a forum dedicated to the concept challenger.... how queer?

[RD]

I was cruising around on google and thought, "hell, let me see if i can find the dodgecharger site."   So i typed in dodge charger forum and the first site that pops up is a 2006 charger forum.   I click on it and started browsing in there and then come across a thread to the concept challenger, which leads me to a forum dedicated to the concept challenger.  

Now I am not saying that it shouldnt be there, just thought the whole idea was kinda premature.   a forum dedicated to the concept challenger, and no, i have not joined.

http://www.challengertalk.com/

[HAZZARDJOHN]

it could be worse, I stumbled across a website forum dedicated to the Dodge Omni once There is a forum out there for everything!

[Shakey]

Think about how many posts were flyin' around here with regards to the new Charger prior to the launch in May 2005.   Probably had enough content to start a specific message board with all of that also.

Hey RD, don't offend the queers now!   

[RD]

lol shakey, i didnt mean it in that context *snicker snicker*    

[41husk]

I am glad to see the interest, hopefully Daimler will see that ther is a market for the two door rear wheel drive retro car.  I only wish they would have done with the Charger what they have done with the Challenger concept.

[andy74]

queer? how can it get worse?

[TeeWJay426]

I am glad to see the interest, hopefully Daimler will see that ther is a market for the two door rear wheel drive retro car.  I only wish they would have done with the Charger what they have done with the Challenger concept.

I'm with ya on this one. Whatever it takes DCX to get it built without f*$%ing it up like they did the Chagnum is fine with me!

[41husk]

 

[70charginglizard]

http://www.challengertalk.com/     

If anyone here actually thinks that DC is going to honestly take anyones opinion from any of the classic car sites on the internet to heart in there own designs then you've got to be delusional.

They didn't take anyones opinion here (and dodge-charger.com was one of the most popular sites at the time of the new charger development)

Why would they take the opinions from any of the other newer sites???

DC is going to build this thing the way Mercedes tells um too . Simple as that

[Ponch ®]

Hey RD, don't offend the queers now!   

thats it..im leaving this board. 

[41husk]

http://www.challengertalk.com/     

If anyone here actually thinks that DC is going to honestly take anyones opinion from any of the classic car sites on the internet to heart in there own designs then you've got to be delusional.

They didn't take anyones opinion here (and dodge-charger.com was one of the most popular sites at the time of the new charger development)

Why would they take the opinions from any of the other newer sites???

DC is going to build this thing the way Mercedes tells um too . Simple as that

or the way the new Mustang sales dictate

[4402tuff4u]

I am glad to see the interest, hopefully Daimler will see that ther is a market for the two door rear wheel drive retro car.   I only wish they would have done with the Charger what they have done with the Challenger concept.

I'm with ya on this one. Whatever it takes DCX to get it built without f*$%ing it up like they did the Chagnum is fine with me!

Did it occur to you that perhaps that is exactly what DCX is doing. Their research & development department most likely came up with the "Challenger forum" idea to test the waters. What better way to find out than to listen to the chatter about the new Challenger concept. "hmmm,  how can we find out what will really sell out there? What is that they are exactly looking for?   

[TK73]

HEY, weren't you gearheads LISTNENING; there is no market for a 2-door RWD car.


"'05 Mustang roars to 47 percent sales gain"

Sales of the Mustang are up 47 percent through the end of May over what they were last year before the redesign. The redesigned car is selling better than Chrysler's popular 300 sedan. It also is outselling 13 brands, including Scion, Saturn, Mercedes-Benz and Subaru.

http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0506/27/0auto-229229.htm

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Ford today announced that it will take production of the hot new
Mustang to more than 192,000 units in 2005 â€" an increase of more than
70 percent, or 80,000 units, from the previous year.

http://www.carmemories.com/cgi-bin/viewexperience.cgi?experience_id=957

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If you come, they will build it.

But thanks to a fervently faithful crowd of Mustang owners of which Ford was previously unaware, the past unraveled along a different timeline. Deep passions fueled a very vocal, angry campaign to stop the blasphemy before it could begin. It worked: Mazda's creation instead came to life (and death) under the name of Ford Probe, and even if the 1979-engineered Mustang lived on with the same skeleton for many years, at least it lived.

http://www.automotive.com/2005/12/ford/mustang/reviews/

[TK73]

That Charger forum is set up by a "...UK based new media company specialising in developing low-cost, high-performance web applications."  Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.   http://www.vbulletin.com/about.php

Looks like DCX set that one up.  Take a look around the forum...

[Charger_Fan]

Listening;> listening.

