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Re: Insider Confirms Dodge Challenger Production Status?
WELL , I'LL SAY THE SEAT AND SEATBACK LOOK PRETTY GOOD, BUT THE HEAD REST/RESTRAINT LOOKS TERRIBLE. iT APPEARS TO BE TOO FAR IN FRONT OR FROM A "CENTER -POINT" LINE ! ACTUALLY THE MORE I LOOK AT THESE ,IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE MOUNTED 180 DEGREES IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. i'M ONLY IMAGINING THE DISCOMFORT ON ANY LONG TRIP ??
Re: Insider Confirms Dodge Challenger Production Status?
Those head rests are designed that way so they actually perform their job in an accident. You will still have to lean your head back a little to touch them I'm sure. And the seats certainly do seem to be straight out of the SRT8's. Why design an entriely new seat (which equals money for materials and development) when you have perfectly capable seats already available!
Re: Insider Confirms Dodge Challenger Production Status?
Originally Posted by ND RAM
They look to be the same design to me, just look better.
Charger SRT-8 seats:
I don't think those are SRT8 seats. Appear to be regular Charger R/T seats. Go here http://www.dodge.com/charger/photos.html Go to the second thumbnail for pics of the interior. Those are Charger SRT-8 seats...then look at pictures of the seats in the Challenger...look familiar?? :-)
Last edited by Big Country : 02-24-2006 at 03:44 PM.
Re: Insider Confirms Dodge Challenger Production Status?
Originally Posted by Big Country
I don't think those are SRT8 seats. Appear to be regular Charger R/T seats. Go here http://www.dodge.com/charger/photos.html Go to the second thumbnail for pics of the interior. Those are Charger SRT-8 seats...then look at pictures of the seats in the Challenger...look familiar?? :-)
They're what came up when I googled Charger SRT-8 interior.
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Re: Insider Confirms Dodge Challenger Production Status?
Originally Posted by Big Country
Those head rests are designed that way so they actually perform their job in an accident. You will still have to lean your head back a little to touch them I'm sure. And the seats certainly do seem to be straight out of the SRT8's. Why design an entriely new seat (which equals money for materials and development) when you have perfectly capable seats already available!
While I agree with the idea of designing for an accident, they should also make those head rests adjustable, not just vertically but tilt wise as well so we can all find a comfortable position. If there are any SRT-8 owners out there please tell us how the head rest works and if its adjustable and/or comfortable. Thanks.
Re: Insider Confirms Dodge Challenger Production Status?
Well, yes safety should or shall always be kept in mind,but as for saving money and/or production $$$$$$$.... they can eliminate the use of leather as far as I'm concerned !! i'd like to see a show of hands > leather vs. non-leather and/or fabric ???????
Last edited by Ragamuffin : 02-24-2006 at 11:41 PM.
Re: Insider Confirms Dodge Challenger Production Status?
Here's a pretty good explanation from an article I found which discusses the need for/use of head restraints aka head rests. Maybe one of these days, all vehicle manufactures will begin to 'coin' the term 'head restraints'; therefore, putting the old 'head rest' reference to rest.
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Rear-end crashes are common events in urban and suburban traffic. For example, in one urban Virginia county 63 percent of daytime crashes on urban interstate highways in 2003 were rear impacts.
When a vehicle is struck in the rear and driven forward, the vehicle seats accelerate occupants' torsos forward. Unsupported, their heads will lag behind the forward movement of their torsos. This differential motion causes the neck to bend back and stretch. The higher the torso acceleration the more sudden the motion, the higher the forces on the neck, and the more likely a neck injury is to occur.
"The key to reducing neck injury risk is to keep the head and torso moving together," Lund explains. "To ensure this happens, a seat and head restraint have to work in concert to support the head, accelerating it with the torso as the vehicle is driven forward in a rear impact. This means the geometry of a head restraint has to be adequate, and so do the stiffness characteristics of the vehicle seat and head restraint."
A head restraint should extend at least as high as the top of the ears of the tallest expected occupant. A restraint also should be positioned close to the back of an occupant's head so it can contact the head and support it early in a rear-end crash.
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Re: Insider Confirms Dodge Challenger Production Status?
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