New Car Overview of the 2006 Dodge Magnum SRT-8 Station Wagon

Description: Station Wagon
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The performance-tuned vehicles for Dodge carry the tag of SRT, meaning "Street and Racing Technology," as developed by Chrysler Group's Performance Vehicle Operations (PVO). Another SRT badge applies to the new Magnum SRT-8.

Magnum rolled out in 2005 as a large-size sports tourer with the body of a station wagon that's slammed and skewed to a hip and sporty mode. It wears a chin spoiler, has a race-tuned suspension with the ride height dropped half an inch, and rolls on enormous 20-inch aluminum wheels capped by Goodyear F1 tires.

Original issues used three different engines to define three trims tagged as base SE, luxurious SXT and sporty Magnum RT. But Magnum SRT-8 aims at high performance. For power, the engine in SRT-8 is a bored-out upgrade of a 5.7-liter Hemi V8 expanded to 6.1 liters. It delivers 425 hp through a heavy-duty five-speed automatic transmission with AutoStick shift control.

The Magnum SRT-8 appears with only three paint options -- Bright Silver, Brilliant Black or Inferno Red.