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Old May 15, 2005 | 06:09 PM
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I just saw a commercial for the new dodge charger

Apparrently it's coming out on june 1st. The commercial had a couple shots of the car and it looked a lot more aggressively styles than the pre-production shots we've seen, especially in the front end.
I'm looking forward to seeing if dodge can live up to the charger name with this release. I'm also looking forward to seeing if this car doesnt get absolutely killed by gas prices with that big hemi under the hood.
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Old May 15, 2005 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Ajax
Apparrently it's coming out on june 1st. The commercial had a couple shots of the car and it looked a lot more aggressively styles than the pre-production shots we've seen, especially in the front end.
I'm looking forward to seeing if dodge can live up to the charger name with this release. I'm also looking forward to seeing if this car doesnt get absolutely killed by gas prices with that big hemi under the hood.
I'm guessing they are using the same technology in it that the 300C and Magnun RT have (switches to being a 4 cylinder when cruising at highway speeds), therefore it will get better MPG than an RX-8 with that big Hemi.
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Old May 15, 2005 | 06:31 PM
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Old May 15, 2005 | 06:32 PM
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It only comes in automatic..
even in the SRT8...
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Old May 15, 2005 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by IkeWRX
I'm guessing they are using the same technology in it that the 300C and Magnun RT have (switches to being a 4 cylinder when cruising at highway speeds), therefore it will get better MPG than an RX-8 with that big Hemi.
EPA ratings (which are wrong) still say 17/25.
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Old May 15, 2005 | 06:33 PM
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It only comes in automatic..
even in the SRT8...
As much as I hate ATs in general, the AT mates really well to those cars, it's a lot of fun to just mash the pedal and go.
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Old May 15, 2005 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by IkeWRX
As much as I hate ATs in general, the AT mates really well to those cars, it's a lot of fun to just mash the pedal and go.
It's just sad to see that there's no MT option.. not even an SMG option..
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Old May 15, 2005 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Ajax
It's just sad to see that there's no MT option.. not even an SMG option..
agreed...no MT or SMG is extremely lame and another reason why I would never consider buying one of these
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Old May 15, 2005 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Ajax
It's just sad to see that there's no MT option.. not even an SMG option..
Go drive one, I drove one (Magnum RT) yesterday and drive it faily regularly. I just can't imagine the car with an MT, it's odd, but if you drove one I think you would understand where I'm coming from.
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Old May 15, 2005 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by IkeWRX
Go drive one, I drove one (Magnum RT) yesterday and drive it faily regularly. I just can't imagine the car with an MT, it's odd, but if you drove one I think you would understand where I'm coming from.
I'll have to do that.
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Old May 15, 2005 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by IkeWRX
As much as I hate ATs in general, the AT mates really well to those cars, it's a lot of fun to just mash the pedal and go.
I really dont see where the fun can come from that.... but in all fairness I've never driven it

In general as far as i can see I think dodge did a half assed job on the charger from a styling standpoint... as I've said before I've not driven it so i cant really comment on its ride/performance......but only AT???? cmon

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Old May 16, 2005 | 02:41 PM
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Got to drive one about 2 weeks ago (a friend of mine is an engineer at DCX).. It was OK, but personally I like the pickup on the Mustang GT better.. It handles pretty well and does have some kick, just not as much as I was hoping for.. The traction control is really intrusive (didn't have enough time to turn it off!).
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Old May 16, 2005 | 02:47 PM
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I saw one yesterday on a dealership lot on the way to my GFs house. I may have to stop buy and "all of a sudden be interested in trading in my boy racer toy" for a test drive
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Old May 16, 2005 | 02:47 PM
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Old May 16, 2005 | 02:54 PM
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I still say they should made it a coupe.
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Old May 16, 2005 | 04:11 PM
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My best Friend is a Dodge Nascar head and loves Dodge to death. He went down to Daytona this year and saw the new Charger. He said it was horrible and wants to slash Dodges Designers
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Old May 16, 2005 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by cas2themoe
My best Friend is a Dodge Nascar head and loves Dodge to death. He went down to Daytona this year and saw the new Charger. He said it was horrible and wants to slash Dodges Designers
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Old May 16, 2005 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by cas2themoe
My best Friend is a Dodge Nascar head and loves Dodge to death. He went down to Daytona this year and saw the new Charger. He said it was horrible and wants to slash Dodges Designers
...now just work on the whole liking dodge thing!
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Old May 16, 2005 | 05:30 PM
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I still say they should made it a coupe.
They are going to, they're also making a vert.
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Old May 16, 2005 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by IkeWRX
They are going to, they're also making a vert.
I assume you meant CONvert there. If that's true, then Dodge will then be literally selling a boat on wheels.
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Old May 16, 2005 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Mugatu
I assume you meant CONvert there. If that's true, then Dodge will then be literally selling a boat on wheels.
You need to brush up on your car lingo Forgot to mention that the vert will probably be the 300C version rather than the charger.
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Old May 16, 2005 | 06:40 PM
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I think it looks great, and even with AT its extremely fast, but .80Gs on the skidpad!? Too much muscle, not enough handles for me. I'd take a mustang GT or even a GTO any day over this thing.
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Old May 16, 2005 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Mugatu
I assume you meant CONvert there. If that's true, then Dodge will then be literally selling a boat on wheels.
thats vert as in conVERTible
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