I had been contemplating waiting until Summer 2010 to get my vert anyway, seeing as the first year could be used to iron out any kinks. The verts not being released until december means that I HAVE to wait, which makes the decision easy for me
The Challenger, IMHO, is not any competition for the Camaro. It's just going to play off the Mustang hype. I can honestly say that I believe the first time we see a current gen Mustang next to a current gen Camaro... the Rustang is going to look like some kind of retro hot-wheels. I just see the Camaro blowing it out of the water.
And what I just said about Mustang/Camaro can be said the same way about Challenger/Mustang, as far as I'm concerned. I don't see it - the way it is styled currently - being legitimate competition. It's just riding the coat-tails of hype.