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Bigtime53 · 08-28-2015, 04:13 PM

Charger will get a serious redesign. It will finally move off of the LX platform onto the one that currently underpins the Alfa Romeo Guilia, and is said to have design inspirations from the 1999 Dodge Charger R/T concept car (pictured). As long as FCA stays true to the engines currently offered, this could become seriously interesting, especially since this concept was crowed about when the Charger reappeared in 2005.
Challenger is set to get two new models: ADR (American Drag Racer), which is supposed to trump even the Hellcat (!), and T/A, a track-attack package that will take aim at the Camaro Z/28 and the new Shelby GT350. Don’t screw with us, guys…we can’t take this kind of teasing. Our only request: do the T/A like last year’s SEMA concept and re-open the High Impact Color catalog.
Durango SRT. For when the kids are late to school? Hey, whatever works. 6.4 Hemi, was shown in B5 blue.
Dart gets a turbocharged, 300-horse motor, but everything else is up in the air regarding the car. AWD? R/T? SRT? Nobody seems to know yet, but if FCA wants to play with the Ford Focus RS and the Subaru STI, they had better pull a rabbit out of the hat here. This is another hot market and Dodge has been without a serious player since the SRT-4 Neon.
And in the “not this again” department, it’s being claimed that the Barracuda nameplate is on again, as a Dodge, on a coupe and convertible smaller than the current Challenger. This thing had better be a fire-breather, because honestly the convertible part scares us. The only drop-top Mopar has done in the last thirty-odd years have been rental-car worthy front-drivers. If done right, this could be really, really good. If not, “Barracuda” will follow “Sebring” down the hole of once-vaunted, now destroyed model names.

Just thought this was a read some might want to talk about.

102SS · 08-28-2015, 04:37 PM

Still looks big and heavy

Expunge · 08-28-2015, 04:47 PM

Hell, when I first saw the picture I thought it was a Onion article. That looks hideous.

Desert Dweller · 08-28-2015, 04:50 PM

Redlineviper · 08-28-2015, 04:59 PM

Reminds me a lot of the 90's prototype vehicles. No likey

hognutz · 08-28-2015, 06:51 PM

That picture is that old charger prototype not the new car so I am not sure it means much.

Its good new if they make it lighter but I can't see how they would make it look like that old dated prototype.

thunderkyss · 08-28-2015, 07:22 PM

I think it looks sweet. If it performs like they want... that's a bad asks ride.

I still wouldn't buy one. I'm a Camaro man.

Shark72 · 08-28-2015, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 102SS

Still looks big and heavy

Yep, a hardboiled egg out of its shell!!

102SS · 08-29-2015, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redlineviper

Reminds me a lot of the 90's prototype vehicles. No likey

Yeah it does,straight out of 92

Stephen12ZL1 · 08-29-2015, 08:38 AM

yuck! looks similar to:

Red2014SS · 08-29-2015, 08:43 AM

That photo at the top of the page is a concept car from the 1990s. Here are some purported photos of what is coming. These are more recent concept cars.

deShaneo · 08-29-2015, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red2014SS

That photo at the top of the page is a concept car from the 1990s. Here are some purported photos of what is coming. These are more recent concept cars.

Lookin very Camaro-y in the back, the front is so ugly it would make blind kids cry.

