Dodge Challenger named Favorite Car of the Year amongst those who purchased it in 2011
2011 Challenger Run Away Favorite
The Challenger took home top prize in the Cars.Com annual shopper's favorite award.
Every year, the popular Cars.com website compiles information from all of their browsers to gauge interest in vehicles based on number of vehicles searches, number of dealership inquiries sent, and most importantly the reviews filled out by the website's users. With millions of "votes" ultimately tallied, Cars.com came up with a list of finalists and posted them to their Facebook website where their fans could then place final votes on the winner. In what should be no surprise to us Challenger owners and lovers, the Dodge muscle car took down the top honors. It ultimately bested a fairly impressive list of 10 vehicles comprised of:
- Audi Q5
- Dodge Challenger
- GMC Terrain
- Honda Accord
- Honda Pilot
- Kia Soul
- Ram 1500
- Subaru Outback
- Toyota Highlander
- Toyota Sienna
Noticeably absent from this finalists list is any other definable sports car. I guess that means then that the Challenger, in terms of an American muscle or sports car, has the most cross-market interest.
What do you think? This award one worth bragging about? The Cars.com Shoppers’ Choice system seems a little flawed, but, I definitely can't complain about the result, as I know it's my favorite car and my choice as a shopper as well.
Borla ATAK Exhaust for the Dodge Challenger RT
Video: Borla ATAK Exhaust Installed on 2012 Dodge Challenger RT
Great video of the popular Borla ATAK exhaust installed on a 2012 Dodge Challenger RT hits YouTube.
Getting a quality sound bite of an exhaust is always tricky. If the exhaust manufacturer doesn't make one themselves, trolling through YouTube for an appropriate quality one can be a tiresome effort. So many people use handycams with inferior microphones, or, worse--cell phone cameras--to capture their exhaust once they've installed it and up until now there hadn't been a solid video or sound clip of the Borla ATAK installed on the Challenger RT. Thankfully, the guys at Southern Car Parts did one and posted it up, and the thing sounds great. It's right in line with the tone of the exhaust in person--only, it sounds better in person.
For those who don't know, the Challenger RT Borla ATAK exhaust is the new premiere exhaust from Borla. Manufactured using their patented Acoustic Tuned Applied Kinetic technology, the ATAK Exhaust system is specifically tuned to complement the exhaust notes of the Challenger engine. This results in a powerful and aggressive exhaust tone, reminiscent of professional race cars on autocross and FIAA tracks, that crescendos up through the entire RPM band to a powerful and aggressive scream.
Don't believe me? Here's a great video for you. It has both the deep growl you'd expect from the Dodge 5.7L HEMI engine beneath the hood, as well as a true race-inspired exhaust tone that no other system can match.