RE: Dodge Challenger
Discussion
So you got your "cheap" (having spent the best part of £37K) Challenger. It look gorgeous! super stylish, super cool and then you stick on some crappy side reapeaters on it doh!!!
or you could get something done that doesn't challenge the look of your Challenger
FRONT DRIVING LIGHT
FOG LAMP
REAR INDICATOR
REVERSING LIGHT
SIDE REPEATER
Sometimes cheap is just cheap and nasty
Mick
or you could get something done that doesn't challenge the look of your Challenger
FRONT DRIVING LIGHT
FOG LAMP
REAR INDICATOR
REVERSING LIGHT
SIDE REPEATER
Sometimes cheap is just cheap and nasty
Mick
If you are looking to sell the Challenger quickly, I can guarantee you wont pay the sort of prices AMCAR or 51st State want...They do top notch stuff that wont go wrong in 12 months time taking the wiring loom with it.
Be careful as there are many out there who think they can do it by splicing and using scotch block connectors then charging stupidly low prices.....
You want quality....well my friend quality comes at a price....;)
Be careful as there are many out there who think they can do it by splicing and using scotch block connectors then charging stupidly low prices.....
You want quality....well my friend quality comes at a price....;)
Twincam16 said:
That is stunning. I used to think the new Mustang was the most successful retro-muscle car but this makes it look a tiny bit ugly.
I've long held an idea for a way of getting round current CO2-spouting botherers regarding muscle cars.
Diesel.
Seriously, a diesel engine can be tuned to provide the torque a muscle car needs whilst using a lot less fuel and producing fewer emissions. Throw a couple of turbochargers into the mix and you've got the acceleration to match.
I'm just thinking of the Jaguar 2.7-litre twin-turbo diesel V6, emissions below 225g/km and yet somehow it manages to keep up with the petrol units bar the supercharged V8, and return 45mpg. Apply the same thinking to cars like this (and add some big-bore exhausts for a big bassy rumbling growl) and problem's solved.
And you could run it on chip fat, which strikes me as a very muscle-car-driver-Confederate-anti-hero thing to do, for some reason. Brew it in your own back yard in a tank alongside the Moonshine
I reckon the new Challenger looks no better than the current Mustang...to be honest, I think the Mustang looks more muscular, where the Challenger is very slab sided. Also despite the GT Mustang having a 125 bhp defecit, it's only around 0.2 seconds slower to 60 mph. It's only just behind the Challenger in the quarter as well. Tune that Mustang GT for relatively little money and you can match the performance easily. Why? ...because the Mustang is over 500kg lighter than the Challenger!!!I've long held an idea for a way of getting round current CO2-spouting botherers regarding muscle cars.
Diesel.
Seriously, a diesel engine can be tuned to provide the torque a muscle car needs whilst using a lot less fuel and producing fewer emissions. Throw a couple of turbochargers into the mix and you've got the acceleration to match.
I'm just thinking of the Jaguar 2.7-litre twin-turbo diesel V6, emissions below 225g/km and yet somehow it manages to keep up with the petrol units bar the supercharged V8, and return 45mpg. Apply the same thinking to cars like this (and add some big-bore exhausts for a big bassy rumbling growl) and problem's solved.
And you could run it on chip fat, which strikes me as a very muscle-car-driver-Confederate-anti-hero thing to do, for some reason. Brew it in your own back yard in a tank alongside the Moonshine
In my opinion, the Challenger doesn't look any more appealing than my current Mustang GT... pictured below...
Dazza
Before the old bill nick you....LOLzektor said:
Twincam16 said:
That is stunning. I used to think the new Mustang was the most successful retro-muscle car but this makes it look a tiny bit ugly.
I've long held an idea for a way of getting round current CO2-spouting botherers regarding muscle cars.
Diesel.
Seriously, a diesel engine can be tuned to provide the torque a muscle car needs whilst using a lot less fuel and producing fewer emissions. Throw a couple of turbochargers into the mix and you've got the acceleration to match.
