General DiscussionThis section contains general discussion about the new Dodge Challenger concept. If it does not fit into a more specific area, it probably belongs in here. (Dodge Challenger General Discussion)
Wow, with all that Jazz of the Challenger getting the "ok" and stuff, we had a pretty exciting October, now through all of November I haven't heard a bloody thing. Sigh.... Well I know this post sounds like a waste of space, but come on, my Jeep has 160k miles on it, I want the Challenger to come out so I can toss rusty Jeep away. I mean it did get my though college so I cant complain all that much. I dunno I am pretty sure if a BOSS mustang does come out, and beats the Challenger I might be pushed into getting it. Well enough ranting, what I originally wanted to ask was, any new relevant info on the production model? Date? Options? offical Colors? anything...
DaimlerChrysler AG Centric News Blog, dated December 7, 2006, had these interesting items:
*DCX will be bringing back the retro Plymouth Barracuda design for a "limited historical production run."
*Initial production of the Challenger will begin with 30,000 or possibly 50,000 units at the Brampton plant.
*Following this 3,000-4,000 SRT8 models will appear and "will sport the next SRT's top Hemi brand hot engine."
*The SRT and SkunkWerks Engineering team is working on a "unique model" above the SRT version. It will "be in line with performance cars north of $80,000 range but be affordable...you are looking at a limited production run about a year or so...this HO model will require a hefty down deposit and adding your name to a waiting list months prior to production."
* A hard folding top convertible version will be offered within 24 months of initial production.
*A myriad of options from power train to optional gearing will follow these variations."
Yes, this is the lull before the storm. Whereas rumors suggest that the first Chally's out of the womb will be 6-gear manuals, they fail to denote that Gertag, the German manufacturer of DCX mashers for yonks, may very well ship trannies with that many cogs, you would do well to realize 4 out of 6 speeds from them. It's a Gertag thing, you understand. They do not comprehend ratios, you see...............it's all about gears
What I am doing, and as all Dodge aficionados must steel themsleves to do, is that beyond all rationality, sanity will prevail at DCX, and we will experience both a superb manual only Chally (what? NY is predicted to have bumper to bumper, 24-hr traffic jams by when?????, LA 2?????) (stop that! Don't let reality intrude on a good story!) when it first debut's, followed by an automatic (I loath automatics) in short order.
Oh! Sign me up for that manual-only piece of faux reality! I love abuse! Give me manual and let me die in LA!
Woops! Late mod. Make that an auto, thank you very much. I love manuals, but they are stupidity in most urban areas. Read 'em and weap.
Through the haze, all of you must help me here. I see a 'Stang zeroing in on my wallet, a GT, with a solid rear axle! Yikes! DCX? I want a Challenger! I was too young to afford one when you blipped it on to the event horizon when I was in high school and college. And now you taunt me with one targeted to that time frame, in the last century, when we had Americans here, not wannabe's in their uncountable droves? How am I supposed to cope? I need guidance here.
You reply. We computed all of that, and with our outofdate equations, we siphered that the 6spd manual was perfectly bracketed for the current timeframe of 1971-1978.
We vill build it and you vill buy it. Underphukingstand?
P.S. I will be amazed if a Mustang is not already in my garage before they get their ****e together. Problem is this happened before. In 1969. No. This not dejavu. No. This is not denial. This is numero 3 of 3. Forever.
Yeah I hear rumors over on stangnet that theres a 2007 Boss Mustang in the works. IF the challenger isnt out or a date is release by than, Im probably gonna end up getting a stang, Even though The challenger looks 100% better (and meaner).
by the srt having the "next srt engine", I'm guessing 500hp? SRT challenger here I come I can wait one extra year to step up to it. As long as it stays around 45K I'll be getting one of the SRTs. If it gets much higher than that, then there's loads of cars to start looking at...
by the srt having the "next srt engine", I'm guessing 500hp? SRT challenger here I come I can wait one extra year to step up to it. As long as it stays around 45K I'll be getting one of the SRTs. If it gets much higher than that, then there's loads of cars to start looking at...
Yeah, I believe the ' Next " = 392 Hemi ; tweaked for street legal usage ! Well, as for something else/new ; maybe the all -new Chrysler Nassau !
man, what a freakin' soap opera!
I sense a group of impatient MOPAR heads, starving for a car producing some "real HP" in a shell that dominates the current Mustake. it's coming, oh yeah, it's coming, and for those of you who just can't wait that small amount of time to purchase this Holy Grail of metallic girth....enjoy the beautiful view of my tail assembly when I finally purchase mine.
The December 17, 2006 Philadelphia Inquirer, in its Automotive Section, had an article an "Auto Sleuth" column about the Challenger. It was nothing new, but I thought that I would share it.
"There has been a lot of speculation as to how much, if any, the actual Dodge Challenger would change from the concept car that has been circulating the country. The SEMA show sealed the deal in the Sleuth's mind since there was not just one Challenger, but a second nearly identical car, save for the fact that it was in drag-racing trin. Challenger Number 2 pays homage to Chrysler's immensely successful Super Stock drag-racing program of the early 1970s. The car has the same key looks and proportions as the original concept car, parked just a few hundred feet away from this version, which most likely means the real cars will be so close to the concept that you won't be able to tell the difference. What you see is, in all likelihood, what you'll get."
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2007? 2008? 2009? 2010?
I can wait one extra year to step up to it. As long as it stays around 45K I'll be getting one of the SRTs. If it gets much higher than that, then there's loads of cars to start looking at...
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