Couldn't you do all that stuff with a WRX / STI??
There is no way you can fit four adults and a babyseat in a wrx with a days worth of shopping with a stroller, a carseat, and 4 adults over 6 ft. no way in hell. The charger is 4 times bigger. And if you did fit all that stuff and people, everyone would be miserable because they are a-hole to elbow with a stroller wheel up there butt.
I didn't really get into a full comparison of the two because they are such different cars. But I will since it was asked. In short the WRX in every aspect besides performance sucks compared to the charger. The build quality in a WRX is crap, the materials are crap, and the paint sucks terrible. But you spend 25k on a car that is designed to drive well and go fast with the money spent on the technology of the performance of the engine. Getting 300 hp out of a 2.5 litre engine takes alot of computers and tweaking and straight up fine tuning. So the money is spent on that instead of creature comfort.
The charger is a modern muscle car built for comfort. All of the materials are soft to the touch and feel great and are quality. There are no rattles, or squeeks or odd clunks now an then, it is quiet and refined. The $38,000 the car cost is put into the new design of the body and the interior. The motor is the same as it has always been. Big displacement+ lots of fuel= Big power. 370 hp and 400 lb/ft tq. for a big muscle car. Everything about the build quality of the Charger is better. And I don't think anyone can dispute that the wrx lacks interior refinement. My charger has an 8 speaker alpine stereo with a 10 inch navigation touch screen that controlls the radio straight to the climate control there is no lacking of anything in this car. It is quiet and drives smooth. The only time it is not quiet is when you mash the pedal and that huge 350 hemi just roars, and man does it have one excellent engine note. Its reliable and has had no problems as of yet. It only has 12k miles on it so time will tell. But I love it.
I bought the WRX as a straight up fun car that handles amazing and is fun to drive. I bought the charger because i wanted big power and be able to drive my family around safely and in comfort, but yet is also fun to drive. The STI that beat me was heavily moddified, I had the windows up AC on, stereo blasting and the turbo still sounded like a Jet engine pulling up beside me, I had no chance even if he gave me 5 car lengths head start. But if I were to put that type of money into the charger that the other guy had in his WRX i'd have a Centrifugal supercharged 383 stroker with half inch cams and probably 800 hp. And once you start having forced induction on a big displacement motor, a small four banger just can't hang without some serious cash.
As far as power goes, a stock WRX can not beat a charger from a rolling start. When my foot goes to the floor the charger instantly has 370 and 400, there is no wait for a turbo to spool up it just goes and with the AWD it will snap your neck right into the head rest, it is no contest. I raced it against my 2002 that is well modded and my buddies 2006 WRX. But I can't compete with a 3k rpm launch thouhg. My car goes 0-60 in 5.4 a WRX will do it in 4.7. Those numbers don't lie but there not the only ones that count. A wrx handles better than the charger but again its a different car. The charger being as big as it is handles spectacularly on the other hand.
To sum it up the WRX is a purpose built car designed to go fast and handle great for a cheap price. The Charger is a 38k dollar car built with a big motor to get respectable performance in a very comfortable and refined ride. I bought the Charger first and then a WRX and I was a bit dissappointed with the interior I won't lie. But I love the way the car drives and performs.
So moral of the story I got smoked.
