2005 Dodge Magnum RT Road Test

Remember a few years back when a couple of noted car zealots, namely race car driver/actor Paul Newman and race team owner/talk show host David Letterman, made popular the stuffing of Ford vee-eights into old rear-drive Volvo 7 and 9 Series wagons? The combination of Mustang GT-like acceleration and soccer-mom-Volvos smoking away from stoplights was more shocking to see than the actual celebs driving these Swedish bricks.