Dodge Charger Autoshow Reveal...
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Whether you like it, hate it, or have mixed emotions, give them (and General Motors) credit for doing something instead of offering a less costly version of a Volvo with poor performance, the 500 and Montego.
Looks a little Maxima-ish from the rear.
The actual "car in the metal" will tell if it has too much Ram Truck in the grille.
Looks a little Maxima-ish from the rear.
The actual "car in the metal" will tell if it has too much Ram Truck in the grille.
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Silver_04
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That is one ugly car. But with a V8 and RWD...I can't criticize it too much.
Bluerauder
CAMaraudin' in Virginia
I heard today that NASCAR Dodge racers will be switching over from the Intrepid body style to the new Charger body this year. Understand that some driver's are already testing it in prep for Daytona in February. Anyone out there who can independently confirm this?? :dunno:QWK SVT said:I don't think it fake. These pictures are from Autoweek's 2005 Autoshow special. Here's some more pics....
marauder307
Jack Ryan Incarnate
QWK SVT said:
I agree. Dodge is committing an unforgivable sacriledge, to put out a Charger that looks like that. The 4.7L-CNG twin-turbo concept put out a few years back paid infinitely better homage to the original, and the 4-dr design change would have been allowable---if they'd actually used the concept's lines. But this...fouled-up ABORTION...of an automobile,...this is tragic.
Those dimwits at Dodge oughta be beaten with a set of their own Hemi connecting rods... :mad2:
If ya haven't guessed...I really loved the old Chargers...
04MEMA
Prodigioso
RAM front, 300M Trunk
The old 300M from last year you know? That's what the Chargers trunk looks like for sure. I thought it when I first saw those pics, then saw one on the road today. I wonder if it's the same part! Way too lame for a charger although the 300M was a decent looking ride, for what it was. The most amazing thing to me is that it appears that DCX is forgetting (to some degree)the valuable lesson that Chrysler/Dodge learned back in the 90's. If people like your concept car, then for God's sake, make the production vehicle as close as humanly possible in appearance to the concept. Simple rule. Don't make concepts impossible to manufacture.
Pontiac blew it on the Aztek BIG time. The concept was car-based and actually looked okay for what it was supposed to be. It was supposed to be a vehicle that had the benefits of a SUV with the performance of a sports sedan plus new functionality. The concept looked kinda cool. People liked what they saw at the autoshow and so Pontiac built something else? They built a minivan based, underpowered, cost saved exterior turdmobile. Then they were scratching their heads when nobody liked it? DUH!
Jeff
P.S. I apologize for posting such filth on the site!
The old 300M from last year you know? That's what the Chargers trunk looks like for sure. I thought it when I first saw those pics, then saw one on the road today. I wonder if it's the same part! Way too lame for a charger although the 300M was a decent looking ride, for what it was. The most amazing thing to me is that it appears that DCX is forgetting (to some degree)the valuable lesson that Chrysler/Dodge learned back in the 90's. If people like your concept car, then for God's sake, make the production vehicle as close as humanly possible in appearance to the concept. Simple rule. Don't make concepts impossible to manufacture.
Pontiac blew it on the Aztek BIG time. The concept was car-based and actually looked okay for what it was supposed to be. It was supposed to be a vehicle that had the benefits of a SUV with the performance of a sports sedan plus new functionality. The concept looked kinda cool. People liked what they saw at the autoshow and so Pontiac built something else? They built a minivan based, underpowered, cost saved exterior turdmobile. Then they were scratching their heads when nobody liked it? DUH!
Jeff
P.S. I apologize for posting such filth on the site!
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Bluerauder
CAMaraudin' in Virginia
They are gonna have to close off a major portion of that gaping mouth as well to run competitively at Daytona and Talledega.Joe Walsh said:
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Silver_04
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Joe Walsh said:
Considering it's now NASROC with the common templates I'm actually more suprised the grille is that vertical.
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PJR
Guest
I like some aspects of it. I am not a fan of the rear end. From that straight shot it looks like a big Neon with exhaust tips. Anybody else see that?
GA-Marauder
Night Stormer
You know, they were soooo close...This would have been one bada$$ car if they could have redone the front (ala the 2005 Mustang, a little retro with 1969 DNA), and with the Hemi, I for one would have been severely tempted. The car they are showing now, however, is one ugly POS. It might beat me at the stoplight (a big maybe), but it can never look into a mirror without deep psychological consequences (sooo ugly:alone: ). I get so many compliments on my MM, almost a daily event. It makes me smile.QWK SVT said:Apparently, Dodge is taking some heat (rightfully so), for the 4-door:
Autoweek had this to say (http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=101327)
The Chrysler group's revival of the Charger name on a Dodge sedan is generating "hate mail," says a senior executive. Production of the 2006 model starts in January, but correspondence is voluminous opposing the name on a four-door, says Trevor Creed, Chrysler senior vice president of design. The naysayers, writing primarily via e-mail, champion various Charger coupes that ran from 1966 through 1978 and from 1982 through 1987, Creed says. "They all think their Charger is the real thing."
Now THIS is a Dodge that I would drive. Too bad all the ones they put on the road lack the class, or hi-po look of the prototypes...
