Why couldn't they make this Charger??

[Lowprofile]

Found this while surfing the web. I Think its a lot nicer looking than what they gave us.

[4402tuff4u]

 

[SirNik73]

 

[dd44068]

I can think of three  reasons
1. prople would have liked it.
2. there is no market for two doors anymore
3. there would be nothing for there middle aged demographics to buy

[70charginglizard]

be careful...
offering opinions about this subject around here is considered offensive to some.

[Lowprofile]

Let the beat-ups begin.

I don't think the 06 is a bad car, Its just a shame they called it a Charger. I would never buy one, but if they gave me one, I would drive it. I would just get the windows tinted dark so you guys couldn't see me driving it and make fun of me!

[4forty]

 

[Khyron]

[Mass_Mopar]

and for the record I always thought that concept sucked.  Stick 14" wheels on it like a stripped down version would have, and it loses any appeal it had.

[bull]

Let the beat-ups begin.

I don't think the 06 is a bad car, Its just a shame they called it a Charger. I would never buy one, but if they gave me one, I would drive it. I would just get the windows tinted dark so you guys couldn't see me driving it and make fun of me!

with the first 29 words of your post, everything that came before "I would drive it" unless I were to drive it to the nearest auction yard (which is less than a mile away). I think the front end is ugly and the rest is just mediocre. If I were given one would sell it if I could and buy a 2003 quad cab Dakota or use the money to restore my real Charger. I think the resale value on the '06 is going drop like a rock. Maybe we should start considering the possibility that DCX will start giving them away once they realize they still have 70% of them still on the car lots. I bet toward the end of the year we'll be seeing some very attractive incentives. Still, they won't be attractive enough.

[Lowprofile]

I agree with you Bull.
It will be interesting to see if the Hip-Hop/Gangsta/Urban  Crowd can pull DCX's ass out of the fire, sales wise. Because they sure missed the boat with their "loyalists" and the NASCAR/ Bubba Redneck demographic.

[ChgrSteve67]

 

[PocketThunder]

 

[4forty]

[TheGhost]

I like the 2 door photochop of the real 06 much better.  The damn grill on this car is hidious.  Too big.  Maybe if it were smaller, less noticable....

[cudaken]

 No better than what they have now, dam Nazis. First pro a types you could see some of the old Chargers in it. Only thing they got right was the spelling. Even the scrip is wrong. Not a bad looking car but a waste of a great Name.

                                            Cuda Ken

[Brock Samson]

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pick your own, i'm tired..

[Chris G.]

It will be interesting to see if the Hip-Hop/Gangsta/Urban   Crowd can pull DCX's ass out of the fire, sales wise. Because they sure missed the boat with their "loyalists" and the NASCAR/ Bubba Redneck demographic.

I didn't know DCX was in trouble? I think their cars and sales rates are doing just fine. I can't give you statistics (but you guys can give me some). I also don't think Chrysler ever gave a damn about their "loyalists". It's always been a "if you don't like it move on" approach to me when it comes to Chrysler.

I agree the name shouldn’t have been used, but seriously, do you really want something showing up at car shows and cruises that looks somewhat similar to your Charger? I see new Mustang GT's at the cruises now, and I thank God DCX didn't try and copycat a legend. I don't know why you guys don't want the same? They built the Charger for 9yrs (IMO), and they can't come close to re-creating it...that's a good thing to me.  
    

[694spdRT]

I agree the name shouldn’t have been used, but seriously, do you really want something showing up at car shows and cruises that looks somewhat similar to your Charger? I see new Mustang GT's at the cruises now, and I thank God DCX didn't try and copycat a legend. I don't know why you guys don't want the same? They built the Charger for 9yrs (IMO), and they can't come close to re-creating it...that's a good thing to me. 

That is weird as I was thinking the same thing today when I walked by a new Mustang on the street. Do we as Charger fans really want a "new" Charger that looks just as good but, outperforms ours in every category, gets better gas mileage, has minimal maintenance, and will sell for less than many of our Classic rides.

I know some of the old GM and Ford muscle gets compared to the newer stuff all the time and it usually doesn't come out on top.