08-28-2015, 04:13 PM	#1
Bigtime53 Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,296	NEW HELLCAT AMERICAN DRAG RACER Charger will get a serious redesign. It will finally move off of the LX platform onto the one that currently underpins the Alfa Romeo Guilia, and is said to have design inspirations from the 1999 Dodge Charger R/T concept car (pictured). As long as FCA stays true to the engines currently offered, this could become seriously interesting, especially since this concept was crowed about when the Charger reappeared in 2005. Challenger is set to get two new models: ADR (American Drag Racer), which is supposed to trump even the Hellcat (!), and T/A, a track-attack package that will take aim at the Camaro Z/28 and the new Shelby GT350. Don’t screw with us, guys…we can’t take this kind of teasing. Our only request: do the T/A like last year’s SEMA concept and re-open the High Impact Color catalog. Durango SRT. For when the kids are late to school? Hey, whatever works. 6.4 Hemi, was shown in B5 blue. Dart gets a turbocharged, 300-horse motor, but everything else is up in the air regarding the car. AWD? R/T? SRT? Nobody seems to know yet, but if FCA wants to play with the Ford Focus RS and the Subaru STI, they had better pull a rabbit out of the hat here. This is another hot market and Dodge has been without a serious player since the SRT-4 Neon. And in the “not this again” department, it’s being claimed that the Barracuda nameplate is on again, as a Dodge, on a coupe and convertible smaller than the current Challenger. This thing had better be a fire-breather, because honestly the convertible part scares us. The only drop-top Mopar has done in the last thirty-odd years have been rental-car worthy front-drivers. If done right, this could be really, really good. If not, “Barracuda” will follow “Sebring” down the hole of once-vaunted, now destroyed model names. Just thought this was a read some might want to talk about.

08-28-2015, 04:37 PM	#2
102SS waiting at the tree Drives: SIM 2010 2SS/RS A6 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Niagara Falls Posts: 3,122	Still looks big and heavy __________________ 2010 2SS/RS A6 ZL1 Rims 60ft 2.03 13.08 at 107.82 (4/28) 2009 Pontiac G8 3.6L the DD

08-28-2015, 04:50 PM	#4
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08-28-2015, 04:59 PM	#5
Redlineviper Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Orlando Posts: 936	Reminds me a lot of the 90's prototype vehicles. No likey __________________ 2013 A6 ZL1

08-28-2015, 06:51 PM	#6
hognutz Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: tangent or Posts: 2,984	That picture is that old charger prototype not the new car so I am not sure it means much. Its good new if they make it lighter but I can't see how they would make it look like that old dated prototype. __________________ shopping for 2017+1le or zl1 2009 CTS-V -sold 2015 Hellcat-sold 2013 ZL1 -sold 2007 Z06- sold 2014 Chrysler 300 2011 Duramax 8" lift, deleted tuned

08-28-2015, 04:47 PM	#3
Expunge Drives: 2013 ZL1 M6, '99 Tahoe 2Dr Sport Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: South of Houston, TX Posts: 890 View My Garage	Hell, when I first saw the picture I thought it was a Onion article. That looks hideous.

08-28-2015, 07:22 PM	#7
thunderkyss Drives: 2015 Red Hot SS/RS M6 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: S.E. Texas Posts: 279	I think it looks sweet. If it performs like they want... that's a bad asks ride. I still wouldn't buy one. I'm a Camaro man. __________________ Red Hot 1SS

08-29-2015, 08:38 AM	#10
Stephen12ZL1 Drives: '21 ZLE A10 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Mechanicsville, VA Posts: 6,808	yuck! looks similar to: Attached Images __________________ '21 ZLE A10 Wild Cherry PDR 2:00.78 VIR Full 10.68@131.69 1.68 60' '17 ZL1 A10 Mosaic Black PDR/Nav 2:03.08 VIR Full 11.003@129.2 1.75 (sold) '15 Z/28 #325 Black a/c & stereo. 2:10.1 VIR Full (sold) '12 ZL1 A6 Black 10.52@131 1.55 60' 2:13 VIR Full (sold)

08-29-2015, 08:43 AM	#11
Red2014SS Drives: 2014 2SS/RS Camaro Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,421	That photo at the top of the page is a concept car from the 1990s. Here are some purported photos of what is coming. These are more recent concept cars. Attached Images __________________ 2014 2SS/RS, L99, SW LTH w/HF Cats, GMPP Ex. Z/28 CAI, FR41s in PVD Black Chrome, Recaros, Pfadt Sway 377hp, 383tq 12.739@110.44 MPH