2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee: What’s the Buzz? – 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show

2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee: What’s the Buzz? – 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show:

The 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee harkens back to the original Super Bee from the 1960s and its mantra of affordable performance.

Starting with a Charger SRT8, Dodge applied unique Yellow Jacket graphics on the rear quarter panel and an emblem on the grille. Further Super Bee changes include unique 20 x 9-in. cast aluminum wheels and black (instead of red) Brembo calipers. Performance is the same as a standard SRT8, which is powered by a 6.4-liter Hemi V-8 producing 470 bhp and 470 lb.-ft. of torque.

The suspension is similar to the SRT8’s, but the Super Bee doesn’t have active damping, most likely as a cost-cutting measure.

In the cabin, the SRT8 steering wheel is standard on the Super Bee, but the paddle shifters are optional. The black cloth seats are adorned with the Super Bee logo and

a silver and yellow “Z stripe.” Another Super Bee emblem is found on the passenger side of the dash.

Production for the 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee is limited to 1000 units, with 500 available in Pitch Black and the other 500 in Stinger Yellow. Pricing hasn’t been announced but Dodge says that it will be somewhere between Charger R/T and the SRT8.

And therein is the buzz surrounding this new Dodge: The new Super Bee offers you SRT8 power, but at less of a price than the SRT8 model. Ordering starts in December, with vehicles arriving in the first quarter of 2012.

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