I know asking this on this Reddit will be biased but I’m in the market for a new car, I can either get a 2023 RT base model or a hybrid Toyota RAV AWD. I love muscle cars and with the challengers going away I reallllllyy want one. I live in San Diego and commute about 40 miles a day. It is hard to justify a V8 gas eater for the same price as a car that gets 40 mpg in this state. My last car was a 2013 ford fusion. I make about 120000 a year and could afford the challenger and the increase in gas and insurance but it is a lot more than the practice option. Any advice would be great!
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RAV4 prime.
Super not fun SUV
I’m going to vote against the Challenger, but only because you’d be getting the RT base.
The V6 Challenger leaves a LOT to be desired. If you love muscle cars, you will grow to hate the Challenger because you got the model that has no muscle.
The V8s are slow boats and the V6s are even slower. What you’re getting is a standard car with a Challenger shell. Just the illusion of muscle.
If you want the Challenger because it’s a muscle car, you will be sorely disappointed with the V6 because it’s heavier and slower than the V6 Camry.
I hear Cali gas prices are nothing to mess around with, but down here in Florida I’m absolutely loving the Mustang. Had it for 1.5 years so far and it still makes me smile every day!
Fuck it get the hellcat
The demon 170 is now 380k collector car Fastes 0-60 in 1.66 second
Dodge / Chrysler products overall are just not good purchases. It will hurt when reselling, trading, repairing, etc.
PSA: If you can buy the car in cash, then yes, you can afford it. If you need to go into debt, then you can’t afford it, and you shouldn’t buy either of them. Buy the vehicle you can purchase in cash. Also, if you have a long commute, you should get a cheap, fuel efficient beater, then drive your muscle car on the weekend like a real man.
If you live in CA by 2030 all vehicles need to be electric. If you own gas they will start fining you, and or pulled over for owning gas car. So I would check into that law. My family is moving out cause of dumb CA laws fining gas cars which is BS, and or fining per mile supposedly. Either way toyotas are tanks in my opinion. I had toyota with over 400,000 miles on it.
2 completely different cars wtf 🤣
Ask yourself what you prefer. Fun and unreliable. Or bland yet will start every time.
Get the Challenger. I have a both a challenger SXT and a 2021 RAV4 xse hybrid. I got the rav4 first cause I have kids, etc. But I bought the challenger as I always wanted one (and maybe last chance). Yes you will use more gas, but you will get so much more enjoyment from the challenger you won’t care about the gas. Also go for the RT, I love driving my SXT but yearning for more 😆
I bought a b5 blue challenger RT last week!!!
Did you consider Mach E GT
To me, as European, buying Challenger as a daily commuting car seams as logical as buying a cow for my early morning white coffee. But you Americans are odd fellas with wide roads, so go for it.
Its last few month of production left
F8 Green Exterior Paint thats my favorite color Life is short and there is huge difference in driving experience between Rav vs Challenger Dull vs Fun
The Challenger seems fun, but novelty wears off after time. My FIL got the Camero when it came back and fully loaded. Two years later he was keeping in his garage 80% of the time and driving his comfy Chevy Avalanche. In retirement he got a Chevy SSR convertible for cruising around and drives out to the beach. He’s spent more on batteries from it sitting then on gas in the last three years. Instead he enjoys his Tacoma far more, wishing he had skipped buying the SSR and put down more money to get into the Tundra to match the Avalanche’s size and comfort. In your shoes, I would go with the Rav4 and try to get the Prime model.
Read up on the hemi tick.
Stellantis should be ashamed for letting it go on this long.