Special Report: Chrysler Group's SRT Division Unleashes 2,740 Horsepower on the Racetrack

After a morning on the track I swapped positions with a blue metallic Crossfire SRT-6 roadster driven by a bloke from Britain's

Any car that gets to wear the now coveted SRT badge is capable of accelerating, handling and braking with the best in its given class. (Photo: Trevor Hofmann, Canadian Auto Press)

Top Gear magazine, from the driver's seat of a slate-gray Crossfire SRT-6 coupe. What a fabulous car on the open road, and as I've mentioned in previous reviews of cars I've driven around the St. Jovite/Mont Tremblant area, these are brutally worn excuses for highways, ideal for testing a car's suspension compliance and/or its capability of holding together without any shakes and rattles. Suffice it to say, the Crossfire is exceptionally tight yet wonderfully smooth over bumpy surfaces, an unusual benefit compared to most of its rivals' rigid, and often harsh suspension systems.

Our two Crossfires arrived at an airport that is, amazingly, capable of landing a 747, and while no large jets were present it was ideal for high-speed runs in all of the new cars. Even more amazing was the power each SRT model puts out, even the SX 2.0-based SRT-4 which was still accelerating at 200 km/h when the second grouping of orange cones enforced a braking zone. The Crossfire achieved an even higher 210 km/h at this point, while the 300C SRT8 was still going

The combination of superior power and top-tier brakes, large Brembos all-round, make the SRT cars some of the best in their respective classes. (Photo: Trevor Hofmann, Canadian Auto Press)

strong at 220. Reports of 240 km/h runs aboard the Viper were being bantered about later that day, although the car previous used at the airport had to be returned to the track by the time I got there.

And that's really the story behind SRT. Any car that gets to wear the now coveted badge is capable of accelerating, handling and braking with the best in its given class. That last point, braking, is probably the most important on the track, where good brakes can always make up for any lack of power, if there was such a problem. Of course, the combination of superior power and top-tier brakes, large Brembos all-round, makes the SRT cars some of the best in their respective classes.