RT & SE Challenger - Page 3

1969l78 · #21 03-23-2008, 03:29 AM

That blue is very sharp

lwkitt427 · #22 03-23-2008, 04:49 AM

I WILL AGREE THERE I WOULD WANT I MANUAL SHIFT 4 SURE. A DROP TOP WOULD BE EVEN BETTER JUST LOOK AT WHAT FORD IS DOING WITH THE MUSTANG. WHERE IS GM MARKETING PEOPLE GETTING THERE INFO ?

dreemz · #23 03-23-2008, 09:18 AM

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They could have done better with a 70 Challenger vrs a 74 in the ad. Maybe a 70 RT/SE hemi, or 440, in hemi orange. If you're looking to tie into the performance past, 74 was past prime time. JMHO.

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How about 1970 GoMango 440 6K N96 with Gator Grain top?

**mockingbird812** · #24 03-23-2008, 07:17 PM

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They could have done better with a 70 Challenger vrs a 74 in the ad. Maybe a 70 RT/SE hemi, or 440, in hemi orange. If you're looking to tie into the performance past, 74 was past prime time. JMHO.

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How about 1970 GoMango 440 6K N96 with Gator Grain top?

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Yeah, if we only knew someone who owned one of those cars....

jimbo · #25 03-23-2008, 07:42 PM

Friday I was driving next to one , all blck with black wheels. It had four adult in it so it was riding a little low. Looked good. The inboard headlights are the turn signals.

**Xplantdad** · #26 03-23-2008, 08:23 PM

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They could have done better with a 70 Challenger vrs a 74 in the ad. Maybe a 70 RT/SE hemi, or 440, in hemi orange. If you're looking to tie into the performance past, 74 was past prime time. JMHO.

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How about 1970 GoMango 440 6K N96 with Gator Grain top?

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Yeah, if we only knew someone who owned one of those cars....

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Yeah...You'd think there would be one around here somewhere...

Les Quam · #27 03-24-2008, 12:20 AM

Johnny,

I can't believe you didn't wait for the attempted gouging for 15K over sticker? LOL My local Ford dealer held out for over a year at over MSRP on the GT 500 and finally gave in and let me order one at MSRP. The local Ford dealers here are selling a lot of Shelby's to out of state buyers who buy them in Vegas and have them shipped to the Vegas Shelby factory for mods so they are some of the last dealers to offer the GT 500s at MSRP.

I don't understand Dodge's plan with the Challenger. I love the car but don't want to be sitting at a stop light with my 425 HP two pedal Challenger when a guy in a GT 500 with 500 HP drops the clutch and walks me? It's one thing to be in your four door two pedal 425 HP family Charger and another IMHO to be driving around town in a 4000 pound Challenger styled after the iconic Challengers of the past boasting a whopping 425 HP in a car that says drag race me if you can all over it(not that I would street race and break the law)? The 2008 Challenger is perhaps the epitomy of the old saying "all show and no go".

I bet GM doesn't make the same mistake and right out of the box the Camaro offers 500 HP and a stick to take on the Mustang?

442w30 · #28 03-24-2008, 05:17 AM

I am not sure what mistake was made?

Dodge decided to roll out the SRT first. Perhaps they couldn't get the stick certified in time? Whatever the case, you can order one in a matter of months.

Regarding the Camaro, I think it's a hell of a lot more original than the Challenger. I will reserve judgment when they release production pictures - why get all worked up over a prototype?

Les Quam · #29 03-24-2008, 05:54 AM

The mistake from my point of view is the choice to install the 425 HP "station wagon" motor currently used in the four door Charger making it immediately down 75 HP to it's nearest competitor the Mustang GT 500. I understand having a 425 HP motor in the family oriented four door Charger but question the wisdom of building a new two door pure performance oriented Challenger with 425 HP motor?

The two pedal configuration really doesn't bother me. It's the lack of 500HP that cause me to pass on the Challenger. I have a 70 HEMI Challenger and was really looking forward to the new modern version to park next to it, so I am not a Dodge basher.

I don't think Chevy is going to roll out this new camaro and immediately concede 75 HP to the Mustang.

442w30 · #30 03-24-2008, 06:00 AM

I think the problem is your point of view. The Challenger is brand-new, so why not let the vehicle settle in the market and see what happens? At least Dodge doesn't have to engineer an engine for the Challenger - it's already in the portfolio. With the mess that Chrysler's in at the moment, it just doesn't make sense to introduce a super-zoomy engine from the get-go . . . hell, even the Mustang took a few years to get 500hp, right?

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