability for its mph top speed, why does the SRT need a gaudy whale fluke to go ?

The cockpit gets by with minimal changes, including a mph speedo and Alcantara pseudo-suede trim on the buckets that is embroidered with an SRT-6 logo. Hence, a few complaints about the Crossfire cabin remain, including over-the-shoulder blind spots, a tight cabin for six-footers, no steering-wheel rake adjustment, and a dinky 8-cubic-foot trunk with nothing to tie down the goods.

Lows: Vision-blurring ride, no manual available, blind spots will hide a Scenicruiser. A mph run now swiffs by in 5. That car ran the quarter in The SRT-6 posts a Whether it's the next green light down the avenue or the gap between two rigs guarding the freeway merge lane, "up there" is "right here" much sooner in an SRT Even so, polite manners govern the powertrain.

The throttle response and the automatic gear selections are smoothly keyed to your pedal inputs. If you like, pilot the SRT-6 all day without ever getting into the fat end of the power—let the Starbucks get cold in the one cup holder, and it won't slosh if you're careful. More thrust doesn't equate to more noise, either. The decibel measurements at idle and wide open throttle, 46 and 78, respectively, are not low by luxury-car standards, but they are virtually identical to those of the base Crossfire.

A supercharger that is felt but not heard runs on sophisticated engineering. Fancy multilink arrangements in the wheel wells strike a contrast to a medieval recirculating-ball steering box that deadens wheel feedback from the driver.

The base Crossfire is no lubberly pig, but the SRT deckhands have pulled in any slack and reprogrammed the stability-control software to tolerate more friskiness. Speedy steering reflexes, stable footing through the corners, and dependable reserves of grip from the monster tires 0.

Braking distances likewise shrank. Clamped into full ABS, the four discs supply a stop from 70 mph in feet, a few feet shorter than the base Crossfire. Better yet, the brake-pedal swing is packed with adjustability, and it fades little, even with torturous use.

We love cars that handle, but so much suspension resistance on such a short wheelbase means trouble. Should this exist? Probably not. But like it or not, here it is. Unlikely as it seems, the turbo fever struck this amorphous plastic lump. Like the Neon, this Caliber is available with only a six-speed manual.

No automatic to save you here. The turbocharged 2. That's quite a bit more than the same motor in the Neon, which had at most hp. It's worth mention though, that the Caliber has a considerable weight handicap over the neon of a few hundred pounds. A bit embarrassing, considering the SRT-4 Caliber was built about 5 years earlier, and was intended to replace the Neon.

The Caliber was by no means a good car. For your money you got suspension built from spare parts and fallen tree branches, and an interior ripped from your seedy dentist's waiting room.

But the inclusion of an SRT-4 trim was an honest effort on Chrysler's part to inject some fun into this malformed, wheezing commuter. The Caliber SRT gets points for trying. Less for performance, but remember: participation counts.

Not bad, for something out of Chrysler's Dark Ages. Image: Topspeed. I present: The SRT I call it that because it is the only vehicle ever made under the SRT moniker to have six cylinders. Still, make no mistake: this was made while Chrysler was owned by Mercedes, and it shows. Even the supercharged V6 is straight from AMG.

No reason to complain about that, though, when it gets you respectable handling and an ample horsepower delivered to the correct rear wheels. I don't blame you if you've never heard of the SRT-6 Crossfire. Production numbers were incredibly low, at under produced.

If you ever see one, check it out. They're pretty interesting. Depends on how much you know. Image: Autoblog. It's got a 6. Definitely a hot station wagon. Under the sheet metal, these are nearly identical to the SRT-8 Chrysler Appropriate, considering the base Magnum is also a underneath.

But what's unique to the Magnum is the practical nature of a station wagon. Here's a wagon equally qualified for grabbing groceries and blazing the tires off its 20 inch rims. Face of a ram, heart of the snake. Image: Mecum. Perhaps in a throwback to the Viper V's truck engine origins, Dodge dropped the massive Viper powerplant into a Ram for The first year of this behemoth was available only in standard cab, with the 6-speed manual transmission also ripped from the viper.

By '05, a quad cab was added, with a 4-speed automatic. This carried through for the final year, The massive inch wheels are modeled after those found on the Viper.

Their massive mm width tires keep all thundering horsepower well-connected to the pavement, assuming the driver behaves. V torque has a way of infecting the right foot, motivating it towards the floor.