I'm just thinking of the Jaguar 2.7-litre twin-turbo diesel V6, emissions below 225g/km and yet somehow it manages to keep up with the petrol units bar the supercharged V8, and return 45mpg. Apply the same thinking to cars like this (and add some big-bore exhausts for a big bassy rumbling growl) and problem's solved.
And you could run it on chip fat, which strikes me as a very muscle-car-driver-Confederate-anti-hero thing to do, for some reason. Brew it in your own back yard in a tank alongside the Moonshine
I reckon the new Challenger looks no better than the current Mustang...to be honest, I think the Mustang looks more muscular, where the Challenger is very slab sided. Also despite the GT Mustang having a 125 bhp defecit, it's only around 0.2 seconds slower to 60 mph. It's only just behind the Challenger in the quarter as well. Tune that Mustang GT for relatively little money and you can match the performance easily. Why? ...because the Mustang is over 500kg lighter than the Challenger!!!I've long held an idea for a way of getting round current CO2-spouting botherers regarding muscle cars.
Diesel.
Seriously, a diesel engine can be tuned to provide the torque a muscle car needs whilst using a lot less fuel and producing fewer emissions. Throw a couple of turbochargers into the mix and you've got the acceleration to match.
I'm just thinking of the Jaguar 2.7-litre twin-turbo diesel V6, emissions below 225g/km and yet somehow it manages to keep up with the petrol units bar the supercharged V8, and return 45mpg. Apply the same thinking to cars like this (and add some big-bore exhausts for a big bassy rumbling growl) and problem's solved.
And you could run it on chip fat, which strikes me as a very muscle-car-driver-Confederate-anti-hero thing to do, for some reason. Brew it in your own back yard in a tank alongside the Moonshine
In my opinion, the Challenger doesn't look any more appealing than my current Mustang GT... pictured below...
Dazza
The Challenger looks good initially but the more you analyse it, the more it looks a little contrived. Then again, these are emotional purchases not logical ones.
So.... peeps back to the subject of this thread (not the Mustang) here's a little something I have prepared for all of you potential Challenger owners to go with those lovely pictures. It's a nice little video for your education and enjoyment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_auWcLnTUmE
Mick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_auWcLnTUmE
Mick
I really quite fancy the idea of the SRT10. I love the old traditional coke bottle shape. Thankfully Dodge recreated it with those big rear hips. Ford's biggest mistake is that the Mustang no longer has them. I'd have bought a Mustang in a flash but from day one there was something that did not seem quite right about it. A mate who is a photographer and a Mustang fanatic pointed it out to me and it all made sense. 2009 is beckoning me with an all black SRT10 challenger.
k was I thinking?!
Personally prefer the Challenger over the Mustang...Mastang looks 80's with that grill....Although a very good car...
New Charger concept with two doors...
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/2010-dodge-c...
New Charger concept with two doors...
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/2010-dodge-c...
V1PER said:
Personally prefer the Challenger over the Mustang...Mastang looks 80's with that grill....Although a very good car...
New Charger concept with two doors...
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/2010-dodge-c...
These darned turncoats!. How can it be 80's when it's based on a 60's grille.... it's like saying the Ford GT looks 80s...New Charger concept with two doors...
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/2010-dodge-c...
I don't mind the Challenger at all but it does look a bit like Fat Elvis, even more so when compared to the svelte original.
The Charger idea is far better because the Charger was always a big barn wall of a car so inflating it does it no harm at all.
If Chrysler had any sense, they'd be churning out as many of these retro replicas as they could possibly make to try and turn a profit before they sink without trace.
Having loved and admired the dodge challenger for many years I finally aquired a 2009 hemi 6.1 ltr stick shift all in deep black including the alloys and i can only say that pictures do not do this car justice, get in one ,feel the brutal G-force and the roar of that V8 and truly come alive . Truly gob smacked, Peter
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