Dodge issues a Challenger: It's official. Dodge will make a production version of the concept from the 06 auto show. Set to hit the dlr lots in late 08 w/ prices from $22k to nearly $40K, it will be built on the LX platform. Expect a base V-6 version for the poseur and two V-8 versions
, no doubt the 5.7 and 6.1, no 6.6
DAM IT TO HELL
. An optional 6 sp M is being readied as well a first for the LX platform. DCX expects to build fewer than 50K Challengers annually, far less than the nearly 200K Stangs Ford turns out p/yr.
I like that so we won't see each othere at every street corner nor will we be popping up at airport rental car lots a'la the Hertz Shelby.
This could be a deal breaker for me unfort. If the car comes in at 4200 lbs plus, an unproven tranny and only the 6.1 all the while the MSRP is north of $40K I my pass or wait until a 6.6 comes knocking two MY's down the road.
That LS7 500 HP Camaro SS is not looking all that bad, it would rip my heart out though to get it over the Chally. I don't get DCX, w/ the SS,GTO and GT 500 the alarm bells are not only ringing but the sound is deafening at this point. Nobody wants to wait all this time for the car only to be cannon fodder on the street under withering GM/Ford firepower.