[Silver R/T]

man, another topic about this. Well DCX lost any kind of quality, desire to build nice car for the customer. 06 isnt bad car, but if I had one Id sell it and get something more economical and with aftermarket support

[Brock Samson]

It will be interesting to see if the Hip-Hop/Gangsta/Urban   Crowd can pull DCX's ass out of the fire, sales wise. Because they sure missed the boat with their "loyalists" and the NASCAR/ Bubba Redneck demographic.

I didn't know DCX was in trouble? I think their cars and sales rates are doing just fine. I can't give you statistics (but you guys can give me some). I also don't think Chrysler ever gave a damn about their "loyalists". It's always been a "if you don't like it move on" approach to me when it comes to Chrysler.

I agree the name shouldn’t have been used, but seriously, do you really want something showing up at car shows and cruises that looks somewhat similar to your Charger? I see new Mustang GT's at the cruises now, and I thank God DCX didn't try and copycat a legend. I don't know why you guys don't want the same? They built the Charger for 9yrs (IMO), and they can't come close to re-creating it...that's a good thing to me.  
    

  here...
http://www.lxforums.com/board/lx_sales.php

[DC_1]

These are still my fav chops!

[TheGhost]

I like the top one.

[69charger2002]

i do too
trav

[DC_1]

I also luv these........

Man I wish they would build somthin like this!!!!!

[Andrew]

why dont they just leave the names alone, we dont need a new charger or another challenger

and how will they sell the 'cuda?
chrysler 'cuda?
dodge 'cuda?

[TheGhost]

They won't sell Cuda.  At least, I hope not.

[plum500]

Sydmoe, that second one with the Mustang is a *hacked* version of one of my chops. Reverting *back* to the '06 elements I removed :|

Sorry to all who have seen these before, and the mess from the liquified horse. I'm gonna delete the pics and never use '06 and Charger in the same sentence again. 

Here's the purple version, can't find the black one right now, and a blue one with a more traditional Charger hood treatment.

[DC_1]

Plum, I followed your work on the Allpar site. I use some of them as wallpaper on my pewter......you are one talanted dude! I luv your renderings!

[MoparYoungGun]

This one is just plain sweet .

[cudaken]

 Yep, the latter one are the Charger that should have been. But as pointed out, 4 door's sell better than 2 doors these day's.  Sad, but ture.


                       Cuda Ken

[BigBlackDodge]

This one is just plain sweet .

Depressing when you think what could have been.....................

BBD

[TheGhost]

This one is just plain sweet .

Depressing when you think what could have been.....................

BBD

We could still see if they will make something similar to this for the Challenger, don't you think?  Because, this is the best rendition I've seen!

[MoparYoungGun]

Depressing when you think what could have been.....................

BBD

Very true .

[BigBlackDodge]

That looks really good to me................very 'Chargerish'! I'm not quit sure how the front would look, but the 3/4 view there looks very good!


Why is it that the ordinary guys (no offense to the designer!) can come up with great designs and the yahoo's at DCX haven't got a clue? That photo chop also looks very similar, body wise, to the current magnum sedan. Doesn't seem like it would take much to get the ugly/blandness out of the '06.

C'mon DCX...........get your head outa your but and look what these people can produce without all the automotive design schooling!

BBD

[MTPOCKET]

New charger.

[Nacho-RT74]

with the time and neverending threads ABOUT THIS I have noticed that the rear is not the BIG problem like the front end ( and doors of course ).

on pics posted by Sydmoe the rear is a Bad ass, even I still don't like the quarter shape. I preffer the Plums quarters... the other one is not bad at all but there are too many cars with that shape. Starting from Renaults and ending on Ricers.

BUT THE FRONT IS UGLY.

[6670charger]

I agree with several of you about Dodge not doing a retro bodystyle on the new Charger.  Don't get me wrong, I like the new Mustang.  It's better than anything they've done with it in the last 20 years.  However, now that they've done this, what's next?  More retro styles?  Retro styles of the cars that didn't do so well?  Dodge did the right thing in trying to make the new Charger it's own style.  They just screwed up by making it a sedan.  I will never buy a new Charger, or ever accept it as a "Charger" for that one reason.  I don't have a problem with the car having four doors, if the design is cool.  I liked the 99 concept car, and probably would have bought a new Charger if they had built something even resembling that.  No mattter how hard I try, I just can't bring myself to like the new Charger.  The car is almost like the evil opposite of the Charger------the Anti-Charger!  It's everything that a Charger shouldn't be.