What will the 2008 Dodge CHARGER look like?

[GeneralLeeTESH]

Well-a simple question for simple-minded folks liking 2 DOOR cars! WHY in the world Chrysler Daimler did the 4 door is almost as LOGICAL AS  GM making the honda look-a-like "GTO" -LoL  !!!
The current Charger looks like a 4 door "church-going" Honda look a like want to be like a GTO kinda car !!!

[RD]

welcome to the site...

but umm...


this topic has been ran over so many times.. the deadhorse doesnt even care to hear about it anymore  

[andy74]

and i would guess to say that it will look like the catfish butt ugly sled that is out now

[41husk]

Well-a simple question for simple-minded folks liking 2 DOOR cars! WHY in the world Chrysler Daimler did the 4 door is almost as LOGICAL AS  GM making the honda look-a-like "GTO" -LoL  !!!
The current Charger looks like a 4 door "church-going" Honda look a like want to be like a GTO kinda car !!!

Did some one else post something about not liking the looks of the new Charger

[Brock Samson]

it's gonna be a two door hardtop with hidden headlights wing windows and a figment of our imagination... 

[bull]

It's going to look like or or

[greenpigs]

POO

[6670charger]

I'd bet that it'll look remarkably like the 2007 model..................

[TeeWJay426]

Who cares?

[69bananabeast]

Horsey

[daytonalo]

Our savior will be the challenger if it looks close to prototype !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Schuler]

It looks like the best looking 4-door sedan out there. It is availible with a very powerful engine, retro graphics and colors. Oh, it'll kick any stock 66-87 charger's ass too. Quit whining.

[TylerCharger69]

I think it currently looks like something I once stepped in

[Silver R/T]

its not gonna be 2 door anytime soon

[Big Lebowski]

  I'd be a wagon if that pin head in charge had his way. (Daimler VP Trevor Creed for those of you in Rio Linda)

[daytonalo]

I would buy one but , I hear people are getting confused on which door you get in to drive !

[Lowprofile]

The question that just won't die!

[myk]

It'll look like what it should've in the first place:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CetEQZ-k6vs

They can keep four doors on the damn thing to help it sell, but with looks like that how can anyone in their right mind complain? 

[69chargerboy]

The "Charger" SRT8 looks bad ass, but we all know it is NOT A CHARGER! I would buy one if they took off the "Charger" name.  Just call it an SRT8. I'd prefer a 2 door, but what "muscle car" today will generate this much interest 30+ years from now? Probably nothing. The new GTO is junk, the Mustang is ok, maybe the new Challenger and Camaro will start a new generation of muscle car. Who knows?  Who knew back then you could buy a 70 Hemi Cuda or 69 Daytona for $4500 and keep it; now worth 200k + I'm no expert, but I cannot see the same happening to the present day cars.

[RD]

It looks like the best looking 4-door sedan out there. It is availible with a very powerful engine, retro graphics and colors. Oh, it'll kick any stock 66-87 charger's ass too. Quit whining.

just because you brought this up... are you telling me that this car will kick a stock 66-71 hemi charger's azz?  just curious.

[69chargerboy]

It looks like the best looking 4-door sedan out there. It is available with a very powerful engine, retro graphics and colors. Oh, it'll kick any stock 66-87 charger's ass too. Quit whining.

just because you brought this up... are you telling me that this car will kick a stock 66-71 hemi charger's azz?  just curious.

Here is what I found for the Chargers.......

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=31&article_id=2905

Based on the Road and Track article comparing the Charger SRT8 to the GTO, "The edge goes to the Charger with a fleet 13.3 seconds at 108.2 mph, with gearchanges from its 5-speed automatic so crisp it feels like it's been fitted with a speed-shop shift kit"

http://www.musclecarclub.com/musclecars/dodge-charger/dodge-charger-history.shtml

And for the 67 Charger Hemi for example: Performance 426 Hemi V8 425: 0-60 in 6.4 sec, 1/4 mile in 14.16 sec @ 96.15mph.
And for a 70 Hemi Charger Performance for 426 Hemi,  0-60 in 5.5 sec, 1/4 mile in 13.9 sec @ 105mph.

[myk]

The "Charger" SRT8 looks bad ass, but we all know it is NOT A CHARGER! I would buy one if they took off the "Charger" name.  Just call it an SRT8. I'd prefer a 2 door, but what "muscle car" today will generate this much interest 30+ years from now? Probably nothing. The new GTO is junk, the Mustang is ok, maybe the new Challenger and Camaro will start a new generation of muscle car. Who knows?  Who knew back then you could buy a 70 Hemi Cuda or 69 Daytona for $4500 and keep it; now worth 200k + I'm no expert, but I cannot see the same happening to the present day cars.

