Exterior

The aggressive new front end incorporates a blacked-out grille and center section, reshaped with a power bulge, air-exhaust vent, and 6.4-liter badging. There are new side sills, and the rear gets restyled, too, with the new fascia sandwiched by a spoiler up top and robust four-inch exhaust tips below. The split-spoke 20-inch wheels are forged of aluminum. We think the car looks pretty darn good, and all the add-ons work well with the deep body-side scallop.

The old SRT8 was clocked from 0 to 60 mph in 4.8 seconds, and that’s about where Chrysler pegs this new car’s abilities (in addition to a stated top speed of 175 mph). But it is thought to be quicker than that: it is estimated the car will cover a 0-to-60-mph sprint in 4.6 seconds, reach 100 mph in 11.0 seconds, and blast through the quarter-mile in 13 flat. Not bad for a four-door sedan that should weigh somewhere around 4350 pounds.

The five-speed automatic carries over from the last car, but this time it’s equipped with steering-wheel-mounted paddles to augment the side-to-side manumatic function of the gear selector.

Interior

The cabin gets its own touches, of course, most notably the flat-bottomed steering wheel—an SRT exclusive piece—and special trim for the IP and shifter surround. The seats, as before, have suede inserts and are aggressively bolstered, but this time around they’re heated and cooled as standard. Rear passengers, enjoy a treat they get seat heaters too!

The huge, 8.4-inch, touch-sensitive infotainment screen controls all the stuff you’d expect, but it also displays what Dodge calls Performance Pages. The function feeds to the driver information on steering input, engine figures like available horsepower and torque, and acceleration, braking, and roadholding data. The IP can also be configured to show the performance metrics.

Among the available features are keyless entry and starting, rear cross-path detection, blind-spot monitoring, and adaptive cruise control with crash-warning functionality. There’s also a 900-watt, 19-speaker Harman/Kardon stereo, but we’d probably never use it.