The production number news is also on redletterdodge.com. Here is the text:
"So the cat is out of the bag! We are going to build 6,400 Dodge Challenger SRT8’s for the 2008 model year. It was our most asked question this past week at
Barrett-Jackson. It seems the collectors knew this car was going to be special and early indications are supportive with the first two Challengers selling for nearly a combined $600,000! A shocking amount given the production model has still yet to be revealed.
The volume and market timing trace their origins back to the Challenger feasibility study which was underway while the Challenger concept was still setting the auto show circuit ablaze. While manufacturing and engineering dictated market timing, we decide that the right go to market plan for Challenger was to launch as a short 2008 model vs a long running 2009 model. We had 35 years of pent up demand for Challenger and we felt the right approach was to hit the market with a bang - an exclusive limited-edition short run model that would begin to build the next Challenger legacy! To help indicate the exclusivity of this model, each vehicle will wear a unique interior dash plaque, 1 of 6,400 similar to the plaques on the Charger Daytona and Super Bee.
With customers clamoring for the car we knew we had to build enough to satisfy the years of demand but also limit the volume to keeping it exclusive. And although we have orders in excess of our planned production, not every dealer who is going to receive a Challenger has its order in yet. If you are interested in a 2008 Challenger, check with your local dealer. As we’ve said before, there’s plenty more for Challenger fans to look forward to as well.
Watch for the production unveiling on February 6th at the
Chicago Auto Show -and if you can’t get to the Windy City, you can bet RLD will carry the photos."