Production Dodge Challenger Spied

I swear I need to just make a profession out of catching new cars. I was driving home from school in Auburn Hills, MI on I-75 and paced it. Proportions are spot on to the concept and sounded nice. The driver would give it some gas every once in a while. Big wheels, low slung, and retro. I'll continue to post pics as I get them since I have a decent camera phone now.

Looks mean..I'll take one...

nice catch! it looks badass

I love you

I hope the production door handle will be in a better spot, that sucker looks like it's planted right smack in the middle of the door.

I heart red x's!!!

Looks HUGE! I can see 5mpg written all over it.

is it jsut me or can anyone see the possibilty of a third door?

looking at the space between the farthest back you see on the door, the handle, and the back of the roof.....

Been there, done that. Not interested. I test drove a car that looked exactly like that in 1975, then I passed for a '72 GTO. Well, maybe not EXACTLY, but very close. I'm sure it'll be a much better car, though, unless they include the isolated transverse suspension.

It's still MOPAR. Makes a great burn barrel.

Wow, that looks......old. Congratulations

Quote: Originally Posted by RustyRodder... is it jsut me or can anyone see the possibilty of a third door? looking at the space between the farthest back you see on the door, the handle, and the back of the roof.....

Looks like a fold in the material.

I'll take a camaro please. Hope they got their "cottage cheese" coolant issues resolved for the 6.1

Looks like a chopped (shorter) Charger.

It looks fantastic. I won't buy it, until they can tune it.

Hell, they can't, even tune the 300 SRT8.

Quote: Originally Posted by daveinsa... It looks fantastic. I won't buy it, until they can tune it. Hell, they can't, even tune the 300 SRT8.

Can't tune my R/T either. I think MDS is a crock also.

Drool!

Nice!

I am hoping to catch one out here testing in Death Valley.

Quote: Originally Posted by 98Formula... I swear I need to just make a profession out of catching new cars. I was driving home from school in Auburn Hills, MI on I-75 and paced it. Proportions are spot on to the concept and sounded nice. The driver would give it some gas every once in a while. Big wheels, low slung, and retro. I'll continue to post pics as I get them since I have a decent camera phone now.

It's sad when I live right by DCX (just south of 59) and still haven't caught one yet.

I dont know if I like the 3 tone? I mean a red center with a black front and rear end with silver trim??WTF,,,,come on?

A couple more shots...

wow that thing is low slung. Look at that line across the door, wow.

So... does the duct tape come standard? I swear my last vehicle from DCX (Jeep Liberty) was put together with duct tape.

Nice catch. Stance looks great on that car IMO.

From what I've been hearing it is set to be on dealer lots sometime in the 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2008. 2.5 years from concept to production ain't bad at all. Too bad the camaro is taking foorrrevvverrrr.

Quote: Originally Posted by PMD GTO... From what I've been hearing it is set to be on dealer lots sometime in the 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2008. 2.5 years from concept to production ain't bad at all. Too bad the camaro is taking foorrrevvverrrr.

I'd rather have them take longer... In my mind, more time to wring out the problems instead of letting the first year buyers figure out [insert design aspect example here] is crap.

Buy the 2nd full year....

1st car I ever drove was dad's 70 Chall. R/T.
40 cars later I think it is still the best looking , sexiest car Detroit ever turned out.

So, did the executive meeting in DCX go something like:

"Okay, we need to come out with an exciting new performance coupe. Apparently they're all the rage now. I heard something about Horsepower Wars....errr.....something to that effect."

"Well, why don't we bring back the Challenger?"

"Great idea! But how will design it?"

"You seem to misunderstand what I'm saying. I'm saying we bring back the Challenger. Intact."

"Well, my butler tells me that these blokes like the new Mustang. I haven't seen one personally, but when he goes out on Tuesdays for the week's groceries, he claims they are everywhere."

"Okay...."

"Okay, so I have the old drawings of a 72 Challenger and some tracing paper. Now, who is able to color inside the lines the best?"

Looks awesome. I personally can't wait for the Challenger.

That thing does look rather huge.....or the driver is a tiny, tiny man. Has potential though...