[TeeWJay426]

or the way the new Mustang sales dictate

THAT'S probably what's really behind it.... after telling us how '2 doors don't sell' and having to eat those words along with a healthy dose of crow while the Mustang singlehandedly is keeping Phurd afloat, Creed finally got his head out of his ar$e and perhaps had a twinge of doubt.... and gave us the Challenger tease to test the waters! Like I said previously, who cares HOW this thing goes about getting built properly.... just as long as it DOES!!!!

[Orange_Crush]

or the way the new Mustang sales dictate

THAT'S probably what's really behind it.... after telling us how '2 doors don't sell' and having to eat those words along with a healthy dose of crow while the Mustang singlehandedly is keeping Phurd afloat, Creed finally got his head out of his ar$e and perhaps had a twinge of doubt.... and gave us the Challenger tease to test the waters! Like I said previously, who cares HOW this thing goes about getting built properly.... just as long as it DOES!!!!

Once again...don't flatter yourselves.

It takes about a year to get a car from drawing board to concept.  It's been less then a year since drawings of the Charger were released and WAY less than a year since the Charger started full production.  This car's been around for a good deal longer than that.

This car was planned for a good deal of time BEFORE the Charger was introed.

[TK73]

Interesting how that is developing.  Set up public forums about your product to promote it and people will fall in line to discuss the product and you get feedback.  Set up another forum about a POTENTIAL product to see how the potential customer will recieve it.


DCX should have gotten thier heads out of thier asses years ago and built a 2-door RWD retro-styled car before the market goes away.  Dumb asses.

OH, for the record, I do like the look of the Chagnum.  They should have built a F***ing Charger.

[TK73]

Once again...don't flatter yourselves.

It takes about a year to get a car from drawing board to concept.  It's been less then a year since drawings of the Charger were released and WAY less than a year since the Charger started full production.  This car's been around for a good deal longer than that.

This car was planned for a good deal of time BEFORE the Charger was introed.

Possibly, how long do you think it takes for a design team to look at photos of a Challenger and turn those into a concept drawing.  I'd guess about 30 minutes...

[TK73]

hmmmm, looking at the "spy photos", how long do you think it would take to modify an existing Challenger into the 'concept' we see in the pics?

[Ponch ®]

my only problem with the retro cars is that from a design standpoint, where do they go from there? Whats the next Mustang gonna look like? A modern version of this?:




I do like the new Chally, though in my humble opinion the lines need to be refined a little more.

[Orange_Crush]

Once again...don't flatter yourselves.

It takes about a year to get a car from drawing board to concept.   It's been less then a year since drawings of the Charger were released and WAY less than a year since the Charger started full production.   This car's been around for a good deal longer than that.

This car was planned for a good deal of time BEFORE the Charger was introed.

Possibly, how long do you think it takes for a design team to look at photos of a Challenger and turn those into a concept drawing.   I'd guess about 30 minutes...

TK, you're smarter than that.   You know it aint even CLOSE to that easy.

Here's an example.

The Challenger rides on a modded version of the LX platform (116" VS 120" wheelbase).   That ALONE takes up a fair amount of time and money.   Then, if the car is definitely going to be produced, you have to do a feasibility study AND figure out if the damn thing will even meet safety standards.   Couple this with having to hand-form all body panels, interior, shorten drivetrain, etc, and you've got yourself one hell of a time consuming project.

Personally, I think DCX is making a HUGE mistake building a retro-styled car.   Its nice now, but what happens in three years when everybody's got one and the "retro-mystique" wears off.   Think it can't happen?   Ford's not building T-birds anymore.   PT Cruiser sales are flat and not going anywhere, new beetle sales are doing the same thing...and no one can seem to figure out how to restyle the damned things.   Once you go retro, you're locked in to retro.

Remember, there was no '75 Challenger and the '76 was a Fwd Mitsubishi.

[TK73]

Personally, I think DCX is making a HUGE mistake building a retro-styled car.  Its nice now, but what happens in three years when everybody's got one and the "retro-mystique" wears off. 

Yes.

[Old Moparz]

my only problem with the retro cars is that from a design standpoint, where do they go from there? Whats the next Mustang gonna look like? A modern version of this?:




I do like the new Chally, though in my humble opinion the lines need to be refined a little more.

Hey Poncho, that's a hot car. Don't forget Farrah Fawcett drove it on Charlie's Angels & it was good enough to make a toy too. BTW, how'd you like to check out the driver's upholstry in that Stang? 

[TK73]

     Re: New Chally on the cover of mph
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2005, 12:56:28 PM  »

It'll never be made...