Incase you didnt know

Walkerie · 29 Jul 2006 at 17:40

Theirs a company launching a new car range that look like the old dukes of hazzard cars/dodge chargers/challengers soon cant wait to see some of them on the road reasonable pricing 2

Puzzled · 29 Jul 2006 at 18:02

Any more info?

Are they going to have massive yank engines, or ruin the illusion by sticking a poxy 1.4ltr 4 pot in them.

I just hope it's not from China, damn things would fall apart on our roads.

Amoeba · 29 Jul 2006 at 18:11

Hmm mixed feelings on this. If they put little 1 - 2litre engines in them we will get a load of scalls buying them and putting big exhausts on and pretending they have a 6ltr V8. Also any new car will not have the same American Muscle car vibe about it and will not have the same build quality (I expect).

Akira · 29 Jul 2006 at 18:43

Are you referring to Dodge? They are releasing some cars over here quite soon, but they don't look anything like the old charger/challengers.

ajgoodfellow · 29 Jul 2006 at 18:47

If it is Dodge I hope that they're nicer than the Caliber!

Morba · 29 Jul 2006 at 22:55

your not talking about the new charger and challenger which are actually being made and released soon?

Abraham · 29 Jul 2006 at 23:20

http://www.allpar.com/cars/dodge/challenger.html

http://www.allpar.com/cars/lx/dodge-charger.html

www.dodge.co.uk

new challenger and charger and dodge's current range in the uk, which for reasons unknown to me largely consists of LHD vehicles still (what is the point of dodge selling them themselves over here if they arent going to make them for here?)

i quite like the look of the new challenger, and i'm glad it's not changed much from the concept

Slackworth · 29 Jul 2006 at 23:37

Me & Dad went to look at a Dodge Caliber today. They're actually pretty good looking cars and use the 2.0 140PS engine from VW. Going for a test drive tomorrow.

ajgoodfellow · 29 Jul 2006 at 23:54

Really? I'm sure I read that the engines were rather poor and the quoted performance and consumption figures weren't great!

I just hated the interior. It was very, very cheap and the driving position was awful - you sat up high and on top of the steering wheel.

cymatty · 29 Jul 2006 at 23:55

Is it wrong that a self confessed hot hatch head wants one if those.

JRS · 30 Jul 2006 at 00:12

When the new Challenger comes out, I reckon it'll be about 3.7 seconds before someone sticks a proper Hemi crate motor in one.....

Lashout_UK · 30 Jul 2006 at 00:17

I assume you mean an old Hemi......seeing as they come with a 6.1 litre Hemi as standard?

(well, the SRT-8, anyhoo)

>edit< Like your sig btw, maan, the guy in that is such a n00b

JRS · 30 Jul 2006 at 00:25

Lashout_UK said:
I assume you mean an old Hemi......seeing as they come with a 6.1 litre Hemi as standard? (well, the SRT-8, anyhoo)

>edit< Like your sig btw, maan, the guy in that is such a n00b

Just to draw your attention:

me said:
before someone sticks a proper Hemi crate motor in one

Slackworth · 30 Jul 2006 at 00:35

ajgoodfellow said:
Really? I'm sure I read that the engines were rather poor and the quoted performance and consumption figures weren't great!

I just hated the interior. It was very, very cheap and the driving position was awful - you sat up high and on top of the steering wheel.

The petrol engines are taken from Mitsubishi and diesel is the 2.0 unit from VW. If you look at the engine, it has exactly the same caps on oil filler point etc.

The interior is cheap compared to some cars (typical of US Cars) but it is very feature loaded for not that much cash. Test drive will reveal more tomorrow.

Lashout_UK · 30 Jul 2006 at 00:35

Hehe......I did say "I assume you mean an old Hemi" or did you not see it

.....was just checking I wasn't reading what you were saying wrong

JRS · 30 Jul 2006 at 00:38

Lashout_UK said:
Hehe......I did say I assume you mean an old Hemi or did you not see it

I'd still rather have an old Challenger, T/A style with a 340 six-pack.

Lashout_UK · 30 Jul 2006 at 00:39

Yea - Like I said in the earlier thread - these "new" Challengers do nothing for me as there's no "new" things. They just seem carbon copies. And that Charger? Get out, I'd rather have a 300C it's a much more attractive machine.

JRS · 30 Jul 2006 at 00:45

The Charger isn't particularly clever - too many doors, and far too civilised to deserve the name. I'm holding off final judgement on the Challenger until it's released, but compared to Ford's current Mustang and Chevy's Camaro concept, it seems to stack up pretty well.

ajgoodfellow · 30 Jul 2006 at 00:48

adwhitworth said:
The petrol engines are taken from Mitsubishi and diesel is the 2.0 unit from VW. If you look at the engine, it has exactly the same caps on oil filler point etc.

The interior is cheap compared to some cars (typical of US Cars) but it is very feature loaded for not that much cash. Test drive will reveal more tomorrow.

Ah - I stand corrected

The_Dark_Side · 30 Jul 2006 at 20:11

Abraham said:
new challenger and charger and dodge's current range in the uk, which for reasons unknown to me largely consists of LHD vehicles still (what is the point of dodge selling them themselves over here if they arent going to make them for here?)

because it costs a huge sum of money to produce a RHD version of a car and they have no chance of selling sufficient numbers to make that investment worthwhile.
far better (read cheaper) to just bring over the LHD version and sell in small numbers to people that want to be different from the rest of the crowd.