Nowadays, it seems that most of the all-American muscle cars are going Down Under.

Muscle cars are the core of American auto culture, with almost everything revolving around them. They’ve existed almost since forever and still represent the main trademark of the motoring industry in the U.S.

In fact, years of coming up with V8-fitted monsters made North American car manufacturers associate with steroidal automobiles and hot rods, just like the Italians with flamboyant supercars, and Germans with “autobahnkuriers”, speed demons disguised as almost regular cars.

So, it kind of came as a shock to us to learn that the 300 SRT8 won’t be available anymore in the U.S. Still, if you really, really want one, there are ways you can get it because – according to Car and Driver – the car will live on in Australia, New Zealand, Brunei, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Belarus, Angola, six Middle Eastern countries, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea.

So, here’s what America is missing out on. The car pictured is a revamped Australian-spec model and given the Aussie’s love for horsepower-hungry, big automobile brutes, the SRT 300 will certainly feel right at home in the land Down Under.

Displaying subtle, but effective cosmetic changes, the car now comes with daytime running lights, redesigned headlights and a clean front grill-mesh sporting the SRT badge, missing the Chrysler logo that was mounted at the top. In fact, the entire front fascia has been re-tweaked for a cleaner, unspoiled look. Notice the usual exterior trim strips under the headlights missing.

Even the interior got a little improved and now sports a rotary gear shifter, and redesigned steering wheel and instrument cluster – among other subtle changes.

Performance-wise, the 300 SRT packs the same 470 horsepower, 637 N·m (470 lb·ft), 6.4-litre Hemi V8 and comes equipped with Brembo performance 4-piston brakes with slotted rotors 360 mm front and 340 mm rear, a Getrag limited-slip-diff, Bilstein dampers and a programmable launch-control system.

It can be bought from Aussie dealerships in two variants – an entry level 300 SRT Core (starting at $59,000) and the 300 SRT (starting at $69,000). The premium models sports some creature comfort features over the base version, such as: three-mode adaptive suspension, leather and alcantara seats, a Harman Kardon 19-speaker stereo system with subwoofer, carbon-fiber interior trims, adaptive radar cruise control, lane departure warning with steering assist and so on…

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