2008 Dodge Charger: One Blue Super Bee, Four Different Names For It

This record's own overview states that Dodge's 2008 brochure covered the Charger and the Magnum together, and is careful to note that the platform link does not make the Magnum wagon's equipment Charger equipment; it adds that a 2008-dated Charger engineering or SRT8 release was not read for this record, a caveat the overview states even though the record's own engines and specifications sections do carry ratings sourced to separate 2008 feature-availability and specification documents. It further states that Dodge's 2014 heritage release lists two 2008 specials, 1,750 Daytona R/Ts in HEMI Orange and 1,000 SRT8 Super Bees in B5 Blue, while Dodge's 2010 SRT8 release names the same 2008 Super Bee color Surf Blue Pearl Coat, and that Chrysler reported 97,367 US Charger sales for calendar 2008.^1,2,3

This record's own conflicts section documents the Super Bee color-name dispute across four separate claims: B5 Blue from the 2014 heritage release, Surf Blue Pearl Coat from the 2010 SRT8 release, B5 Blue with paint code PQD from the 2015 factory production table, and Surf Blue from the 2008 SRT8 feature-availability sheet's own text describing the "Super Bee Special Edition -- with Surf Blue." The record's own treatment shows all four rather than picking one, noting only that the earlier 2009-dated release is closer in time to the model year itself, and suggesting a period order guide or paint chart would be needed to settle the question.^1,2,4,5

This record's own production rows corroborate the two run sizes, 1,750 HEMI Orange Daytona R/Ts and 1,000 blue SRT8 Super Bees, against the same 2015 factory paint-production table used for other years in this record's own family, with the built figures matching the 2014 retrospective's run sizes exactly for both editions. A separate row carries 8,190 Chargers built globally in TorRed across all 2008 models, and a total row reuses the 97,367-unit calendar-year US sales figure as the best available substitute, since the record's own notes state that no 2008 model-year production total was ever published.^4,3

This record's own engines section documents the 2.7-liter DOHC V-6 at 178 horsepower for the SE, the 3.5-liter High Output V-6 at 250 horsepower for the SXT, the 5.7-liter HEMI at 340 horsepower standard on R/T rising to 350 with the Road/Track Performance Package or Daytona R/T, and the 6.1-liter SRT HEMI at 425 horsepower and 420 lb-ft standard on the SRT8. Its transmissions section documents a four-speed automatic standard on SE and SXT RWD, and the W5A580 five-speed automatic standard on SXT AWD, both R/T drivetrains and the SRT8.^6,5

This record's own prices section documents R/T at $31,615 MSRP against a $29,204 dealer invoice, R/T AWD at $33,715 against $31,094, and SRT8 at $37,215 against $34,679, all six figures drawn from the same buyer's-guide database used elsewhere in this record. Its options section documents package-level equipment groups for SE, SXT and R/T, the Road/Track Performance Package's 20-inch wheels and roughly ten added horsepower with a performance exhaust, and three SRT packages for the SRT8 covering climate and seating, audio, and navigation, alongside the Super Bee Special Edition itself named "Surf Blue" on its own feature-availability sheet.^7,6,5

This record's own specifications section documents curb weights from 3,728 pounds for the RWD SE up to 4,268 pounds for the AWD R/T and an estimated 4,160 pounds for the SRT8, plus weight distributions ranging from 53/47 to 55/45 depending on drivetrain. Its paint section lists ten colors beyond the two special editions, and its identification and performance sections are both empty for 2008, a gap the record carries without substitution even though its own conflicts section is unusually well developed for a single paint-name question spanning four separately dated sources.^6,5