Did you know that an "elite" group of 66 through 67 Charger fans think that THEY have the only REAL Chargers?  That's right, there are people out there even in the classic Charger ranks who feel that other generations of Chargers don't count as REAL Chargers.
Where does the purist, egocentrical nonsense end?  And who knows is right-back when classic Chargers roamed the streets NO ONE thought they would be considered valuable in the forseeable future.  WHO KNOWS how the future will choose to covet these newer muscle car reincarnations.  I'm not entirely happy with what the Charger nameplate has been slapped on, but if you take the SRT-8 Charger and put it up against, say a '68 R/T, you'll see that they're both big, bold, beautiful cars with brutal performance capabilities-looks like a family relation to me.

Oh, and as for the GTO being "junk," how do you quantify a statement like that?  That car is a friggin' rocket that could run circles around any classic musclecar; that car rules the streets as of now, and can actually TURN and stop on them, too.  Looking at 1/4 mile statistics is only PART of the success of any performance automobile.  Any idiot can make a car blast down the straight-away, but how does it handle?  There's more to high performance than just going in a straight line really really fast.

New muscle is here and although it may not be better looking, overall it's better than yesterday's...

[greenpigs]

Any idiot can make a car blast down the straight-away, but how does it handle?  There's more to high performance than just going in a straight line really really fast.

Looks are important as well and was the new GTOs downfall in my opinion.

[6670charger]

Although the late model GTO wasn't especially popular in looks, the main reason it's going away is the same as that of the 80's Monte Carlo and its bretheren, the Chrysler M-body cars, and the big rear-drive GM cars of the early 90's:  the vehicle platform is being discontinued.  This platform is being redesigned, and a new GTO will likely re-appear in a year or two --  probably as a sedan also.

I am a huge fan of two-door cars.  That's all I owned from the time I graduated college till about two years ago (16 years).  Two door cars are going away, being replaced by sedans and hatchbacks.  The reason is demand driven.  We can complain about the new Charger until we're blue in the face.  Until the market changes in regard to two-doors, the Charger will remain a sedan.  The success of the new Challenger (or lack of) may eventually influence whether a two-door Charger is ever built.

I've driven the new Charger, and it's a kick to drive; more so than anything else in its price range and design is.  I can't say I'm thrilled with the name "Charger"  being on the car.  I can say that it's the best sedan to come off of a Dodge assembly line in two decades.  I can say that right now, until another company brings something better to the market in its price range and vehicle class, it's the only car other than the Chrysler 300 that I'd care to drive.   When a Hemi Charger R/T with decent options sells for the same price as a similarly equipped 300 Limited V-6, it's a no-brainer.

Just my opinion.  You know what they say about opinions.......................

[topduarte]

The "Charger" SRT8 looks bad ass, but we all know it is NOT A CHARGER! I would buy one if they took off the "Charger" name.  Just call it an SRT8. I'd prefer a 2 door, but what "muscle car" today will generate this much interest 30+ years from now? Probably nothing. The new GTO is junk, the Mustang is ok, maybe the new Challenger and Camaro will start a new generation of muscle car. Who knows?  Who knew back then you could buy a 70 Hemi Cuda or 69 Daytona for $4500 and keep it; now worth 200k + I'm no expert, but I cannot see the same happening to the present day cars.

Did you know that an "elite" group of 66 through 67 Charger fans think that THEY have the only REAL Chargers?  That's right, there are people out there even in the classic Charger ranks who feel that other generations of Chargers don't count as REAL Chargers.
Where does the purist, egocentrical nonsense end?  And who knows is right-back when classic Chargers roamed the streets NO ONE thought they would be considered valuable in the forseeable future.  WHO KNOWS how the future will choose to covet these newer muscle car reincarnations.  I'm not entirely happy with what the Charger nameplate has been slapped on, but if you take the SRT-8 Charger and put it up against, say a '68 R/T, you'll see that they're both big, bold, beautiful cars with brutal performance capabilities-looks like a family relation to me.

Oh, and as for the GTO being "junk," how do you quantify a statement like that?  That car is a friggin' rocket that could run circles around any classic musclecar; that car rules the streets as of now, and can actually TURN and stop on them, too.  Looking at 1/4 mile statistics is only PART of the success of any performance automobile.  Any idiot can make a car blast down the straight-away, but how does it handle?  There's more to high performance than just going in a straight line really really fast.

New muscle is here and although it may not be better looking, overall it's better than yesterday's...

Who are the these 1st gen charger elitists you talk about???

The GTO is a fast car but is is fugly and looks like a cavalier. 

Just my $.02!!