Wow. Retro is definitely in the air. "08 Camaro concept for Detroit AS......>>>

[Johnny SixPack]

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/01/07/detroit-2006-chevrolet-camaro-concept-revealed/





Who else here wants to see that go up against this:



In a remake of, "Death Race 2000"?

I know this has been   , but it's sure a   that the Charger couldn't ride the wave of retro.

Oh well, I'll let Ghost love it enough for the rest of us.  


Johnny

[TheGhost]

I want to see the gauge setup.  The drawings of the concepts, the gauges were beautiful, and I would like to see if they survived to the actual concept.

[Silver R/T]

looks nice IMO

[Headrope]

Looks too much like the Challenger concept to me - or vice versa (Challenger looks too much like Camaro concept).

[Shakey]

Old news!

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,8049.0.html

And I agree, it looks just like the Challenger.

[hemihead]

It does look alot like the Challenger.Maybe the automakers figured out the babyboomers will have the most disposalable income and the want to try and relive their youth.With this Camaro coming out I guess we will see who is really the Mopar loyal.

[Johnny SixPack]

Old news!

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,8049.0.html

I got links and more pix though.

[TruckDriver]

I like this one a lot 

[Silver R/T]

ya that mustang is sweet too

[CFMopar]

It's nice.. I like the challenger better though. I'd take either....

[Paul G]

2008 is going to be an intersting year.

[TheGhost]

It does look alot like the Challenger

That may be due to the originals looking like the Camaro, as well?

[ChargerBill]

I like this one a lot 

A guy here in town has one he painted to look like that. The thing sounds like a damn MONSTER. He has a supercharge kit on it, all these hi po parts, new exhaust, new heads, HUGE tires out back, etc...he said he has about $9K into it on top of the purchase price. Get this, 620 hp dynoed....he offered to take me for a ride, but I was on my way somehwere. Said next time I see him (works out at my gym) remind him to take me for a spin. Said he's had it up to 158mph so far and didn't even really try to go faster...lost his nerve.

[hemihead]

It does look alot like the Challenger

That may be due to the originals looking like the Camaro, as well?

You think that the Challenger looked like a Camaro? The Challenger was bigger,longer,wider,heavier with a big body line down the side too.Do us a favor, sell your Mopar and buy one.

[ChargerBill]

That may be due to the originals looking like the Camaro, as well?

I just don't buy this line of thinking. I mean, all 20's cars looked roughly the same, all 40's looked similar, all 50's looked similar, all fin cars looked roughly the same.... So, do you say they ALL copied GM? Ford was one of the first in the 20' and 30's to come out with new design, Studebaker was big back then AND very innovative, what about the trucks? How come they all had beds? Why did most cars have running boards early on? Wasn't the GTO the first "claimed" muscle car? If so, where do the Max Wedge cars fit in?...weren't they actaully hi performance and BEFORE the GTO?

It kills me when people make claims as though they somehow have personal insight or factual basis. PLEASE, state that it is YOUR OPINION from now on... if everyone simply added IMO or "I think", or something to that effect it would be easier to decipher who actually knows something and who is just guessing or thinking out loud, and then someone doesn't have to come behind and ask for clarification or wonder what this person actually knows...or doesn't know.

[Shakey]

That may be due to the originals looking like the Camaro, as well?

It kills me when people make claims as though they somehow have personal insight or factual basis. PLEASE, state that it is YOUR OPINION from now on... if everyone simply added IMO or "I think", or something to that effect it would be easier to decipher who actually knows something and who is just guessing or thinking out loud, and then someone doesn't have to come behind and ask for clarification or wonder what this person actually knows...or doesn't know.

You've got to be kidding!

[ChargerBill]

That may be due to the originals looking like the Camaro, as well?

It kills me when people make claims as though they somehow have personal insight or factual basis. PLEASE, state that it is YOUR OPINION from now on... if everyone simply added IMO or "I think", or something to that effect it would be easier to decipher who actually knows something and who is just guessing or thinking out loud, and then someone doesn't have to come behind and ask for clarification or wonder what this person actually knows...or doesn't know.

You've got to be kidding!

NO, I think I'm not kidding...however IMO I'm guessing that you don't agree...

Besides, Ghost just regurgiating what Ghoste had already said in a different thread and presenting it as his own thought.

[Charger_Fan]

It does look alot like the Challenger

That may be due to the originals looking like the Camaro, as well?

  You think that the Challenger looked like a Camaro? The Challenger was bigger,longer,wider,heavier with a big body line down the side too.

If anything the 70 'Cuda looks similar to a 69 Cramaro from a few angles, but not a Challenger at all.

*EDIT*...IMO.

[694spdRT]

I didn't think the Camaro looked like a '70 Challenger when it hit the bulldozers either.

I think the big push in the retro movement is the people wanting to drive a "classic" car without having to deal with all the typical old car problems. I like the idea myself actually and that Challenger is a very nice start. I hope it is not just another pipe dream. 

[Brock Samson]

 the Challys' target when designed was the mercury cougar of all things.. 

[Paul G]

I think the big push in the retro movement is the people wanting to drive a "classic" car without having to deal with all the typical old car problems. I like the idea myself actually and that Challenger is a very nice start. I hope it is not just another pipe dream. 

I agree with this statement. This is what got me so ecited about the new, ughmm, I wont say it here. I just wanted to have my Classic Charger parked next to a brand new one, a daily driver. But that aint never going to happen. New Chally? Very likely it could happen.

[TK73]

'60s Mustang/Cougar, Camaro/Firebird, '70s E-bodies... all Pony cars.  GM enterest the Pony game 2 1/5 years late and Mopar 5 1/5 years late.

[TheGhost]

It does look alot like the Challenger

That may be due to the originals looking like the Camaro, as well?

You think that the Challenger looked like a Camaro? The Challenger was bigger,longer,wider,heavier with a big body line down the side too.Do us a favor, sell your Mopar and buy one.

The 70 Challenger and 69 Camaro looked just as much alike as the new ones do.

As for this little statement....

The Challenger was bigger,longer,wider,heavier

The new Challenger is also bigger, longer, wider, and heavier, and we still have people saying that the new cars look alike.  Yet, I don't see you telling any of them that they should sell their Mopars......

Frankly, I'd never confuse either car with the other.  INCLUDING the new ones.  I was making a point, however, some people seem to have completely missed it.


Bill, show me where Ghoste said that the old Challenger and Camaro look alike?  I doubt it's in any thread I look at, since most of the ones I look at, I post in.  And half of those that I don't post in, I just skim looking for something interesting.

[hemihead]

'60s Mustang/Cougar, Camaro/Firebird, '70s E-bodies... all Pony cars.  GM enterest the Pony game 2 1/5 years late and Mopar 5 1/5 years late.

TK I believe the Barracuda beat the Rustang to start the Pony Wars.Just an observation.( Said Pleasantly) 

[6pkrunner]

The original Barracuda was never a serious target for the pony car wars against the Rustang. The E body concept kept getting redlighted by designers/beancounters/brass until it was much too late to be a real contender to make a difference in Chrysler sales.