Originally Posted by
tiochta
Had my Crossfire for the last 4 to 5 years. Its done less than 70,000 and never had any real problems with it ( broken stereo / dead battery in alarm siren screwing up the alarm system & car thief putting a screw driver through the door lock) Just taken the spring out of the cup holder to stop it jabbing me in the elbow which I wish I had done all those years ago. Think im just slightly bored of it so the real question is : Is the srt-6 that much different / better to justify me spending an extra £7000 on one. Wonder how many red convertible srt-6 are in the UK?
Well, you must like it to have kept it for that long, which is great, but they could never be accused of being boring in the looks department so perhaps you're ready for a little more excitement; which the SRT would certainly give you.
(BTW, the Moderators may tell us this isn't the right thread to be discussing the SRT so we may find this moved over to the SRT section...!)
Is it that much better/different? For a start, look at the figures; instead of being based on a standard Merc. with a very respectable 215bhp and 0-60 of 6.3, it's a hand-built AMG performance package - a real beast -
very fast - 349bhp, 0-60 in 4.8 secs (AMG numbers, not the politely understated official Chrysler figures.)
Sadly there were never any factory red SRTs - neither coupe or convertibles - only grey, blue, silver - and black (the fastest colour, by the way and yes, I am biased!)
Even at £10k, which is about the most you'd be expected to pay these days (and often much less), they are a serious performance bargain!
- as long as you're OK with an auto of course - no manual option, 'cos all AMGs are autos -
AFAIK.
Just trawl this forum for more facts/opinions - there are plenty of them!
Hope that helps.